Born and raised in India, Rashmi Kumar earned her Bachelors in Physical Therapy from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences. With over 13 years experience working across rehabilitation facilities, serving Wake, Durham and Chatham counties, Rashmi launched Optimize Physical Therapy with the mission to bring quality, one on one care directly to her patients!.
With a strong background in geriatric physical therapy, Rashmi earned advanced credentials, becoming a Certified Kinesio taping practitioner (CKTP) and uses manual therapy and dry needling techniques to assist with acute and chronic pain management. Rashmi believes that education and prevention are the pillars of recovery and healthy living. She helps her patients focus on staying active, understanding their bodies, and being active participants in the healing process.
With a strong background in geriatric physical therapy, Rashmi earned advanced credentials, becoming a Certified Kinesio taping practitioner (CKTP) and uses manual therapy and dry needling techniques to assist with acute and chronic pain management. Rashmi believes that education and prevention are the pillars of recovery and healthy living. She helps her patients focus on staying active, understanding their bodies, and being active participants in the healing process.
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According to the National Council on Aging and CDC, 35% of adults ages 65 and older fall every year.
Falls are the leading cause of fatal injury and the most common cause of non-fatal trauma related hospital admissions among older adults.
Each year, at least 300,000 older people are hospitalized for hip fractures caused due to falls.
Every year, about $50 billion is spent on medical costs related to non-fatal fall injuries.
This figure is expected to rise in the next 10 years.
Chronic health conditions like heart disease, diabetes, problems with thyroid, nerves, etc.
Falls are the leading cause of fatal injury and the most common cause of non-fatal trauma related hospital admissions among older adults.
Each year, at least 300,000 older people are hospitalized for hip fractures caused due to falls.
Every year, about $50 billion is spent on medical costs related to non-fatal fall injuries.
This figure is expected to rise in the next 10 years.
Chronic health conditions like heart disease, diabetes, problems with thyroid, nerves, etc.
Manual therapy is a specialized physical therapy method that utilizes specific, hands-on techniques produce any or all of the following effects: improve tissue extensibility; increase range of motion of the joint complex; mobilize or manipulate soft tissues and joints; induce relaxation; change muscle function; modulate pain; and reduce soft tissue swelling, inflammation or movement restriction.
Manual Therapy can include but not restricted to the use of soft tissue mobilization, joint mobilization, kinesio taping, dry needling, muscle energy techniques.
Manual Therapy can include but not restricted to the use of soft tissue mobilization, joint mobilization, kinesio taping, dry needling, muscle energy techniques.
Nerves are your body's electrical system.
They are found everywhere in your body and power in everything your body does.
Damage to your nerves can cause pain and affect the ability to function-from walking to swallowing to learning and speaking.
Common diseases and injuries that cause nerve damage include stroke, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, tumors in brain and/or spinal cord, diseases that cause nerve pain and damage as in diabetes, immune disorders that damage the nerves as in multiple sclerosis, progressive neurological conditions such as Parkinson's, ALS, Alzheimer's.
They are found everywhere in your body and power in everything your body does.
Damage to your nerves can cause pain and affect the ability to function-from walking to swallowing to learning and speaking.
Common diseases and injuries that cause nerve damage include stroke, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, tumors in brain and/or spinal cord, diseases that cause nerve pain and damage as in diabetes, immune disorders that damage the nerves as in multiple sclerosis, progressive neurological conditions such as Parkinson's, ALS, Alzheimer's.
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