by Max Kovler, PT Reg. (ON) for Mobile Physio A number of Australian rehabilitation researchers have noted that patients with chronic neck pain exhibit dysfunction of the deep cervical musculature (DCF)1and proposed that rehabilitation targeting these muscles is important for successful physiotherapy for chronic neck pain. To date there have been four studies of this […]

Physiotherapy after total hip (THR) or total knee replacement (TKR) surgery is standard care for all patients. A new study, appearing in the October 1, 2014 issue of the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery (JBJS), also found that physiotherapy before joint replacement surgery, or “prehabilitation,” can diminish the need for postoperative care by nearly 30 percent, saving an average of $1,215 […]

Among patients who had completed standard rehabilitation after hip fracture, the use of a home exercise program that included exercises such as standing from a chair or climbing a step resulted in improved physical function, according to a study in Journal of the American Medical Association. More than 28,000 people in Canada and more than a […]

Physical exercise, including treadmill, stretching and resistance exercises, appears to improve gait speed, muscle strength and fitness for patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD), according to a report of a randomized clinical trial published Online First by Archives of Neurology. Gait impairment is associated with functional decline in patients with PD and current therapies are inadequate […]