Hopefully you read our first blog in 2017 about getting healthy. Today, we are building on the theme and presenting additional tips to help you achieve your goals and live a healthy lifestyle. As mentioned before, focusing on a few activities a month can help shape your approach to healthy eating, fitness, mental, and sleep habits. This month, […]
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I know we have all been there… The words, “I’ll do better tomorrow” are uttered as we take a step back in our healthy goals for the year. With the start of a new year, many of us want to improve two things…1) how we use our time and 2) how we feel. Well, 2017 is officially
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Therapy Center’s Sport Medicine team is proud to be a part of a working group with LHSAA that met in October. This group is seeking to develop the proper networks to provide care for youth athletes in high schools across Louisiana. Currently, one vital topic under discussion is proper management of concussion prevention and care. Therapy Center
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Overuse injuries account for nearly 50% of all muscle and bone injuries seen by healthcare providers. With increased competition in sports, especially youth sports, it is important to know the signs and treatments related to overuse injuries. What causes overuse injury? Overuse injuries occur from stress on the bone, muscle, tendon, or ligament. Over time
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During our final full week of National Athletic Training Month, we want to recognize the unparalleled continuum of care athletic trainers provide for patients. Working in multiple settings, such as primary care support and outpatient rehab, allows athletic trainers to provide medical services not only to athletes, but all types of patients. Athletic trainers
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Many are familiar with the role that athletic trainers play on the field, attending to injuries. What some may not realize is the integral role they play in the operations of the sports programs at local schools. They work closely, building trust with the school athletic directors, local physicians, student athletes and their families for
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As part of National Athletic Training Month, we want to recognize a serious condition that affects thousands of athletes each year – concussions. According to a study published by the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA), high school football players sustain greater head accelerations after impact during play than do college-level football players which can lead to
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In March, we recognize the team of experts who treat musculoskeletal and sports-related injuries as part of National Athletic Training Month . Our team of athletic trainers collaborate with physicians, physical therapists, coaches, student trainers, athletes, parents/guardians, administrative personnel and other health care professionals to ensure the best treatment and prevention measures are put
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Therapy Center is proud to be the only rehabilitation facility in Jeff Davis Parish that offers aquatic therapy! Aquatic Therapy is performed in the water, aiming to rehabilitate patients after injury or for those with chronic illness. It uses resistance of water instead of weights, taking excess pressure off joints for better outcomes. Aquatic therapy
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