Reduce Knee Pain With Exercise Knee pain can occur from various conditions and is either organic or mechanistic. Organic pain originates from a serious root condition such as disease. This includes inflammatory arthritis, infection, fracture, or cancer. Mechanistic pain mainly forms through bad posture, muscle weakness, or overactive muscles. Many of our patients come in with mechanisticContinue Reading »
Success Story: From Chronic Back Pain to Strength TrainingPatti’s great one-on-one treatment at Iron Health resulted in complete relief from chronic back pain. Listen to Patti’s experience below: Listen to Patti’s story, then experience the Iron Health difference for yourself. We provide quality physical therapy in Briarcliff Manor, NY. Our patients come from Chappaqua, Ossining, Croton-on-Hudson, Tarrytown,Continue Reading »
Rehabilitation after hip replacement is an essential step to recovery. Most patients undergo surgery because they are limited in activities they once enjoyed. Often times the pain that was present prior to surgery resolves quickly after surgery if proper steps are taken to recover. After surgery you may experience pain free mobility due to the jointContinue Reading »
A foam roll is typically used to massage areas of the body, with muscle tightness, through myofascial release. Below is a video discussing all the great reasons why you should try foam rolling; especially for relief of back pain: For other health tips, subscribe to our Youtube Channel here for weekly updates. Disclaimer: These exercises will notContinue Reading »
Before Ammar came to Iron Health, he experienced pain in both shoulders and both knees. When Ammar’s doctor advised him of the poor mobility and acute tearing in his problem areas, he knew it was time for physical therapy. Watch below to listen to Ammar’s Iron Health experience. Listen to Ammar’s story, then experience the IronContinue Reading »
Very often, young athletes come to our office with knee pain limiting their participation in sports, dance, and fitness activities. Several factors, including over-use from repetitive participation in sports, muscular imbalances, and malalignment, contribute to children’s knee pain. Misalignment of hips and knees can range anywhere from a weak core and hip to muscle shortnessContinue Reading »
Knee Arthroplasty is commonly used when a patient cannot achieve pain relief from an unstable knee joint. This can be due to Osteoarthritis, which can make walking, climbing stairs, and getting up to move very painful. Many times this leads patients to participating in a total knee replacement. You’ll most certainly find yourself looking forContinue Reading »
Protecting the ligaments in the knee are crucial for injury prevention. We use the knees daily to perform second nature movements such as walking, driving and bending. If any pain or injury occurs in this location of the body, simple daily functions become difficult to perform or complete. In this post, we will educate ourselves onContinue Reading »