Healing Arts Physical Therapy

This evening is our second jog! Last week we ran from our clinic to New Earth Market and back; about 2 miles. It was nice to get the heart rate up a bit and the endorphins flowing! Please join us for this evening jog at 6 PM. It's all about promoting health and physical stuff in our community! ... If you have any questions feel free to comment or call our office at (530) 329-8490

Last week a student of ours from Sacramento State University successfully used a treatment called NMES which stands for Neuromuscular Re-Education. NMES sends electrical impulses into your muscle to get it to contract properly. He used this on a patient who's quadriceps muscle was not contracting properly after a knee surgery. The quadriceps muscle is responsible for extending the knee and stabilizing the knee during activity such as walking. This patient before the treatm...ent was still reliant on a single crutch to walk and did not fully feel confident in her knee to support her weight. We performed one session of NMES on her and low and behold the next time she attended therapy she had ditched that crutch and was walking much more normally! We will be using this type of treatment much more often here! Below is a picture of how we place the electrical pads on the quadriceps muscle. #kneetreatment #kneesurgery #physicaltherapy #physiotherapy #quadriceps #electicalstimulation #postoperativerehab #walknormal #moveright #musclestrength #strengthtraining

Don't forget next Tuesday evening 3/30/2021 at 6 pm in our parking lot we will begin our weekly run/jog! It is a FREE event to support health and fitness in our community. Whether you are a seasoned runner, you do it on occasion, or have not ran at all and are thinking about getting into it, you are welcome to come.... Margaret our Physical Therapist will lead the group in running knowledge of all kinds; from proper warm ups to good running form. If you have any questions feel free to message or call us! Hope to see you there.

Take the time every day to focus on your physical self! Aging is difficult, but it can be made easier when you work on strengthening and mobility. Working on the physical will also help your mental self just as well. In today's blog we talk about the devastating effects of a forward head posture! Not a good thing when it comes to neck pain! ... If you have any questions feel free to reach out. https://www.healingartspt.net//get-ahead-of-the-forward-he

Cool News! We are going to be starting a weekly run/jog starting at our clinic located at 1103 Butte House Rd. Suite D in Yuba City. We are going to kick this off Tuesday March 30th at 6 PM. All who are willing and able are welcome to come for these free events. We are just wanting to spread health and wellness in our community! ... This will be directed by our very own Physical Therapist Margaret Cheng who is a huge running enthusiast. She will be leading the group and providing education on proper running form and doing a warm up. Attached is also a blog she just wrote on the benefits of running. https://www.healingartspt.net/single-p/to-run-or-not-to-run Hope you enjoy and hopefully see you there! #runninginformation #runningform #health #fitness #wellness #injuryprevention

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Physical Therapy is in high demand right now; people are looking for ways to reduce pain without medication and surgery. Finding the right Physical Therapist is hugely important! Do your research and interview potential places before getting on their schedule. ... https://www.healingartspt.net//how-to-select-the-physical-

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I have been hearing about so many elderly people falling these days. Falls which result in broken shoulders and hips, of which can be disastrous and deadly to people in their older years. The reason for this rise in falls is due to people staying at home more due to COVID-19 and not getting the necessary exercise and fitness one needs in a day. People are staying home more, staying in bed longer or sitting on the couch longer to read a book or watch TV. Our muscle and n...ervous system need to be exercised and challenged on a daily basis. Unfortunately, some people can get to such a poor conditioned state where it can be dangerous for them to walk and exercise, as one might sustain a fall in attempting to do so. So, they need a service like balance therapy to challenge these systems under a more controlled/safe environment. We have some very helpful equipment here that can significantly improve a person's strength and balance to prevent falling and injuring one's self. One device that I am especially partial to is the Solo-Step; pictured in this post. Ones walking, balance and strength can be challenged and improved using this device and one will have the assurance and confidence that they will not fall during the therapy. When they are attached to the harness and lanyard along the ceiling rail system, they can be sure they won't fall and will be able to push themselves further than normal. This fortunately excites the nervous system and allows it to adapt and learn and improve the muscles coordination, performance and strength. One needs to be able to be able to walk and move their head, change directions, and walk backwards in order to be safe. All these components can be challenged and refined with our balance therapy program. If you know of someone whether it be a family member or friend that is struggling with walking and balance and may sustain a fall, then tell them about this service we offer.

Let me introduce you to a muscle called the posterior tibialis. It's our arch lifter; the muscle that lifts up the arch of our foot. In many cases where our arch is collapsing (a condition called hyper pronation) this muscle is specifically weak and not doing its job. When the arch collapses when standing and walking it can lead to stress to another structure that supports that arch called the plantar fascia and thus plantar fasciitis can occur. It’s like when one perso...n on a team doesn’t carry the weight, the other members of the team feel the stress. Sometimes the tibialis posterior itself can be painful at the tendon on the bottom of the foot or at its attachment along the inside of the leg. The specific condition here is called shin splints and another condition that is just plain not fun to have! I have also seen patients that have torn the posterior tibial muscle which can lead to a severe collapse of the arch and be very painful and may even require surgery. Being sedentary, overweight and deconditioned can lead to problems in this muscle. So, addressing these conditions will help. Included in this post is an exercise we commonly give people to gain motor control and strength back to this muscle. It’s called an arch raise exercise. It seems simple, but if you really focus on doing it right and do it many times you can really feel the muscle getting a workout! ARCH LIFTS Start with your foot on the floor. Raise up the arch of your foot while maintaining your big toe, ball of your foot and heel on the floor the entire time. Try and do this 30-50 times and do 2-3 sets. The below picture on the right shows you the proper end position. Happy Exercising! https://www.healingartspt.net/disclaimer-page

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Meet our newest Physical Therapist Behnaz Jabaripour! We are honored to have you as part of our team now. A tid bit about Behnaz: Behnaz earned her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from the University of North Georgia. She treats patients with orthopedic problems, vestibular problems and pelvic floor disorders. She was certified as a pelvic floor specialist in Iran during 2016. She has done research on urinary incontinence in women and integrated a variety of exercises to ...take care of the weak pelvic floor. She has many years of experience as a Physical Therapist and women's health. She has also trained many new Physical Therapist's and established two pelvic floor clinics in her country. We are accepting new patients right now, so if you are needing a Physical Therapist take a look at what we can offer at: www.healingartspt.net #physicaltherapy #physicaltherapist #pelvicfloor #PelvicFloorPhysicalTherapy #womenshealth #yubacity #marysville #california #yubasutter

We offer telehealth services at Healing Arts Physical Therapy during the pandemic. On occasion we have patients cancel their appointments because either "they are not feeling their best" or they have been exposed to a person with COVID-19 and are unable to attend appointments. Our Physical Therapist's will be able to spend 30 minutes with you through a virtual visit and help guide you through exercises and movements to address mobility problems and pain. If you are struggling with staying active due to pain, weakness or other medical condition this could really help you! This is not the time to be sedentary as activity and exercise helps to improve the immune system and helps with depression and anxiety.

Check out our latest blog on what a pelvic floor therapist is and what they can do for someone who suffers from urinary incontinence. Leaking pee is not normal and their is real time solutions and specialists out there that can help.