Physical Therapists are Free to Address Nutrition and Diet with Their Patients

Proper nutritional intake is a critical component in the prevention of lifestyle-based diseases and recovery from injury, pain, and illness. As such, it can be a very effective tool for physical therapists to understand and utilize. However, it can often be difficult to discern the relevance of nutritional information to a particular case or to […]

How Physical Therapists Can Take Action and Address Diet and Nutrition in Daily Practice

The use of diet and nutrition is gaining popularity among physical therapists, and has been established to be well within the scope of physical therapy practice. Unfortunately, it can be extremely difficult to determine the most effective ways to incorporate these new ideas into existing treatment plans and the large amount of often contradictory information […]

Could Alterations in the Gut Microbiome Mediate Chronic Pain in Patients with Fibromyalgia?

Fibromyalgia (FM) is an intriguing medical condition, characterized by chronic, widespread musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, sleep problems, gastrointestinal disturbances, and alterations in mood and cognition. It affects 2-4% of the adult population, and is especially prevalent among women (although this has been recently challenged) (1).  There is no cure for FM, nor a single treatment that […]

Can a High Fat Diet Improve Physical Function in Multiple Sclerosis?

Nutrition impacts our health in multiple ways, and the current epidemic of obesity and diabetes provide direct, overwhelming proof of how poor nutrition can precipitate disease. Not surprisingly, research is showing that dietary habits and lifestyle also influence the course of neurological conditions such as multiple sclerosis (MS), where other environmental and genetic factors seem […]