The way to initiate Physical Therapy

Starting physical therapy can be a scary and stressful process. When your physician recommends PT, many people are unsure what to do next. Hopefully, this will help answer some common questions about how to set-up therapy and what to expect from PT.

Physician’s Referral
Some insurances require a signed prescription from a licensed physician (MD, DO) within the past 30 days to begin PT, which you will need to bring to the initial evaluation. Some insurance companies allow Direct Access (DA) where you can get evaluated directly by a licensed PT without a script. If you do not have a script, it is best to first call our office to see if you qualify for direct access, or we can schedule you with one of our on-site physicians.

Insurance Coverage
Every insurance plan is unique and we always encourage our patients to first call our new patient coordinator to find out what your PT benefits are prior to beginning PT. Being in physical pain and needing PT can be stressful enough, we always wan..

Annual eye Examinations are Crucial for your health

Why Your Annual Eye Exam Is so Important for your eye health
The first Exhaustive eye exam should be done on children when they start school, even if they are not experiencing symptoms and do not show any signs that they are not seeing well. A child can not complain about poor vision, because at his age he may not realize he is not seeing well. Searching for lasik eye surgery Michigan can be challenging, a Michigan eye surgery specialist at the Yaldo Eye center can help you with any questions or concerns you may have about lasik.

There are patients who come for the first time to an eye examination at age 35 and have a completely unusable eye due to untreated amblyopia, an eye disorder that prevents vision from developing properly during the first years of childhood.

This is an example of why it is imperative to start undergoing eye examinations as a child and continue throughout the school years and into adulthood, even if no visual symptoms are experienced. Another example is a pers..

Can Menopause Trigger Hair Loss?

Can Menopause Trigger Hair Loss?
Around the age of 40, women can begin to experience hair problems or worsen those they already have. On the one hand, the passage of time causes the capillary density to decrease, so that the hair becomes thinner and brittle. And on the other, hormonal changes in women influence hair loss, due to the imbalance that occurs between androgens (male hormones) and estrogens (female hormones). In this age there is a sudden drop in estrogen levels while those of testosterone remain stable, which affects the life cycle of the hair, shortening it and favoring its fall. Michigan hair transplant specialists have noted that the majority of women who come in for a hair transplant have recently been experiencing symptoms of menopause.

Although it is a very common problem, it does not affect all women in the same way and with the same intensity since other factors are involved such as the genetic inheritance and the state in which the hair was previously.

One of the..

Trades or Occupation Exposed to Asbestos

Trades or Occupations Exposed to Asbestos can be tricky to understand. If your trade or occupation is related to some of the occupations listed below, it is likely that you were exposed to asbestos throughout your career. Additionally, if you were a family member of someone with one of these occupations exposed to asbestos, you may have experienced second-hand exposure to asbestos. Even if you were exposed to asbestos decades ago and your old employer is out of business, you should still speak with a knowledgeable mesothelioma attorney about filing a claim for compensation. If you or a loved one are showing the early stage four mesothelioma symptoms, the asbestos cancer organization can help you with information.

Trades or Occupations Exposed to Asbestos
Asbestos fibers are so toxic, that industrial and trade worker’s families may be exposed to mesothelioma through particles that cling to the worker’s clothing, shoes, skin and hair. This type of “second-hand” exposure to asbestos is k..