Apex Physical Therapy Blog
March 10th, 2010
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) -- Orthopedic surgeons warn that
sports injuries in children are rising dramatically, creating a "silent
epidemic."
March 10th, 2010
Reuters - Music class may help improve certain types of sound perception in deaf children who have cochlear implants, a new study hints.
March 10th, 2010
The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) is urging residents across the country to contact their local elected officials and members of the media to draw attention to the problem of the nation's uninsured during "Cover the Uninsured Week," March 14-20...
March 10th, 2010
A husband and wife research team has found a way to use the sleeve-like cover on bone to heal serious bone injuries faster and more simply than current methods. And they've developed an artificial sleeve that spurs fast healing when a car wreck, bomb blast or disease leaves too little cover...
March 9th, 2010
An already promising initiative to assist start-up firms that commercialize technologies associated with the Quality of Life Technology (QoLT) Center is now expanding thanks to a three-year, $1.5 million Innovation Award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Engineering Education and Centers...
March 9th, 2010
Currently, foreign-born people make up approximately 13 percent of the total U.S. population. As the immigrant population grows, understanding its disability status and employment characteristics becomes increasingly important...
March 9th, 2010
A fifth of stroke survivors questioned in England for a recent survey didn't receive any post-hospital physiotherapy on the NHS, meaning they either had to pay for private treatment or go without any. The results also showed that almost three quarters of physiotherapists surveyed in the UK believe they aren't able to deliver the best outcomes for stroke patients...
March 9th, 2010
The UK's first integrated 'spinning'-style fitness class is now available at The Aspire National Training Centre in Stanmore - Europe's first fully integrated leisure facility and training centre for disabled and non-disabled people...
March 8th, 2010
The most decorated U.S. Winter Olympian in history and star of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, Apolo Anton Ohno has partnered with The Century Council and its Ask, Listen, Learn: Kids and Alcohol Don't Mix program. Today in Greenwood Village, Ohno, in conjunction with the newly formed Apolo Anton Ohno Foundation, began a five-city tour to schools throughout the U.S...
March 8th, 2010
Over 400 million people will watch the football World Cup final in Johannesburg this summer, yet one of the most important contests will be taking place before the players have walked onto the pitch as each athlete battles to win the psychological edge over their opponents...
