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Helpful Posture Aids
Having good posture is essential to maintaining a healthy lifestyle. It helps keep your body flexible and avoids neck and back pain. Sometimes people don’t even know they have bad posture until it is too late. Thankfully, bad posture is … Continue reading
Helpful Tips for Ruling Out Fractures
Diagnosing potentially sinister pathologies can seem a little daunting and ambiguous. Thankfully, there are ways to help guide clinical decision making when you are in these situations. The use of algorithms and diagnostic instruments may be helpful to understand when … Continue reading
What Does Having Good Posture Mean?
Making sure that you have good posture is more than just about being able to stand up straight. Being able to hold your body the right way, whether you are standing or sitting, is an important part of your overall … Continue reading
A Clinical Pandemic: Burnout Syndrome
The ongoing events of the COVID-19 pandemic have certainly contributed to the rate of burnout experienced by health care workers. The volume of patients has risen exponentially and placed tremendous strain on the health care system. Prior to the pandemic, … Continue reading
Try these Exercises for a Toned and Healthy Body
Strength training comes with a wide variety of benefits that a lot of people find appealing. It can help you burn fat, improve your balance and coordination, help you sleep, and build your muscle mass. With all these benefits in … Continue reading
3 Strategies for the Initial Interview with a Patient
Initial Interview The initial interview with a patient can be a very intimidating interaction between the patient and the practitioner. A patient will be walking into the clinic and will be experiencing a variety of symptoms as well as functional … Continue reading
Advantages to Lifting Lighter Weights
The fastest way to grow muscle may not be the way you are thinking. If you think lifting heavy weights and putting them down is the best way, you may be wrong. According to a recent study, lifting lighter weights … Continue reading
What are the best strategies to become an amazing clinician and improve patient outcomes?
Welcome to the blog! My name is Eric Trauber and I am a physical therapist. I am board-certified orthopaedic clinical specialist from the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties. I am also a Fellow of the American Academy of … Continue reading
Why you Should Exercise with Resistance Bands
If you look around your gym, you might see a bunch of resistance bands laying around. Most people look at them and are unsure how to exactly use them. These often-overlooked resistance bands are some of the most versatile exercise … Continue reading
Ways to Stretch
Flexibility plays a key part to fitness and overall health. There are a lot of stretching techniques you can practice to improve your range of motion and flexibility. Below are two short stretching exercises to prepare you for the day … Continue reading