What is a balance board? A balance board is a circular piece of wood or plastic that is flat on top and has a round piece underneath. It is meant to be stood on with both feet or one foot to test a person’s balance. It is used for balance training, muscle training, brain […]

Hi, everyone! Dr. Orit Hickman here from Pain Science Physical Therapy. And, I wanted to do another balance video. Some of you may have a BOSU ball at home, or you’ve thought about purchasing one. There’s actually a lot of great exercises that you can do with a BOSU. I’m just going to show you […]

Hi, everyone! Dr. Orit Hickman here from Pain Science Physical Therapy, and I wanted to put together a more advanced balance exercise video because that seems to be one of the most popular videos that we have on this YouTube channel is balance exercises.  So, I’ve got here a foam pad, and what I would […]

Hi guys! Dr. Orit Hickman here from Pain Science Physical Therapy. And, if you've got a chance to see my last video, I did a second video that was just standing on a balance pad and practicing some balance activities just on that foam pad. The reality is that most of us do not live […]

Hi guys! Doctor Orit Hickman here from Pain Science Physical Therapy. And I'm here to do a follow-up on my last video that was on balance and using the balance pad for developing balance. There are so many exercises that we can do with a balance pad and they’re -- if you Google them -- […]

Hi everyone, Doctor Orit Hickman here, physical therapist, and I want to give you a really quick explanation of balance and how that works in the body. And then I'm going to talk about why it is that in physical therapy we take people and we have them do balancing with different surfaces. So, your […]

Open video in YouTube Transcript: Hi everyone, Doctor Orit Hickman here, physical therapist, and I am just going to show you a series of about three to five really simple exercises that you can start to do for balance. If you have a balance issue, I would strongly recommend that you meet with a physical […]

Hey, everyone! Dr. Orit Hickman here from Pain Science Physical Therapy. In this video, I am going to go through some suggested exercises that you can be doing while you brush your teeth. I have a patient who kind of-you know-made my brain kind of explode when she said, “Hey! These are the things I […]

Hi, everyone! Dr. Orit Hickman here from Pain Science Physical Therapy. This video is going to address one of the most common symptoms that we’ll see in patients who are experiencing foot pain, and that is that they’re having arch pain. So, arch pain can have a variety of different causes.  A lot of times, […]