May has been nationally recognized as Arthritis Awareness month, helping to raise awareness and education about arthritis. While there are many types of arthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis is one that can drastically affect those who suffer with it.

Understanding Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) dysfunction and how physical therapy can help. The TMJ can cause jaw pain due to several factors. Read more inside for the most common reasons why a client may present with jaw pain.

After 15 years in the field of physical therapy and strength & conditioning, I have often noticed that individuals are busy with everyday life and don’t invest enough time on themselves.

Elizabeth M., a healthcare provider in NYC, tells us her experience getting physical therapy treatments at our Brooklyn office location. Finding a physical therapist in NYC is hard as it is, throw in the Covid-19 pandemic and it can seem overwhelming! Fortunately at Sarrica PT and Wellness we are taking extra safety precautions to make our patients feel comfortable and safe during their physical therapy treatments.

As the year comes to a close, most of us are focused on getting the perfect holiday presents and preparing for family celebrations. But what about preparing for the end of the year by focusing on your health before you lose your benefits?

We’ve put together the proper recovery techniques to keep our bodies injury free. Why is it that no one ever thinks about rest and recovery when exercising? Here are the do’s and don’ts.

This is the famous question that I get all the time from my physical therapy patients.  We often see the infomercials about products claiming to improve your posture and make you sit up straight.  More often that not we are purchasing these products online to try and mitigate the effects of gravity on us all. 

Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization, or IASTM, is a manual treatment technique that allows trained manual therapists (including but not limited to physical therapist) to treat soft tissue injuries, tightness and range of motion limitations due to soft tissue restrictions. While this technique has been around for quite some time, it is gaining popularity in rehabilitation settings.

As promised, below are some of the techniques that can be used with the fitness tools discussed in my previous blog post. Note that there are many different activities and drills that can be performed in addition to the one’s that I show here.

October is National Physical Therapy Month, which helps raise awareness for the effectiveness of Physical Therapy in the treatment of an ever-growing list of conditions and symptoms. While it continues to advance in the world of medicine, it is still a somewhat neglected form of medical treatment that many providers overlook. 

Did you know Breast Cancer is the most common form of cancer for women? It is so prevalent, that 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with it in the United States. October marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which helps shed light on the prevalence of the disease and raise awareness. While treatment and prevention for the disease have advanced significantly, the battle will always be a long one. One aspect of breast cancer treatment seldom discussed, is breast cancer rehabilitation after surgical intervention.