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Want Younger Looking Skin?

April 28, 2014 by ActionPT

We all know how important it is to exercise regularly, but new research has revealed that exercise will keep skin looking and feeling younger & it can also reverse skin aging. It’s not too late to start.

Image of woman's fit stomach as she is lifting weight.

As we age, our skin begins to thin and starts to give a more saggier and translucent appearance. We can’t stop this change from happening, but you can make your skin look younger by working out twice a week.

Check out this interesting article featured in the New York Times that discusses this surprising new research.

Click here to read the New York Time’s article Younger Skin Through Exercise.

Coffee, Is It Good or Bad?

April 21, 2014 by ActionPT

Check out this great article by Robert T. Gonzalez about the 10 Reasons Coffee is Both the Best and the Worst Beverage Ever Invented.

Cup of coffee with coffee beans.

Do you represent the over 50% of Americans that drink coffee on a daily basis? We’ll let you decide if this compelling list of pros and cons will change your coffee drinking habit. I know what side I’m picking. What about you?

10) Pro: Coffee + pain medication = extra pain relief

9) Con: Just kidding — because coffee is also linked to headaches. Sort of. Probably.

8) Con: Those who French-press need to watch their cholesterol

7) Pro: Cancer isn’t fond of coffee

6) Con: Ulcers

5) Con: Coffee — not so good for the babies

4) Pro: Coffee likely has a preventive effect against type 2 diabetes

3) Pro: Same goes for cognitive disorders

2) Toss-up : It makes you have to poop

1) Toss up: Drink coffee, see ghosts?

Click here to read 10 Reasons Coffee is Both the Best and the Worst Beverage Ever Invented.

Shoulder Impingement

April 7, 2014 by ActionPT

 Motor control retraining exercises for shoulder impingement: effects on function, muscle activation and biomechanics in young adults. 3d rendered scientific illustration of a painful shoulder.

There is limited evidence motor control and strengthening exercises are effective in patients with subacromial impingement syndrome (SIS). The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of scapular motor control retraining exercises on pain and function outcomes as well as kinematic and neurophysiological parameters.

16 young adults with SIS and 16 healthy age and sex matched individuals were included. Subjects completed several patient reported outcome measures and a testing procedure consisting of arm elevation to 90 degrees in the sagittal, frontal and scapular plane while data was collected using surface electromyography and using a 3D motion analysis system.

After a 10 week motor control intervention including exercises for learning optimal scapular coordination and selective strengthening of the scapular muscles, and manual therapy techniques commonly used in clinical practice, immediate improvements in pain and function were present. Moreover, muscle recruitment patterns were altered significantly, leading to more adequate scapular kinematics. > From: Worsley et al., J Shoulder Elbow Surg 22 (2013) e11-e19. Published in Europe PMC.

Are You A Couch Potato?

March 31, 2014 by ActionPT

Most Americans would agree that they need to exercise more, but do they realize how little they are moving?

Man sitting on couch eating snack food.

According to an article on EXOS’s website entitled America: A Nation of Couch Potatoes they talk about a new study, published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, how researchers found that the average person is getting less than two minutes of activity per day. Two minutes a day! Come on America, wake up and get moving.

To read the full article click this link on EXOS website. http://www.coreperformance.com/daily/live-better/america-a-nation-of-couch-potatoes.html

 

Testimonial from Barry Deblake

December 9, 2011 by ActionPT

Barry Deblake on a police helicopterI have been involved in the Law Enforcement and Military field for 16 years. During the year of 2005, I was a part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. While in Iraq, I was involved in a rocket attack that just missed our Police Transition Team (PTT) that was charged with training the Iraqi Police. As part of the rocket attack, I sustained a lower back injury which eventually got me air lifted to Germany for treatment. Due to the fact that it was just weeks before the 2005 Christmas, the military sent me back to Honolulu so I could be home for the holidays. As you may well know Honolulu is back in Hawaii but it’s not all the way home. Just about that time the military was trying a new program where soldiers could continue their physical therapy as an outpatient on their home island. One of the supporters of the program was Action Therapy. Upon arriving back to Kauai, I made contact with Ginger Allen (PT). She was very friendly and totally understood the position I was in. Being that my real job was a Kauai Police (Swat Officer), I couldn’t just do a normal physical therapy treatment. My mindset was not to get better but to return back to full duty. Ginger Allen put me through a physical therapy program that rivaled a professional athlete. The end result was that not only did I get better and return back to the Swat Team, I became one of only two Swat Snipers on the island of Kauai. Anyone who knows anything about being a sniper knows how physically demanding the job can be. I am confident that if Action Therapy did not meet my needs for physical therapy, I would not be in the position I am today. I would highly recommend Action Therapy especially if you have a very athletic lifestyle.

Testimonial from a Health Care Professional

October 24, 2011 by ActionPT

An Xray of a neck“As a health care professional, I strongly recommend Steve Nakamura at Action Physical Therapy. I have referred my family and patients to Action Physical Therapy. All of my referrals have had great results and only positive things to say about their experiences with Steve.”

Dr. Richard Blair
Hanalei Chiropractic Clinic

Direct Access in Hawaii—What that Means for You

October 5, 2011 by ActionPT

Inside the office at Action Physical Therapy, KauaiDirect Access to Physical Therapist is now available.

According to Ann Frost, PT, president of the Hawaii Chapter of APTA, “Hawaii’s people can now enjoy the ability to receive physical therapy in a more cost- and time-effective manner.” Specifically, patients can now receive treatment from a licensed physical therapist without a physician’s referral.

So what does that mean for you? Instead of visiting your chiropractor for weekly maintenance, or your acupuncturist to ease your pain briefly, you can now go directly to a physical therapist to fix what ails you.

A licensed physical therapist is a true health care professional with at least a four-year degree who has passed a demanding physical therapy exam. A physical therapist specializes in the evaluation and treatment of various diagnoses that limit physical functioning. Our physical therapist work with you to restore health and foster optimal physical function. They don’t address the symptom, they define the root issue and provide remedies and long term solutions.

At Action Physical Therapy Kauai, this means we begin each client relationship with a thorough examination to identify potential and existing problems. Before we create your personal program, we will discuss your history in detail and use established tests and measures to forecast how successful we can be in addressing your issue.

To read more go to American Physical Therapy Association’s article on direct access on the APTA web site.

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