👉 Hey everybody! It’s Michael Ricchiuto MPT, EMT-P with Physical Therapy Now. Today we’re going to talk about shoulder mobility and there’s a simple, quick, and easy way to get shoulder mobility using a dowel rod or a broom handle or anything that’s like a stick a hockey stick a lot of the times. I’m […]
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5 Low Back Pain Prevention Exercises
Hey everybody it’s Michael Ricchiuto, MPT, EMT-P with Physical Therapy Now located in Pittsburgh, Cranberry Township, Fox Chapel PA. We’re looking to provide you with five exercises to increase the mobility of your spine. Of course if you have spinal problems you should be evaluated at our office to find out if this is right […]
How to tell if you have a Shoulder Pr...
Do you have shoulder pain related to your rotator cuff or other shoulder? The shoulder joint achieves a maximum of 180 degrees and in people even more and the rotator cuff and other shoulder structures provide the stability to achieve this. Not everyone needs all of this motion to complete their daily activities but one […]
3 Tips to Preventing Injury in the Ne...
🏆 We are starting January 2022 and we see a lot of people begin exercise programs without a plan for starting to perform the right exercises, for progressing exercises correctly, and lastly, performing exercises that have a positive effect on an individual’s body. So we don’t want you to fail. We don’t want you […]
Core exercises that can help eliminat...
💪🏽 Core exercises can prevent postural imbalances, can improve total body strength, assist in improving athletic performance, and can help in preventing degeneration of bones and ligaments.🦴 🏋️♂️ Here are 3 good core exercises to assist with fitness goals: 👉🏼 Plank jumps- Good for upper/lower body strength and building stability of abdominals, the pelvis, […]
My patient could not get an answer to...
So my patient was having a problem. Pain in the morning within his low back especially in the AM hours when he woke up. The pain was described as “intolerable”and “stiff” and this prevented him from sleeping more than a few hours a night without waking him up. He was having a hard time dressing, […]
Grand Opening Celebration Event at Ph...
Grand Opening Celebration! Physical Therapy Now- Fox Chapel In order to provide a better service to our patients we have expanded to a new location within Hartwood Town Center, 3392 Saxonburg Blvd. Suite 330, Glenshaw, PA 15116. We are less than a 1/4 mile from our old location and are located between the “Greek […]
What is considered the best physical ...
In Pittsburgh, PA and the surrounding areas of Cranberry Township, Fox Chapel, and Allegheny Valley-Harmar there are multiple places where one may receive Physical therapy. But what is considered the best practice of physical therapy? Where does one go to receive the best care? Physical therapy is the practice of physical medicine, specifically within the […]