| Dear Fulvia, |
Greetings! We at South Florida Rehabilitation Consultants, Inc. would like to wish you a happy, healthy and properous 2012. May all your wishes and dreams come true.
This year we are changing the frequency of our Newsletters from monthly to quarterly.
With everyone's busy schedules and considering the amount of information and emails everyone receives on a daily basis, we feel this is a better pace to deliver this pertinent health information allowing enough time to peruse it.
We have many interesting topics to present to you in all of our newsletters throughout the year. Hope you enjoy finding about new information as much as we enjoy learning abouth these topics and preparing this newsletter for you.
South Florida Rehabilitation Consultants, Inc. is a private Physical, Occupational and Speech therapy practice dedicated to helping our clients improve function and achieve their goals.
Sincerely,
Fulvia Barrera, MBA, PT
South Florida Rehabilitation Consultants
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|  IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO START EXERCISE
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Researchers Find Great Rewards When Mild Exercise Programs Are Started Late In Life
May 13, 2003 -- You know the benefits of exercise programs. And if you've been inactive, you may have also felt them -- with sore muscles and bruised motivation to continue. But a new study in women shows that the old adage is true -- it's never too late to start when it comes to exercise programs. So now what can you do to jump on the exercise bandwagon? WebMD got exercise tips from the experts.
"There certainly seems to be something here to suggest that women can start exercising later in life and still reap the rewards," lead researcher and CDC epidemiologist Edward W. Gregg, PhD, tells WebMD. His findings are published in the May 14 issue of TheJournal of the American Medical Association.
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| VITAMIN D SUPPLEMENTATION: AN UPDATE |
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Christine Gonzalez, PharmD, CHHC
Integrative Pharmacist and Health Coach
Uptown Drug and Gift Shop
Los Angeles, California
10/20/2010
US Pharm. 2010;35(10):58-76.
Introduction
An estimated 1 billion people worldwide, across all ethnicities and age groups, have a vitamin D deficiency.[1-3] This is mostly attributable to people getting less sun exposure because of climate, lifestyle, and concerns about skin cancer. The 1997 Dietary Reference Intake (DRI) values for vitamin D, initially established to prevent rickets and osteomalacia, are considered too low by many experts.[4] DRI values are 200 IU for infants, children, adults up to age 50 years, and pregnant and lactating women; 400 IU for adults aged 50 to 70 years; and 600 IU for adults older than 70 years. Current studies suggest that we may need more vitamin D than presently recommended to prevent chronic disease. Emerging research supports the possible role of vitamin D in protecting against cancer, heart disease, fractures and falls, autoimmune diseases, influenza, type 2 diabetes, and depression. Many health care providers have increased their recommendations for vitamin D supplementation to at least 1,000 IU.[5] As a result, more patients are asking their pharmacists about supplementing with vitamin D.
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PHYSICAL AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY FOR ARTHRITIS |
Arthritis treatment may include physical therapy and/or occupational therapy.
People with arthritis often have stiff joints -- largely because they avoid movements that can increase pain. By not moving arthritic joints, however, the stiffness and pain only get worse. Therefore, people with arthritis often benefit from physical therapy. A physical therapist can teach you how to work out stiffness without further damaging your joint. Physical therapy also is useful after an injury, such as from a fall, and after joint surgery, especially for artificial joint replacement.
Occupational therapy can teach you how to reduce strain on your joints during daily activities. Occupational therapists can show you how to modify your home and workplace environments to reduce motions that may aggravate arthritis. They also may provide splints for your hands or wrists, and recommend assistive devices to aid in tasks such as driving, bathing, dressing, housekeeping, and certain work activities.
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DIABETIC NEUROPATHY - TREATMENT OVERVIEW |
Good control of diabetes over time is the key to treating diabetic neuropathy. There is no cure for neuropathy, but keeping your blood sugar within a target range can reduce symptoms and prevent them from getting worse.
To help control your diabetes, eat food that is good for you and exercise. Controlling diabetes means maintaining blood sugar levels (A1c) within the target range. This will do more than anything else to help prevent diabetic neuropathy from getting worse.
For more information on good diabetes control, see the topics Type 1 Diabetes: Living With the Disease or Type 2 Diabetes: Living With the Disease.
Initial treatment
Treatment for diabetic neuropathy depends on your symptoms and the type of neuropathy that you have. In general, treatment focuses on reducing current symptoms and preventing the condition from getting worse by keeping your blood sugar level (A1c) within a narrow target range. You can keep your blood sugar levels within the target range by taking your insulin or oral diabetes medicine as prescribed, checking your blood sugar levels, following your diet for diabetes, exercising, and seeing your doctor regularly. For more information, see the topics Type 1 Diabetes: Living With the Disease or Type 2 Diabetes: Living With the Disease.
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