Thursday 29 May 2014

Physical Therapy treatments for Migraine headaches


The physical therapist conducts a thorough examination of your body that includes a review of your health history. Your therapist will ask you questions and will perform tests to determine the most likely cause of your headaches. If the evaluation indicates the type of headache you have such as sinus, migraine, or cluster the treatment would vary accordingly.

Can Physical Therapy treat Migraine headaches?

During the beginning of a migraine headache, physical therapy can be used widely to reduce the attacking pain. Ice & relaxation techniques are used as modalities along with particular kind of massage techniques.
Migraine headaches usually occur with a feeling of discomfort and tension in the neck area. Stretching exercises can be useful in reducing this discomfort. However the effects of all these measures vary from person to person. It also depends on the underlying reason for discomfort.

The physical therapist corrects the problem causing your pain and helps you learn the prevention of headaches through minor changes in your posture and lifestyle:
Improves neck mobility
Improves your strength
Improves your posture

This is achieved through a series of Physical Therapy Regimes like:
Spinal manipulation
Neck mobilization
Strengthening
Stretching
Posture education
Exercise education


We at Optimum Rehab Physical Therapy would be happy to discuss any of these options with you regarding Physical Therapy treatments for Migraine headaches. Our goal is to ensure optimal health for you. We are located at twin locations of Upper East Side and Wall Street, New York city.


Tuesday 27 May 2014

Spondylosis early symptoms, physical therapy treatments



Symptoms of spondylosis can  include


Localized pain in the area of  back or neck. Pain may shoot up to the limb, if a herniated disc causes the pinched nerve. A large disc herniation in the region of lumbar spine may cause nerve compression and pain that starts in the low back and travels down the leg into the foot. This is called sciatica.

Back pain due to a bulging disc is typically worse with prolonged standing, sitting, and forward bending and is often better with changing positions frequently and walking. Back pain due to osteoarthritis of the facet joints is typically worse with walking and standing, and relieved with forward bending.

Numbness or tingling may be felt if a nerve is pinched. If it is severely pinched, weakness of an affected extremity can occur. If a herniated disc pushes on the spinal cord, this can cause injury to the spinal cord .
This is termed myelopathy.

Symptoms of myelopathy include numbness, tingling, and weakness. For example, a large herniated disc in the cervical spine could cause cervical myelopathy if it is large enough to push on the spinal cord with resulting symptoms of numbness, tingling, and weakness in the arms and possibly the legs.

Acute symptoms of Spondylosis:

  • Numbness, abnormal sensation, or weakness 
  • Loss of bladder or bowel control
  • Impaired coordination & balance
  • Loss of sensation in limbs
  • Muscle weakness in the arms or legs
Surgery & medication are usually recommended as treatments to spondylosis. Physical therapy, massage therapy and acupuncture are widely recognized for its non invasive procedures in pain management. 

Thursday 22 May 2014

Personal Physical Trainers in New York City

Personal trainers will help you achieve your fitness goals in a well defined and effective method. Certified personal trainers specialize in strength training, sport-specific conditioning, cardiovascular training, functional training and improved flexibility. Generally all personal training sessions are 60 minutes in duration.

Requirement of a high-quality, individualized workout program
Our trainers are highly experienced in not just implementing a healthy workout plan but also implementing a new healthy lifestyle.
Better motivation and individualized feedback.
Our trainers work with you to develop a workout plan that suits you and your interests.
Better training and enhancement of performance for a specific event.
One of the hidden components of personal training is goal setting and our trainers can help set goals with you in the beginning and work to meet those goals for an exemplary end result.
Motivation to continue training regardless of the current figure attained. 
Our trainers are experienced in many exercises that can be fun and engaging.  Exercising is not supposed to be a burden and all of our trainers support a fun and exciting program.
To make exercises sound safer
Our personal trainers watch your form, monitor your vitals and provide objective feedback about your limits and strengths.  This beneficial feedback helps keep you safe and keeps your workout beneficial.
Practice from home workout sessions
Sometimes working out in a large open gym is stressful and nerve-wracking.  Anxiety help you stick to a beneficial exercise plan.
Effective and efficient goal realization
Our certified personal trainers set goals with you in the beginning to help focus your exercise plan on meeting those goals and to stop wasting your time with inefficient workouts. Our trainers work with you to help you get maximum results in minimum time.

Thursday 15 May 2014

Why should avoid Sugar from your diet, dangers of Sugar


Ever packed your kid’s snack boxes with chocolate donuts &cookies? Can’t stop munching over packets of m & m? Let us tell you about something that hides in all kinds of snacks that you munch on – SUGAR.

1.       Sugar suppresses the immune system: Eating lots of sugar can temporarily tamp down your immune system’s ability to respond to infections & challenges. When you consume sugar, you place your immune system in a weakened state. Eating sugar causes the white blood cells to dysfunction. 
A study reveals that sugar molecules impair the neutrophils that engulf bacteria. Neutrophil is the major type of WBC that you have & one of their main jobs is to gobble up the microbes that enter your body. Sugar weakens these neutrophils so that they can’t get their critical job done.

2.       Sugar promotes inflammation: Eating too much sugary foods may fuel excessive and inappropriate inflammation that serve no useful purpose and actually promotes aging and disease.

3.       Sugar suppresses the release of human growth hormone:  Avoiding food that is high in sugar content is an excellent way to gradually slow down your aging process. Exercising, going longer between meals, and avoiding undue stress can also help in the process.

4.       Insulin Resistance: When sugar is consumed, insulin allows these sugar molecules into the cells. But if we consume excessive sugar then the insulin becomes less effective. Sugar doesn’t get into the body cells and hence become stuck in the body thus producing toxic effects that usually leads to threat of diabetes & obesity.


5.       Sugar promotes glycation: Once the sugar molecules get into the bloodstream, they start finding things to combine with, like protein and fat molecules. This combination molecule is known as AGE or advanced glycation end products. This process of combination or hooking up is termed “glycation”. These molecules produce toxic compounds that fast-forward the aging process. Much of the damage done by AGEs is irreversible. 

Apart from all these, excessive consumption of sugar also leads to:

  1.  High Blood Pressure
  2.  High Cholesterol
  3.  Liver Disease
The World Health Organization suggests that you keep your sugar intake to no more than 10% of total calories if you’re healthy and 5% if you have an inclination to heart diseases or diabetes.

What to expect when decide to cut the sugar off your diet?

You don’t have to be surprised if you experience withdrawal symptoms like irritability and moodiness. This effect accentuates if you are trying to avoid caffeine at the same time. The good news is that it will pass in seven to ten days.

Tuesday 13 May 2014

6 Ways to relieve Stress easily, Reduce Stress


Is stress giving you away? Discover stress free living with short and quick tips from Optimum Rehab.
  1.  Practice controlled & deep breathing exercise
  2.  Meditate regularly and practice yoga
  3.   Live in your present with awareness of your current situation
  4.   Socialize with your friends & family
  5.  Tune In to Your body’s needs and reactions
  6.  Decompress the stress out with massages & hot baths