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Protect your hands during the holidays

November 14, 2017 By Douglas Fischer

As the holidays are fast approaching many of us will be preparing turkey for dinner.  Don’t forget safety.  Over 80% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving and many also prepare it for the Christmas meal as well.  Cuts from carving turkey are one of the top five most common injuries on Thanksgiving.

Do’s and Don’ts when carving:

  • Never cut toward yourself. One slip can cause a horrific injury.
  • Place free hand on the opposite side you are carving toward.
  • Don’t place your hand underneath the blade to catch the slice of meat.
  • Keep all cutting knives sharp. A sharp knife requires less force to cut.

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Filed Under: Exercises, Fitness, Hand Therapy, Hand Therapy in Maple Lawn, Injury Prevention, Occupational Therapy, Pain Relief, Physical Therapy, Physical Therapy in Laurel, Physical Therapy in Maple Lawn, What is Occupational Therapy?, What is physical therapy? Tagged With: fatigue, hand therapy, hand therapy maple lawn, injury prevention, physical therapy, physical therapy maple lawn

Carpal Tunnel and Pregnancy

July 16, 2017 By Douglas Fischer


 

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Carpal Tunnel and Pregnancy

If during pregnancy you have been experiencing numbness, tingling,  and burning.  As well as pain, pins and needles sensation or loss of strength in your hands and fingers its possible you have Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.  It is estimated that around 25 percent of women experience Carpal Tunnel during pregnancy.  It usually is most noticeable in the second and third trimesters and may extend past childbirth. [Read more…] about Carpal Tunnel and Pregnancy

Filed Under: Exercises, Fitness, Hand Therapy, Hand Therapy in Maple Lawn, Injury Prevention, Occupational Therapy, Pain Relief, Personal Training Maple Lawn, Physical Therapy in Maple Lawn, What is Occupational Therapy?, What is physical therapy? Tagged With: exercise, fitness, natural pain relief, personal training maple lawn, physical therapy, physical therapy maple lawn

Injury Prevention for Weekend Warriors

May 11, 2017 By Bryan Kreitlow

If you’re a weekend warrior, you need to know about injury prevention

Weekend Warrior Injury Prevention

The key to successful exercise is injury prevention.  Do you work way too many hours during the week?  Life often gets so busy that exercise gets put on the back burner.  You try to make up for a week’s worth of inactivity in one or two days on the weekend.  Thus, you become a weekend warrior.  Your intentions are good.  Getting exercise during the weekend is certainly a positive since exercising even 1-2 times per week can help reduce your risk of heart disease and heart attacks.

HOWEVER,

This sudden burst of activity after sitting in front of a computer all week can trigger musculoskeletal injury or strain. This will keep you from exercising at all!  You become more susceptible to injury because the level of physical activity required to participate in recreation is not maintained during the week. [Read more…] about Injury Prevention for Weekend Warriors

Filed Under: Exercises, Fitness, Injury Prevention, Pain Relief, personal training, Personal Training Maple Lawn, Physical Therapy, Physical Therapy in Laurel, Physical Therapy in Maple Lawn, What is physical therapy? Tagged With: fitness, functional training, injury prevention, personal training, physical therapy, sport specific training

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