Kristi Fredieu, Author at The Therapy Center

Navigating Vertigo and Vestibular Issues: Tips and the Role of Physical Therapy

Healthy Living, Outpatient Services, Physical Therapy

Vertigo and vestibular issues can significantly disrupt one’s quality of life, making even simple tasks a challenge. Whether you’ve been recently diagnosed or have been dealing with these issues for a while, there’s hope for improved well-being. This article offers valuable tips for those suffering from vertigo or vestibular issues and discusses how physical therapy …

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Say Goodbye to Poor Posture, Reduce Your Headaches

Healthy Living, Physical Therapy

When we think of headaches, we often time think of sinus pressure, lack of sleep, stress, or dehydration… but did you know often times headaches can be a directly related to poor posture? When it comes to proper posture, your ankles, knees, hips, shoulders, and ears should all follow the same vertical line, with your …

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Suffer with Sciatica Pain physical therapy tips for weak core and hip muscles

Sciatica Relief Tips? Physical Therapy tips for weak core & hip muscles

Healthy Living, Outpatient Services, Physical Therapy

Suffering from Sciatica pain? You are in the right place for sciatica relief tips! Our physical therapist, Stephan LeBlanc, has provided sciatica relief tips targeting weak core & hip muscles so you can get your body moving with reduced pain. Low back pain and sciatica typically results from weak core and hip muscles. This weakness stresses …

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Outpatient Tips: What is Dry Needling?

Healthy Living, Physical Therapy

You may have recently heard the term “therapeutic dry needling” and now you are wondering, “Is this treatment right for me?” We are here to help! What is dry needling? Dry Needling uses a needle to produce a release in a particular trigger point. There’s no solution injected into the muscle, therefore the needle is …

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Benefits of Physical Therapy: Third Trimester

Physical Therapy, Women's Health

Do you wish that you were better prepared for the changes that your body will undergo through the next nine months of pregnancy? Our physical therapist, Kassy Zerangue, knows the motherhood journey well. She developed the tips below to help moms understand some of the body changes they can expect to see when they’re expecting. …

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Benefits of Physical Therapy: 5 Tips for the Second Trimester

Physical Therapy, Women's Health

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Benefits of Physical Therapy: 4 Tips for the First Trimester

Physical Therapy, Women's Health

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Call to Action: National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) Edit

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An unexpected announcement has been made that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) accepted two changes to the National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) edits effective January 1, 2020 that affect both physical occupational therapy. CMS announced it will no longer allow two frequently used therapy billing codes to be used in combination with …

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Welcome to PDPM: Thoughts from the trenches two weeks in

Compliance, PDPM, Physical Therapy, Speech Therapy, Sports Medicine

Welcome to PDPM! “Less than two weeks in and it feels like we are speaking a new language. CMGs, BIM scores, and NTA comorbidities have already become familiar terms. Now that we are into the new payment system, one thing I can say for sure is that there certainly is no sign of a decreased …

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MDS & Dietary: How much do my key players need to know about PDPM?

PDPM

Out with the old, in with the NEW! We are days away from an industry shift that will change care as we know it. Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) will focus on individual patient characteristics and comorbidities in deriving payment. Every patient will be unique and the care provided to patients under PDPM will need …

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