Calendar of Upcoming Events:
Check out these events and join our Tough Mudder team. Follow links to learn more about each of these great events:
Tuck Run For The Kids May 19th
|
Shoe Drive
for The Upper Valley Haven!
BE Fit is collecting shoes for members of our own Upper Valley in need.
We need your old lightly used adult and child shoes that might be appropriate for athletic, work, or casual wear.
Drop off at our 45 Lyme Road Building in the Main Lobby or right in our office.
Now thru March 31st!
|
Tough Mudder 2012!
Never heard of it? Well read on, be inspired, and join up!
Dave, Eric, and Kylie will all be participating in the 2012 Tough Mudder on Sunday May 6th at Mt. Snow in Vermont. It is a 10 mile up and down race course around the mountain, sprinkled generously with some crazy obstacles designed to challenge body and mind - walls of snow and ice, mud pits, cold plunges, rope courses, even flaming hay bales! It should be a great way to challenge ourselves to really BE Fit this spring.
We have about 15 team members now, and will be offering some group runs and workouts for those interested. For more on the race, check out:
Contact us with questions or log on to join our team: use password befitpt to join OUR team!
|
|
Helping to Advance the Field:
BE Fit is helping students at the Thayer school of Engineering at Dartmouth with their current project to develop a new device for measuring joint angles during exercise. There is not currently a good method of measuring angles during exercise, without a full motion capture system costing tens of thousands of dollars. They are working on a simple device to be worn that would provide real-time feedback for patients about how much they are moving during certain exercises, and BE Fit has been consulting with them for guidance. This could help patients to improve form to get maximum benefit, work as a motivator, and help prevent injury with post-operative cases. We look forward to seeing their result!
|
Continue to support BE Fit by sharing your story! We are currently updating our website to be all about you,our patients. Let us know about your experience with BE Fit so we can share it with future clients! Click here to instantly send your testimonial
|
|
BE Fit Physical Therapy
45 Lyme Road
Hanover, New Hampshire 03755
kylie@befit-pt.com
603-653-0040
|
|
|
Orientation to Triathlons
FREE Talk for community members
With Robin Asbury
Join us on Saturday March 31st to learn how to prepare for Triathlons. We welcome those new to the sport and those who are veterans.Robin Asbury is a certified triathlon coach, co-founder of the Upper Valley Triathlon team, and has completed multiple triathlons including the Ironman world championship in Kona, Hawaii last year.
Robin will be discussing triathlon training, equipment, and race day preparation. There will be plenty of time for questions and answers following the discussion.
BE Fit will be following up the presentation with a discussion and display of footwear types, and Drummond Custom Cycles will also be available to discuss bike needs for triathlons.
To help kick this off we will also be starting our 1st annual shoe drive for the Upper Valley Haven (details to the left).
Saturday March 31st 1-3pm
RSVP The course will be limited to help keep it intimate and informative. Save your spot today!
|
 |
|
Maybe PT is the right choice!
A recent study in the Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine examined PT vs home program instruction alone following arthroscopic acriomioplasty. This is a procedure that a number of our patients with shoulder pain undergo, in which a small portion of the bone where the clavicle and shoulder blade meet is shaved off, to create more space for the rotator cuff. This reduces pinching and subsequent tendonitis in those critical shoulder muscles. This is relatively simple procedure as surgery goes, and sometimes patients do not pursue physical therapy afterwards.
The authors enrolled 36 patients in their study, and divided them into groups receiving supervised physical therapy, or only a program of home exercises. The patients receiving therapy had a significantly higher improvement in pain scales at the end of treatment than their home-exercising counterparts. At a six-month follow-up, the group that had completed PT still had larger improvements in functional scores specific to the arm than the home exercise group.
Here's to doing that post-op Therapy!
Holmgren, T. et al, Supervised strengthening exercises versus home-based movement exercises after arthroscopic acromioplasty: A randomized clinical trial, J Rehabil Med, 2012 Jan; 44(1): 12-18.
|
|
|
|
Acute ACL Tears: To repair, or not to repair?
People often come in with new evidence of a torn ACL looking for guidance. This is a fairly common, but potentially devastating injury. With or without surgery, it requires extensive rehabilitation work, and can often compromise high-level activities with that knee. Also, there is sometimes a real feeling of urgency, in terms of being ready for that next season of participation - whether it's high school or collegiate sports, or just that next recreational ski season. An article published in the New England Journal of Medicine examined how important early surgery, vs a rehab and "wait and see" approach, was to knee function following acute ACL tear. Their main outcome measures involved high-level function and incidence of further trauma at a point two years after the original injury. At the end of two years, the incidence of re-injury, as well as the level of function (including high level sports) was similar between the early surgery and the wait and see groups. This was true even though only 49% of those in the "rehab the knee, wait and see" group actually went on to have ACL reconstruction. This shows that for many people, it may be appropriate to wait a while after an ACL tear, participating in vigorous rehabilitation to stabilize the knee, and reassessing the need for ACL surgery and repair after a trial of returning to activity. About half of those people will go on to have reconstruction, but only half. It should be noted that this study excluded individuals who also sustained simultaneous complete tears of the MCL, or severe meniscal tears (which further destabilize the knee). It should also be noted that their follow up was all at 2 years, so their results with wait and see are true for long term function, but may not get you "back on the field" for that very next season. -Eric Ellingson, BE Fit Full article: Frobell, et al, A Randomized Trial of Treatment for Acute Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tears, N Engl J Med, 2010; 363: 331-342.
|
|
|
|
|
Here's what other patients had to say about their BE Fit experience...
"Thank you so much for all your help and patience. You were a fun P.T. and I enjoyed working with you. I will certainly recommend you to anyone looking for a good P.T.
With much, much, much, ... appreciation" - L. Parker
"I was having horrible shoulder pain that increased at night and I couldn't sleep. I wasn't sure where to turn. I called BE Fit, explained my issue and was able get in right away. They explained my prognosis, helped me get my orthopedic workup fast-tracked, and provided immediate help to reduce my pain and get me sleeping better. Although I am not looking forward to surgery, I know that BE Fit will be there to help me, and I look forward to continuing my rehab with them." -R.C.
Natalie came in this fall after struggling with knee pain with multiple other practitioners through the summer. She was recently the top finisher from her college team in a 10k.
"Yes, I kind of surprised myself -all of the physical therapy and the weight training [you suggested] paid off! It was also just fun to run hard again. Thanks for all of your help!!"
-Natalie Obermeyer
<--- If you'd like to share YOUR story just follow
the link to the left! |
|
|
|
