Thursday, October 11, 2012

National Physical Therapy Month

Did you know that October is National Physical Therapy month? "Every October the APTA celebrates National Physical Therapy Month, whose primary goal is to raise awareness of the crucial role of Physical Therapists and Physical Therapist Assistants play in helping people reduce pain, improve their mobility, and live active and healthy lives."(SFGate, P2) The focus of this years National Physical Therapy Month is sport injury prevention. The main way to prevent long term sport injuries is learning to play the sport the correct way. You do this by starting young with the kids. They need to be taught the right way right off the bat. Like learning to tackle the right way in pee wee football, and teaching not to lead with the head, or the correct body position when fielding a ground ball.
This October the APTA will also be launching their first "Fit After 50" campaign. This is a program that provides daily tips and resources for Therapists working with the baby-boomer patients. The top five workouts for the baby boomers are:

1. Cardio- running, walking, swimming, biking. At least 30 min. a day

 2. Strength Training- push ups, resistance bands, bicep curls. At least 30-45 min. twice a week

 3. Flexibility Training- head circles, calf stretching, hamstring stretching. 10 min. a day

 4. Balance Training- standing on one leg, tippy-toes. Only need 3 min. a day

 5. Core Training- only need a few min. a day of abdominal exercises
"Celebrate National Physical Therapy Month and "Get Fit After 50" with the American Physical Therapy Association and HomeCEUConnection.com." SFGate. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Oct. 2012. <http://www.sfgate.com/business/prweb/article/Celebrate-National-Physical-Therapy-Month-and-3918422.php>.

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2 comments:

  1. Daniel ChapieOctober 11, 2012 at 11:25 AM

    Yup, I'm commenting on another post of yours. I did not know that physical therapy month existed or how it really differs from any other month. It's good to know the importance of staying fit and staying healthy. I have always been one to be active and healthy, but now that I am in college, I am getting lazy. Hopefully this will help and remind to get my butt to the gym. How did you come across this? And do you follow the steps given?

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  2. AnonymousOctober 18, 2012 at 10:00 AM

    This shows how many people go through physical therapy, only if lots of people were doing it they would make a month dedicated to it. I wonder if most patients are elderly, and that is why they give out tips for older people. Do you know if most patients of Physical Therapists are elderly? Because with sports now a days younger people are getting hurt quite often. Perhaps most of your patients will be athletes? Great blog, it was interesting reading about PT.
    Keep blogging!

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