Falls are the leading cause of injury for adults 65+. Learn balance tips, exercises, and when to seek physical therapy to prevent falls.

Rachel Tavel is a doctor of physical therapy, certified strength and conditioning specialist and writer. She works as a physical therapist in an outpatient orthopedic physical therapy setting and as a ...

As we get older, our risk of falling increases and we can thank loss of muscle for that. 102.5 WBOC’s Corey Phoebus shows us how the team at Atlantic Physical Therapy can help.

Older patients who are hospitalized for acute decompensated heart failure have high rates of physical frailty, poor quality of life, delayed recovery, and frequent rehospitalizations. Interventions to ...

A new multidisciplinary study opens an exciting non-invasive therapeutic avenue for healing muscle injuries in elderly patients. Using a robotic mechanotherapy device on aged muscle, the researchers ...

April 1, 2008 (Orlando) — For elderly individuals with behavioral health disorders who are not responding to treatments such as individual therapy and/or psychopharmacological therapy, a structured ...

A randomized controlled trial conducted on elderly individuals shows that an improvement in physical fitness and cognition can be achieved by increasing daily physical activity to a certain level. The ...