Happy New Year

Happy New Year to all! Hope everyone has a healthy and prosperous year.

Dr. Joseph P. Caruso PT, MSPT, dPT, CSCS, Owner
Olivia A. Caruso MA, RD, LDN, Owner
Caruso Physical Therapy and Nutrition, LLC
1278 Yardville Allentown Rd Suite 3
Allentown, NJ 08501
Phone: (609) 738-3143
Fax: (609) 738-3144
www.CarusoPTRD.com

Merry Christmas 2012

Merry Christmas to all from Caruso Physical Therapy and Nutrition.

Healthy eating tips for Holidays/ Social Gatherings

9 Tips for Eating Healthy at Social Gatherings

 

1. Eat before you go. Fill up on healthy foods at home. Do not go too hungry to any social gathering- when we are too hungry we eat more.
2. Place limits. Try a 1 plate limit, and a 2 drink limit.
3. Plan ahead. Find out the menu ahead of time and make healthy choices, before you go.
4. Drink lots of water and eat fruits and veggies. You can eat as many veggies as you want without consuming many calories. Just avoid dipping sauces and dressings.
5. Have a big salad before the main course. Again, avoid too much dressing, and go for the lighter dressings.
6. Log what you eat, so you’ll be more aware of it.
7. Avoid/Limit alcohol. It’s just empty calories. You can have fun without alcohol!
8. Bring your own. If it’s a potluck-style gathering, cook something healthy and bring it with you this way you at least know the item you brought is safe.
9. Try to eat healthy most of the week, and relax when you are at social gatherings. You don’t need to eat healthy/clean 100% of the time but you must have strategies to prevent weight gain. Therefore by eating extra clean the week before and week after social gatherings and using the strategies as listed above while at the gatherings will help prevent weight gain.     

Rotator Cuff Injury

What is a Rotator Cuff Tear?
The "rotator cuff" is a group of 4 muscles and their tendons (which attach them to the bone). These muscles connect the upper-arm bone, or humerus, to the shoulder blade. The important job of the rotator cuff is to keep the shoulder joint stable. Sometimes, the rotator cuff becomes inflamed or irritated due to heavy lifting, repetitive arm movements, or a fall. A rotator cuff tear occurs when injuries to the muscles or tendons cause tissue damage or disruption.
Rotator cuff tears are called either "full-thickness" or partial-thickness," depending on how severe they are. Full-thickness tears extend from the top to the bottom of a rotator cuff muscle/tendon. Partial-thickness tears affect at least some portion of a rotator cuff muscle/tendon, but do not extend all the way through.
Tears often develop as a result of either a traumatic event or long-term overuse of the shoulder. These conditions are commonly called acute or chronic:

• An acute rotator cuff tear is one that just recently occurred, often due to a trauma such as a fall or lifting a heavy object.
• Chronic rotator cuff tears are much slower to develop. These tears are often the result of repeated actions with the arms working above shoulder level—such as with ball-throwing sports or certain work activities.

People with chronic rotator cuff injuries often have a history of rotator cuff tendon irritation that causes shoulder pain with movement. This condition is known as shoulder impingement syndrome (SIS).
Rotator cuff tears also may occur in combination with injuries or irritation of the biceps tendon at the shoulder, or with labral tears (to the ring of cartilage at the shoulder joint).

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It's estimated that as many as 75% of us will have some form of back or neck pain at some point in our lifetime. The good news is that most of us will recover without the need for surgery—and conservative care such as physical therapy usually gets better results than surgery. Degenerative disk disease (DDD) is one cause of back and neck pain. Usually the result of the natural aging process, degenerative disk disease (DDD) is a type of osteoarthritis of the spine.

 

Lumbar Degenerative Disk Disease