Women’s Health and PT

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What is a “Kegel” exercise? A Kegel exercise is a contraction of your pelvic floor muscles. These are the muscles that encircle the urethra, vagina and rectum. When the contraction is performed correctly, the above “openings” of the body should close. Urinary incontinence can occur when your pelvic floor muscles are weak. This can happen […]

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Have you ever been dizzy?

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Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) is a common cause of dizziness and accounts for 20% of all dizziness symptoms. As BPPV appears to be related to bone density, incidence increases with age and accounts for 50% of dizziness complaints in those over 60 years of age. BPPV is also the most common disorder of the […]

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Uncomfortable car seat? Put a wedge in it

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Many patients enter the clinic with pain while making the long commute into northern Virginia and DC. Most of these patients present with low back and hip pain that increases with long periods of time in the car. Sitting in traffic is painful already so adding more pain makes it miserable. Most of the time […]