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Biofreeze helps climbers in the Andes mountains fight prostate cancer
Oct 30th
Each year since 2001, a group of men and women convene to climb mountains around the world to help raise awareness about prostate cancer. This year, Tom Hyde, DC from Miami, Florida participated in the annual climb. The group went to Ecuador to attempt a summit of 19,347 feet Cotapaxi, a volcano in the Andes. Dr. Hyde has used Biofreeze and Thera-Band products for over 15 years and has participated on the Thera-Band Research Advisory Board for the last 4 years. He utilizes Biofreeze and Thera-Band when teaching his workshop, Functional and Kinetic Treatment with Rehab, Provocation and Motion (FAKTR-PM).
The Prostate Awareness Foundation (PAF) offers information, support, and education about the treatment options available to those with prostate cancer. The objective is to lessen the trauma, impact, problems, and depression associated with the disease, and to encourage proactive responsibility for one’s own healing. PAF also offers information to those with a family history of prostate cancer who wish to take a preventative approach to the disease.
Thera-Band® Academy Educates Polish Physiotherapists
Sep 24th
Polish physiotherapists are learning the latest techniques in therapy through a new program partnered with the European Union and Thera-Band® Academy in Poland. The EU is funding a professional development program to support continuing education courses approved by the Polish Society of Physiotherapy. “We will have over 120 hands-on workshops this year alone featuring Thera-Band® products on a number of topics, including functional band training, sensorimotor training, and Bruegger exercise,” said Josef Spalek, a physiotherapist who leads Thera-Band Academy in Poland. These courses are accredited by the Polish Society of Physiotherapy. Recently, Phil Page PT ATC, director of the Thera-Band Academy, gave a 2-day workshop in Warsaw on treating chronic musculoskeletal pain as part of the program using Thera-Band products. Page also presented a half-day workshop on Thera-Band elastic resistance and balance training at the First International Congress of Polish Rehabilitation, organized by the Polish Society of Physiotherapy and Polish Society of Rehabilitation. The congress celebrated 20 year anniversaries of each organization. Attended by over 1000 physiotherapists and rehabilitation physicians, the Congress was held Sept. 10-13, 2009 at the University of Economics and Computer Science in Warsaw.
"Tyler Twist" FlexBar Exercise Featured in New York Times
Aug 26th
The New York Times ran a story on the “Tyler Twist” exercise using the Thera-Band FlexBar on August 25, 2009. A recent study found this novel FlexBar exercise led to significant improvements in tennis elbow patients compared to traditional treatment. Lead researcher Tim Tyler, PT ATC was quoted in the article saying, “We couldn’t believe how fast and well the therapy worked. We were seeing improvements in five weeks, even three. It was crazy.”
Click here to see the exercise video, download the study & protocol, and to learn more.
Stability ball: fitness jack of all trades (Reuters)
Jul 22nd
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – Call them Swiss balls, Pilates balls, physio balls, exercise balls, balance balls, yoga balls or body balls.
Stability balls by any other name would still be the same hardworking multi-taskers of the fitness world.
“They can be used for balance training, for core training, with or without weights and for resistance training,” Dr. Christina A. Geithner, of the American College of Sports Medicine, said of those big, colorful spheres that brighten the corners of workout rooms everywhere.
