Prominent Lower Ribs: What Can PT Assess?
Learn what PT can assess when lower ribs look prominent, and why breathing or position changes do not promise structural chest-wall correction.
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Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation
Physical therapy, movement practice and recovery in daily life.
From assessment to the activities you want back
Find guides to physical therapy assessment, movement practice and recovery after pain or injury. Start with the New York referral guide if your first question is how to arrange care; then explore how rehabilitation connects treatment with daily activity.
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When a Knee Plica Becomes Irritated, Where Does Rehab Begin?
Learn how PT approaches an irritated knee plica, activity changes and selected strength work, without diagnosing the problem from clicking alone.
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Which New York Medicaid PT Rules Apply Now?
Read the New York Medicaid changes to PT visit limits and fee-for-service approval, with benefit rules kept separate from clinic participation.
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Rebuild Joint Function Without Rushing a Healing Ligament
Understand protection and gradual rehabilitation after a ligament injury, including joint stability and symptoms that call for reassessment.
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Recovering Shoulder Use After an AC Joint Injury
Understand PT after an AC joint separation, including protection, permitted motion and the difference between a lasting bump and useful function.
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How Pilates and Lifting Weights Can Fit the Same Week
Compare Pilates and weight training by resistance, strength goals and instruction, with practical ways to choose or combine activities.
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You Do Not Have to Be Flexible to Begin Pilates
Starting Pilates as a man? Understand the role of control, strength and flexibility, and how an individual session can match your current level.
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Pain Below the Kneecap: Loading the Patellar Tendon Without Rushing
Learn how PT for patellar tendinopathy connects activity changes with gradual strengthening and return to demanding knee tasks. Recognize urgent symptoms.
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Rebuilding Hamstring Strength Without Rushing Back to Sprinting
Physical therapy after a hamstring strain progressively restores useful movement and strength, then prepares the leg for faster and more demanding tasks.
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Buttock Pain With Sciatica-Like Symptoms: Where PT Begins
Understand assessment and PT for suspected piriformis syndrome, including sitting changes, exercise boundaries, and symptoms needing urgent medical care.
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When Lifting, Gripping, or Moving the Thumb Hurts the Wrist
De Quervain's tenosynovitis affects tendons at the thumb side of the wrist and can make lifting, grasping, and thumb movement painful.
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When Lying on Your Side or Climbing Stairs Hurts the Outer Hip
Pain over the outer point of the hip can involve the tissues around the greater trochanter, including bursae and gluteal tendons.
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