ACL Self Healing
The ACL: It can heal!
Hearing you have torn a ligament in your knee can be devastating news, no matter what age you may be. Whether you’re a 16 year old athlete getting ready for your upcoming sports season, or a 45 year old parent getting ready to coach your child’s soccer team, a significant knee injury may have you thinking you are destined for surgery and will miss many future events. ...
Posted on 2022-05-05
PT and the Opioid Epidemic
The History Behind the Opioid Epidemic and the APTA’s Mission to Stop It:
America is currently living through the deadliest drug epidemic in history. Data based on a government survey in 2018 found that 2.6 million people in the United States suffer from an opioid use disorder. The roots of today’s opioid epidemic stem back to 1980 when a doctor by the name of Hershel Jick and his assistant, Jane Porter, published a letter to The New England Journal of Medicine, stating that the ris...
Posted on 2021-02-26