The 10th annual Falls Prevention Awareness Day will be observed on September 22, 2017—the first day of fall…..and Montero Therapy Services will be offering a free Fall Prevention CE to all our Members to celebrate! (Details below) The … [Read more...]
Medicare Patients & Opioids
Seniors and Opioid Use 1 in 3 Medicare patients is prescribed an opioid for pain management. Holy cow! These are some pretty powerful medications for our senior citizens! With physical therapy intervention, opioid use can be decreased … [Read more...]
National Fall Prevention Awareness Day 2015
The National Council on Aging 2015 theme is Take a Stand to Prevent Falls and the official social media hashtag for this year’s event is #FPAD15. Falls Prevention Awareness Day was first observed in 2008 and has grown in participation in the … [Read more...]
Finding Your Balance: Part 5 of 5 – The Timed Up and Go Test (TUG)
Welcome to Part 5 - the Last of Our “Finding Your Balance” Blog Series Just in case you missed Part 1, 2, 3 or 4, here are the links: Part 1: The Functional Reach Test Part 2: The Tinetti Part 3: The Berg Balance Test Part 4: The 4 … [Read more...]
Finding Your Balance – Part 4: Four Square Step Test (FSST)
Welcome to Part 4 of our “Finding Your Balance” Blog Series Just in case you missed Part 1, 2 or 3, here are the links: Part 1: The Functional Reach Test Part 2: The Tinetti Part 3: The Berg Balance Test Our goal with this Blog Series … [Read more...]