Your body is built for movement. The more that you move, the better your body will function. Movement improves the overall function of the body, energy, mental health, brain health, and disease prevention. Adults should engage in physical activity 150 minutes a week, or thirty minutes a day, five days a week. At Mangiarelli Rehabilitation, we know how important it is for your health that you stay active during this time of staying at home. We offer 7 Tips to Stay Active At Home in our blog today!

Lymphedema is an abnormal build-up of protein-rich fluid under the skin. It is a common, progressive, and serious condition. Symptoms include aching or feeling of heaviness in the arm or leg, swelling in the extremities, mobility limitations, and repeated infections. A certified lymphedema physical therapist is an important component of the medical team managing the condition. At Mangiarelli Rehabilitation, our certified lymphedema physical therapist performs Complete Decongestive Therapy (CDT) to treat lymphedema; this includes manual lymphatic drainage, skincare, decongestive exercises, and compression therapy.

Dry needling, or intramuscular manual therapy, is a physical therapy treatment that treats acute and chronic pain. It is a valid manual therapy technique that can speed up the recovery process, improve a patient’s ability to move with decreased pain, and enhance healing after an injury. It is used to increase range of motion that is limited due to muscle tightness. It involves the physical therapist pushing thin filiform sterile needles through the skin of the patient into trigger points to stimulate the tissue.

Nearly 80% of working Americans experience symptoms of back pain at some point in their lives. Early intervention for musculoskeletal pain like back pain has been shown to decrease health costs and improve recovery outcomes for the patient. Physical therapy not only will decrease medical costs for a patient with back pain, but also help restore movement and teach the patient how to minimize and manage pain in the future.

Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that can impair movement, balance, and coordination. At Mangiarelli Rehabilitation, we offer boxing exercise as a physical therapy treatment for Parkinson’s disease, which improves coordination, agility, and hand-eye coordination. Boxing treatment addresses the symptoms of tremors, balance issues, gait mobility, and postural rigidity and instability by encouraging agility of movement in multiple directions, flexibility of the spine, and coordination of movement at faster speeds.

Tennis elbow is an inflammation of the muscles of the forearm involving swollen tendons that create pain in the outer elbow, forearm, and wrist. It is an overuse injury caused by repetitive activities, such as tennis, golf, and professions that include painters, plumbers, autoworkers, and musicians. Physical therapy can help treat tennis elbow by strengthening an individual’s grip, wrist muscles, and forearm muscles. Manual therapy and dry needling are other effective physical therapy treatments that can be used to treat tennis elbow.

A woman’s body undergoes tremendous changes throughout the course of her lifetime, particularly during childbearing and childbirth. These changes can lead to pain and muscle dysfunction of the pelvic floor. Too often, women are dismissed when they raise concerns over incontinence, chronic pelvic pain, or painful intercourse and continue to suffer these symptoms untreated for months and even years. Women no longer have to suffer in silence. Physical therapy is an effective treatment to address pelvic floor dysfunction and other women’s health conditions.

Aquatic therapy has unique benefits for many musculoskeletal and neurological conditions due to the specific properties of water. The top three benefits of water therapy include accelerated healing time, decreased swelling and reduced inflammation, and improved circulation and mobility. At Mangiarelli Rehabilitation, aquatic rehabilitation takes place in the clinic pool under the supervision of aquatic therapists.

Mangiarelli Rehabilitation offers a variety of physical therapy programs to address your needs and support your recovery.