South Tampa

It’s hard to believe that it will soon be 2024. While many of us are looking forward to waving goodbye to 2023, there are things that you can and should do now to prepare for the new year ahead. Start scheduling your medical appointments now. Florida is booming, and with …

Nestled in the vibrant heart of Tampa Bay, Competitive Edge Physical Therapy (CEP) is passionately dedicated to enhancing more than just patient outcomes, but also community wellbeing. Their mission goes beyond providing physical therapy; it’s about touching lives and offering hope to those who might otherwise go without essential care. …

Millions of people are suffering from chronic pain. Some resort to surgery and some may take pain medications to mask the symptoms or just suffer silently through it all, day in and day out, they are alternative treatments that are helping alleviate pain for countless individuals. One of those methods …

Chronic pain can be a relentless companion, diminishing our quality of life and limiting our activities. Brandon, a dedicated care-taker and avid golfer, knows this all too well. For two decades, he wrestled with neck and back pain, with a more recent elbow injury that threatened his passion for golf. …

On Our Sleeves gives adults materials to start conversations with children and teens, break stigmas and prevent mental health crisis. To address the growing children’s mental health crisis by promoting wellness and early intervention, BayCare Kids is bringing On Our Sleeves, a national movement for children’s mental health, to West …

Please Note: A version of this article was originally published on the NeuPTtech blog. The graying baby boomer generation is not only reshaping the face of senior communities, but it’s also putting a spotlight on geriatric health and rehabilitation. As this generation continues to age, the focus on maintaining physical …

The number of individuals with Cognitive issue like Alzheimer’s is staggering. Nearly 6 million people in the US have dementia and if we don’t start taking prevention more seriously, that number is expected to grow exponentially. Diet and Nutrition Eating a healthy diet such as the Mediterranean or Dash diet …

Food insecurity is a top health priority across the four counties that BayCare serves, and since launching the ‘Healing Bags’ program in partnership with Feeding Tampa Bay, numbers show the problem continues to be widespread and can affect anyone. According to Thomas Agrusti, BayCare’s community benefit analyst, the Healing Bags …

Read More: Each person’s “healthiest self” is different depending on their body, mind, living situation and people influencing their lives, and building a personal wellness toolkit can improve your overall well-being. The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has created …

Physical therapists and doctors are now using an innovative treatment method, Winback, to treat frozen shoulders. If you have, or previously had, a frozen shoulder, you’ve likely already tried numerous treatments to resolve your shoulder pain with minimal results. Frozen shoulder is a painful condition that causes limited range of …