Orthowell Physical Therapy

Pajar Ice Gripper vs. Yak Trax

Don’t Slip & Fall This Winter: Pajar Ice Gripper vs. Yak Trax

As Mother Nature and climate change throw more curveballs at us, it is important to stay safe on the ice. The last thing you want to do is slip and fall. We LOVE to treat you, but we would much rather keep you healthy, active, and injury-free. Here is a great strategy to ensure that!!

Winter brings beautiful scenery, but it also brings icy sidewalks, slippery driveways, and hazardous parking lots. Slips and falls are one of the most common causes of winter injuries, often leading to ankle sprains, knee injuries, hip fractures, wrist fractures, and back pain. The good news? Many of these injuries are preventable with the right footwear and traction tools.

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Back Pain

Inversion Tables for Back Pain Relief

Low back pain is one of the most common conditions affecting adults today. Whether it’s caused by long hours of sitting, poor posture, past injuries, or age-related changes in the spine, back pain can limit movement and affect everyday life. One treatment approach many people are curious about is spinal decompression, especially through the use of an inversion table.

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Prevent a Hangover

What if I told you there is a way to prevent a hangover?

I have to be honest. What I’m about to share with you has been a hangover prevention miracle! It even prevents that day after malaise even after imbibing just one or two cocktails. The less I drink, the less my tolerance, even after just one cocktail. Sooooooo… how do you manage the effects?

Remember, the alcohol that we drink is ethyl alcohol. Alcohol breaks down in our liver into acetaldehyde, and that is the toxic chemical that causes our hangovers and all the other bad stuff in our bodies.

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drinks

Why you should NOT drink…OMG!!!

80% of all adults drink alcohol.

Low to moderate consumption of alcohol defined as 7-14 per drinks per week or 2 drinks per day. Study of 35K people in UK. Evidence of loss of neurons in brain! 

Alcohol can pass directly into EVERY cell. It is both water and fat soluble. This is the main reason for its widespread damaging effects in your body.

Alcohol breaks down in the liver to a poison called acetyl aldehyde and to a fuel source called acetate.

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Ortho well

Lactate Threshold Testing Clinic Recap

We recently hosted our very first Lactate Threshold Testing Clinic for runners from the local Winners Circle Running Club. It was a fantastic event, giving athletes the opportunity to better understand their physiology and how it directly impacts training and performance.

To dive deeper into the science, check out:

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