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Parkinson’s Disease
Last Updated: Sunday, February 28, 2010
Parkinson’s Disease

Parkinson’s disease: a progressive degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that often impairs motor skills, speech, loss of automatic movements such as blinking, and may lead to dementia in the later stages. The central nervous system includes the brain and spinal cord.

What is Physical Therapy?
Last Updated: Thursday, January 21, 2010
What is Physical Therapy?

Physical TherapyThe main goal of physical therapy is to improve, restore, and maintain optimal function to perform daily activities. Simple activities could be walking, get off the toilet, grooming, bathing, etc…the list goes on that may be taken for granted. Advanced activities

Hot and Cold Pack Use
Last Updated: Monday, January 18, 2010
Hot and Cold Pack Use

Apply cold and hot pack to painful areas for approximately 10-15 minutes. You could also try to alternate the cold and hot pack for example: -> Cold pack for 10 min followed by ->Hot pack for 10 minutes ->Then cold pack for 10 min and so on…by alternating hot and

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