The decision to have surgery for an injury is usually a difficult one that requires careful evaluation of several important factors. For most people, the decision is only reached after pursuing many other treatment pathways and still not improving, or if the injury is severe enough that non-surgical methods will not be sufficient. Once the […]

Tendons are thick bands of flexible tissue made of collagen that connect muscles to bones. There are about 4,000 tendons in the human body, and they range in size from the tiny tendons within the fingers to the massive Achilles tendon connecting your calf muscle to your heel. When pain develops in one of these […]

For as long as most of us can remember, we’ve been instructed to sit up straight and keep good posture. This concept has been drilled into our heads from parents, teachers and more recently, the media, as we’re repeatedly told that correcting posture can reduce the occurrence of problems like headaches and neck and back […]

If you’re dealing with pain in Bowie and you make the smart choice of coming in to see us at CAM Physical Therapy and Wellness Services, your physical therapist will first develop a customized treatment program to address your problem. This program will include a number of different components that are each utilized to address […]

Chilling winter temperatures have a range of effects on just about everyone that has to deal with them, and for most of you, this means changing your routine to adapt with the weather. Planning ahead becomes even more of a necessity, and most individuals try to reduce the amount of time spent outside to as […]

  Winter has not been kind to much of the country so far this season, and we’re still only in early January. With more than two months remaining before the first signs of spring may begin to appear, it’s likely that the East Coast will have several more cold spells to come. For many, even […]

The way in which your feet connect with the ground has a great impact on how you walk or run, and whether or not you’ll deal with pain in the process. The feet are the foundation for these types of movement, and if they strike the ground incorrectly when walking or running, it can start […]

These days, it feels like every month or so a new dietary trend emerges that promises to be “the one” that will solve all your weight loss problems and finally help you drop those pounds. If you’ve already tried a few—or perhaps even several—of these apparently easy solutions to losing weight without any success, then […]

When it comes to exercise, many people just can’t seem to do as much as they’d like to, no matter how hard they try. But then there’s another group of individuals that exist on the other side of the spectrum: the go-getters who exercise on a nearly-constant basis. This may not sound like a bad […]

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an annual campaign intended to increase awareness of the disease, the screening tools and the treatments available for it. While you may already know some of the facts about breast cancer from personal experience or that of a loved one, what you might not be aware of is the […]