A local athletic therapist uses the Sports Medicine Model of care to help with patients who have a wide range of heart conditions including COPD and heart failure. Whether you are recovering from a cardiac ablation, heart valve surgery or a stroke, a local athletic therapist will use techniques such as manual therapies, exercise, stretches and bracing. A local athletic therapist can help patients move through the stages of a cardiac rehab program using F.I.T.T. principles. There are four stages of a cardiac rehab program a local athletic therapist can help you with: in-hospital, post-discharge, exercise/education and maintenance

. A local athletic therapist may work closely with your local cardiologist to create a safe and healthy exercise plan to improve functionality, mobility and flexibility. The goal of local athletic therapists is to get their patients back to their daily activities by rehabilitating and reconditioning their musculoskeletal system. Working with a local athletic therapist may even help prevent heart disease or a future cardiovascular event such as a heart attack. A local athletic therapist can be a great addition to your healthcare team and can work with your medical providers, including your local registered dietitian, endocrinologist, chiropractor, cardiothoracic surgeon, nutritionist and yoga instructor.

There are a variety of reasons why you might seek out a physiotherapist for hip problems. Bursitis of the hip is the most common cause of hip pain. Osteoarthritis, a degeneration of cartilage in the hip joint, is another. Rehabilitation after hip replacement surgery (often due to arthritis) usually requires the help of a physiotherapist. Athletes can suffer a hip flexor strain when the muscles are overused, overstretched, or forced to hyperextend. Many hip conditions are age-related, such as hip fracture or breakage. 

The ball hamstring curls are a great exercise you can do anytime, anywhere, all you need is one of these physioballs here. lift the hips up off the ground and she's going to curl her heels in towards her bum. So while she's doing this she's working not only the lower back, the glutes and the hamstrings, but she's also keeping her abdomen nice and tight, the abdominals are tucked in.Curling in you want to do 10 to 15 reps, three times, make sure you breathe, and make sure you keep your hips off the ground, you don't want to let them sag down. Good, just like that. Keep it going.

                

And remember, to attain a body like this, hire a qualified personal trainer and they can help you get there. Good, we're going to do a few more, pulling in, two, last one. This is a more advanced hamstring exercise you can do anytime, anywhere at home with a physioball. to do is she's going to be using the soles of her feet and pushing up and off the ball, thrusting the hips towards the ceiling. So squeeze up, push up off the ball, good and back down; push back up.  

So this exercise is great for the glutes and the hamstrings. You can really see them working once you lift up. You want to make that you're breathing while you're doing the exercise and that you keep the ball in tight to the bum just like that, pushing up and back down. You want to do 10 to 15 reps, three times, just like she's doing, keep it going. And remember if you wanna retain a body like this, just hire a personal trainer and they can help you get there. Good, a few more, two more, the last one and rest.