How Physical Therapy Helped Me

How Physical Therapy Helped Me: Dick Trueting

For someone like Dick Treuting, staying active is living. So when balance issues started affecting his active lifestyle, his Doctor recommended physical therapy as a solution.

Dick’s goal was to keep playing golf, a sport he’s been enjoying for over 70 years. With a customized physical therapy plan and a lot of hard work, we were able to help improve his strength, agility and coordination of movement so he could continue the sport he loves.  Watch Dick’s inspiring story on how he keeps moving.

The Baudry Therapy Center team is so proud of Dick Trueting and the success he has achieved throughout his physical therapy sessions. Our goal is always to help make our clients’ lives better, so when Dick tells us he can continue playing golf and cutting his grass, we know we’ve succeeded.

Age Well with Physical Therapy

As we age, we naturally lose strength and with strength goes balance. Physical therapists are able to pick up on even the smallest deficits in strength, which significantly affect balance. With a good physical therapy program, balance does not have to be a challenge.

If you or a loved one is having balance issues, lacks confidence walking on uneven surfaces, or has stopped doing things for fear of falling, a course of physical therapy is just what the doctor should order. Call Baudry Therapy Center today!

Celebrate World Heart Day – September 29, 2015

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Celebrate World Heart Day

World Heart Day, celebrated on September 29, helps raise awareness about cardiovascular disease (CVD) across the globe.  Did you know that CVD leads to 17.3 million deaths a year? The statistics are alarming, but there are some simple things you can do to be heart healthy.

Fun Facts 

  • It is a myth that CVD mostly affects affluent, male, older populations – it can affect all ages and population groups, including women and children.
  • There are 1,000,000 number of babies born each year worldwide with acongenital heart defect.
  • Worldwide, one in 10 school children are estimated to be overweight, a risk factor for heart disease and stroke.
  • After stopping smoking for 15 years, the risk of heart attack falls to the same level that it would be for someone who has never smoked.
  • 600,000 – number of non-smokers, including children, are killed each year from exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke. Half of the world’s children regularly breathe air polluted by tobacco smoke. Smoking causes 10% of CVD.
  • Heart disease causes 1 in 3 female deaths each year.

Quick Tips on Making Healthy Heart Choices

  • Take public transportation, bike to work or take the stairs whenever possible!
  • Reduce your portion sizes of less healthy food and increase the portion size of healthy food.
  • Do your house chores!
  • Say NO to tobacco!