Lost your car keys? Forgotten the reason you walked into a room? Don’t fret – you haven’t lost your mind. You just need to fine-tune your brain. An unhealthy brain impacts your memory, causing you to forget that those keys […]
Mental, physical exercise equally important for brain health Read More
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
Nutrition is an essential part of a healthy lifestyle, but many Americans fail to make it a priority, as evidenced by the climbing rates of obesity and chronic disease. While some may cling to hopes of better health through fad
Go for the greens: Plant-based diet leads to better health 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
If you are like many Americans, the New Year serves as a mental “reset” on the clock. New things are possible, and the better – no – BEST you will be realized in 2015. According to research in the Journal
Do you want to be healthier in 2015? Create implementation intentions! 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
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January is a time for fresh starts, when people everywhere resolve to better themselves in the coming year. Losing weight and getting fit are always go-to resolutions, but joining a gym and going on a diet typically involve drastic lifestyle
Better your health in five minutes or less Read More
Osteopathic manual medicine (OMM) is an apprenticed art that has been passed down, literally “hand to hand,” through manual diagnosis and training for over 150 years. Classical osteopathy and OMM are based on the principle that the human body possesses
Osteopathic manual medicine can help common health problems 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