News: Physical Therapy
Mind over muscle: How to help those with Parkinson’s release the freeze
That’s how many of the approximately 30% to 67% of people with Parkinson’s disease describe the “freezing” symptoms they often experience—the occasional inability to initiate or maintain even simple motion...
YOUR HEALTH: Go Baby Go
ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Cerebral palsy, down syndrome, or certain birth defects … These are just some of the conditions that may cause limited mobility for kids. They can...
A Fitness Expert Weighs In On How To Build The Best Workout Routine For Yourself
Working out is an essential part of a healthy and well-balanced lifestyle. As a matter of fact, getting regular exercise and physical activity can help improve and maintain the health...
Health Headlines: Program offering toy cars for children with mobility issues
Lake Charles, LA (KPLC) – Limited mobility can create barriers for children with conditions like cerebral palsy, down syndrome, or other birth defects. While it can isolate them from activities...
UCF Division of Physical Therapy Announces William Hanney as Chair
The UCF College of Health Professions and Sciences confirmed William Hanney as chair for the Division of Physical Therapy. Hanney previously served as interim chair. Hanney joined the Physical Therapy...
Clinical Associate Professor Jennifer Tucker Honored with APTA Societal Impact Award
Jennifer Tucker accepts Societal Impact Award from Roger Herr, President of American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) Jennifer Tucker, a clinical associate professor within the Program of Physical Therapy, is the...
Video: UCF café helping customers learning to walk again
Go Baby Go! is a national, community-based research, design and outreach program that provides accessible, inexpensive and common sense solutions for kids and adults with limited mobility. The program was...
UCF Institute of Exercise Physiology and Rehabilitation Science Advances Scientific Thinking in Students at all Levels
When students are interested in the fields of kinesiology and physical therapy, it is often because they want to help people; but students don’t need to wait to graduate to...
UCF Go Baby Go Presents Encanto Car at Megacon
On May 21, UCF Go Baby Go! program attended Megacon Orlando, where they presented a family from Tampa with a modified car, thanks to their continued partnership with Variety –...
New Physical Therapy Professor Brings Clinical Research, Passion to Position
Abigail “Abby” Wilson always knew that she wanted to help people. She wanted to have more than a successful career – she wanted to have a purpose that made her...
