BENEFITS OF PHYSICAL THERAPY
For some, an old injury or abnormal movement pattern has led to weakness due to compensations. Physical therapists are skilled at assessing the whole body, identifying weakness, and teaching how to restore strength and function. Physical therapy can improve your overall health and well- being: When you see a physical therapist for pain and/or injuries, you will receive the benefits of rehabilitation to resolve the condition and a total body approach to health. Physical therapists can recommend nutrition to improve pain, reduce inflammation, and improve overall health. In addition, physical therapists are movement experts and trained to help you move/exercise more, no matter your limitations or restrictions. More activity equals improved health! Physical therapy can help you reduce the risk of injury: By implementing a holistic approach, we can improve and restore your function and prevent injuries. This may include all components of typical physical therapy and include gait modifications and coordination exercises to stimulate the nervous system and help ensure your mechanics are ideal to avoid an injury.
A physical therapist can educate you about ways to move safer that use your energy more efficiently, reduce the risk of re-injury and enhance the overall effects of your care. The benefits of physical therapy treatments include easing pain, reducing spasms, increasing circulation, and promoting healing. Physical therapy can help improve your joint range of motion and overall mobility: Our ability to move depends on how individual joints move and how the body’s joints move in concert with one another. Increasing joint range of motion and mobility of the connective tissues around your joints (including the tendons, muscles, fascia, and joint capsules) will help your joints feel better and move better. This will also help you improve your overall functional mobility and activity tolerance, essential for work, leisure, and simple daily function. Physical therapy can help strengthen weaknesses and compensation patterns: Through injury or surgery, muscles become weak and impact your ability to move and function normally.
HEALTHY RECIPE
Stuffed Butternut Squash Preheat oven to 400°. Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil. Place squash halves, cut side down, on prepared baking sheet. Transfer to oven and bake for about 30 minutes, until skin is starting to blister in some areas. Flip squash cut-side up and season thoroughly with salt. In a small bowl, mash together butter and brown sugar, then use a spoon to spread butter paste all over squash. Return to oven and bake for about 30 minutes more, until squash is caramelized and tender. Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine broth, quinoa, and pinch of salt. Bring to a boil over high heat, then cover and reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer for 10 to 15 minutes, until liquid is absorbed and quinoa is fluffy. Fluff with a fork and set aside. Add kale to a large skillet with 2 tablespoons of water and a big pinch of salt. Set over medium heat and cook, stirring frequently, until kale is wilted, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in chickpeas, cranberries, pumpkin seeds, and cooked quinoa. Set aside to cool. Remove baked squash from oven. Spoon cooled sugar syrup over squash. Fill cavity with 1 cup of quinoa mixture, then pile another 1 cup on rest of squash. Repeat with remaining squash and filling. Return to oven for about 10 minutes, until filling is warmed through. Serve immediately.
• 1 (2-lb.) butternut squash, halved and seeded • Kosher salt • 2 tbsp. butter, softened
• 1 tbsp. brown sugar • 1 c. vegetable broth
• 1/2 c. quinoa, rinsed until water runs clear • 3 c. roughly chopped kale, from 1 bunch • 1 (15.5-oz.) can chickpeas, drained and rinsed • 1/2 c. dried cranberries • 1/4 c. toasted pumpkin seeds
Source: https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/a40510457/stuffed-butternut-squash-recipe/
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