Urinary incontinence is an inconvenient – and sometimes embarrassing – condition common among older adults. Nobody is born with bladder control; it’s something we learn as a child. If you lose control of your bladder, you can retrain it with […]
Six strategies to alleviate incontinence Read More
The National Association for Continence estimates that 25 million American adults suffer from incontinence. Many seniors accept it as a part of growing old, but urinary incontinence is not normal and can be cured. Urinary incontinence comes in two forms:
Firm up your pelvic floor muscles to fight ‘the urge’ Read More
If you’ve experienced heel pain, you’re not alone. One in 10 people will have this problem at some point in their lifetime. Plantar heel pain, also known as plantar fasciitis, is a painful foot condition that is usually present close
Heal your heel pain: Relief for plantar fasciitis is within reach Read More
Name: Kathryn Cardamon, M.P.T. Title: Physical Therapist Clinic: Physical Therapy Clinic Undergraduate School: University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa Medical School: University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa Additional Degrees/Training: Certified Myofascial Trigger Point Therapist What Attracted Me to Physical Therapy: I
Provider Profile: Meet Kathryn Cardamon Read More
In health care, it’s typically a bad sign when you have patients returning again and again or requesting to come to the clinic more frequently. But that’s the situation the Des Moines University Physical Therapy Clinic finds itself in. For
Physical Therapy Clinic expands popular exercise classes Read More
With winter well upon us, many people recognize that clearing your sidewalks and driveways of snow can be good exercise. It can also be a repetitive activity that can cause muscle strain to the lower back and shoulders and put
Get a handle on safe shoveling Read More
Libby Trausch, a DMU physical therapist, gave a presentation titled “Yoga asa biopsychosocial model in physical therapy” at a pelvic physical therapy study day in the Quad Cities on May 31. She and Kari Smith, D.P.T.’04, M.S.P.T.’98, BCB-PMD, DMU Physical
Libby Trausch, D.P.T.’08 Read More
Mindi Feilmeier, assistant professor in DMU’s College of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery (CPMS), was elected chair of the Iowa Podiatric Licensure Board at its July 11 meeting. The board evaluates the qualifications of applicants for licensure; grants licenses to those
Mindi Feilmeier, D.P.M.’05, FACFAS Read More
Michelle Brown, a DMU physical therapist, in May supervised 16 students from DMU, Arcadia University, St. Louis University and the University of the West Indies as they participated in a stroke camp held quarterly in St. Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica. Patients
Michelle Brown, M.S.P.T.’99 Read More
You’ve probably heard the term “preventive medicine” a lot since the Affordable Care Act passed in 2010. The law requires insurance companies to cover several preventive care services at no cost to you. But what exactly is preventive medicine? Preventive
Take steps now to prevent disease later Read More