Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Do you know how many parts does the human brain have? How is it affected by a stroke? Dr. Lucinda Adriana Arenas, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physician with Baptist Health South Florida, explains how a hemorrhagic or systemic stroke affects each section of the brain. After suffering from a stroke, what […]

Physical Therapy, Osteopathy & Athletic Training with Premier Therapy Solutions

Plantar fasciitis is explained by Daniel DeLeon, Physical Therapist with Miami Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Institute with a 3D digital imaging. He says it can cause a lot of pain in the foot and can cause Achilles tendonitis. Daniel DeLeon, Physical Therapist with Miami Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Institute, says if It’s a small tear […]

Physical Therapist with Baptist Health South Florida

Physical Therapist with Miami Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Institute

Physiatrist with Baptist Health Neuroscience Center

Repetitive motions, wrong technique, frequent overhead reaching, forceful exertion and keeping shoulder in one position too long are the most common causes of tendonitis. Edward Hernandez, Physical Therapist with Miami Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Institute, says a repetitive motion is one of the main causes of tendonitis, because it sees both in sport and in […]

Gregory Kaplan, Physical Therapist with West Kendall Baptist Hospital, explains in a normal knee joint there is good spacing within the joint, but where the arthritis is present there is some breakdown of the bone, which will lead to pain. About treatment, he says if it is too painful, joint replacement can be an option […]

Cynthia Laportilla, Physical Therapist with Miami Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Institute, says the average of physical therapy after a total knee and total hip replacement is about three months, and usually about more or less twenty-four sessions. “Usually your therapist will have conversations with you; they might tell you you’re right on target, or this […]

Physical Therapist with the Center for Women & Infants at South Miami Hospital