Does your backpack fit properly?
Take this backpack quiz to make sure you can fit a backpack properly. Having the right backpack and fitting it to your body can prevent pain and injury!
Injury Prevention, Workplace Safety
Everything you need to know about an FCE
A Functional Capacity Evaluation or FCE can be ordered to test your abiltiy to carry out everyday tasks on the job. Here is what to expect if you need one.
Occupational Therapy, Workplace Safety
Save your neck with these smartphone tips
Everyone owns smartphones but rarely do smartphone owners use proper posture on their devices. Use these tips to keep your body healthy while on your phone.
Chronic Pain, Injury Prevention, Occupational Therapy, Workplace Safety
Shoveling: It shouldn’t be a pain in the back!
1. Hands shoulder width apart on the shovel This will help increase your leverage and take stress off your back. 2. Brace your core Keeping your core tight will protect your back and decrease your risk for injury. 3. No twisting Rotating at the hips when tossing snow is a frequent cause of low back […]
Injury Prevention, Occupational Therapy, Workplace Safety
Tips to Prevent Falls on Ice during this Winter Season
Read these tips and exercises to prevent falls on the ice this winter season. Maintain independence by strengthening your balance and being careful on ice!
Injury Prevention, Vestibular & Balance, Workplace Safety
What do Freedom Occupational Therapists do?
What does an occupational therapist do? Find out what occupational therapists do and why OTs at Freedom Physical Therapy Services go above and beyond expectations.
Chronic Pain, Occupational Therapy, Relaxation, Workplace Safety
Headaches, TMJ Pain, Neck Pain, Computers, and Ergonomics
Ergonomics and desk setup are closely tied to postural health. Learn to create an ergonomically correct desk to prevent headaches, neck pain, and TMJ pain.
Chronic Pain, Injury Prevention, Occupational Therapy, TMJ, Workplace Safety
Back to School Backpack Tips
While a backpack is still one of the best ways to tote homework, an overloaded or improperly worn backpack gets a failing grade, according to the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). Here are some tips to reduce a child’s risk of causing long term damage while wearing a backpack.
Injury Prevention, Occupational Therapy, Workplace Safety