The HARTZ PT Blog

There are several at-home exercises you can do to help improve your balance. While we recommend consulting a physical therapist first to help assess where your strength/flexibility is most needed, these exercises are also a great place to begin.

Feeling like you just aren’t ready for another New Year’s resolution? Here are a few ways to get back at it in the new year.

If you’re feeling jaded from current buzzwords and overly-important-sounding titles, take a look at some physical therapy abbreviations with substance. PT, OCS, and CSCS for example . What are these? And why do they matter?

Here are three important things to remember the next time you are unmotivated to perform your home exercise program (or even attend PT in general).

Written by Brian Hartz, DPT, MPT, OCS, CSCS

Much of the lower back (lumbar region) and neck (cervical region) pain we experience can be linked back to degenerative disc disease. This common diagnosis is broadly misunderstood.

If you’ve ever experienced a herniated disc, you know the experience can be painful. In addition to low back pain, symptoms that radiate down the leg can include burning, numbness, and/or weakness. It is of utmost importance to receive treatment for a herniated disc sooner rather than later.

With winter comes ice, snow, sleet, and other varying forms of precipitation. There’s something they have in common: they make things slippery.

Here’s our team’s compiled list of crafty ways to stay fit during the holidays!

What is TMJ? What Causes TMD?