What’s Better, Heat or Ice?
A common question we often get at Wallace and Nilan is, “what is better for my injury, heat or ice?” Well here’s the lowdown folks:
HEAT
What does it do?
Relaxes and loosens tissue
Stimulates healing of damaged tissues
Eases stiffness by making tissues more supple
What do I use it on?
Aching joints/chronic conditions
Cramping or spasms
In Physical Therapy, we usually put moist heat on FIRST to help loosen up your muscles before […]
Ease the Pain of Winter Arthritis
Achy, Stiff and Painful Joints? You can thank Mother Nature for your discomfort! This winter the Delaware Valley has seen some peculiar weather. Bitter chills some days and mild temperatures on others are starting to have an effect on our joints!
Arthritis pain can be onset from every 10 degree drop in barometric pressure, according to a 2007 study by Tufts University in Boston. Unfortunately, these 10 degree drops are happening often […]
Sprained Ankle? Low Back Pain? Come see us first with Direct Access!
Did you know that you could be evaluated and treated by a licensed Physical Therapist without a referral/prescription from your physician?
How does Direct Access work?
In Pennsylvania, direct access allows you to see a certified physical therapist immediately for up to 30 days without a referral. In some cases a therapist may determine that you need further testing or that you are not an appropriate candidate for therapy at the time of […]
Health Insurance is Complicated
“Am I covered?” That’s a question we get a lot. In almost every case, we can proudly answer, “Absolutely.” That’s because we participate with 98% of insurance companies with a presence in Pennsylvania.
Health insurance is complicated these days.
After a members insurance premiums have been paid, their financial responsibility does not often end there. Additional costs may come in the form of deductibles, coinsurance, and co-pays.
We would like to help you better understand […]
Physical Therapy is the Safe Solution to Manage Your Pain!
Pain is uncomfortable, achy, tender, debilitating, and just plain annoying! Have you been suffering with pain? Has it kept you from the things you love to do? Odds are it has!
October is National Physical Therapy Month, our favorite month of the year because it puts the emphasis on what we like to do which is help our patients get back to what moves them! This year we […]
Fixing that Nagging Pain Together, Once and For All…
If you walked into Starbucks today at least half of the people in line would probably say they deal with the same frustration of that re-occuring hamstring pain after running or that trigger point in their neck while driving that you do. Okay, maybe they wouldn’t have your EXACT complaint, but 116,000 adults in the US suffer from chronic, re-occuring pain. So why is this number so high?
If you are like 95% of the population […]