What I’m Thankful For …

What I’m Thankful For …

What I’m Thankful For … Last week, I forwarded our Moterum newsletter to my mother. Being the supportive mother and grandmother that she is, she likes to stay updated on both my personal and professional lives. After reading it, she replied “It must feel good to work...
National Family Caregivers Month

National Family Caregivers Month

On October 31, 2019, the President proclaimed November 2019 as “National Family Caregivers Month.”  (https://caregiveraction.org/presidential-proclamation-2019).  Families experiencing the challenges of neural disorders or trauma know the challenges on the primary...

Walking Speed – Is It REALLY That Important?

Spoiler Alert: We Think So! By: Brie Darcy, PT, DPT There has been a lot of buzz in the medical community recently about walking speed. It’s even earned itself a nickname as “the 6th vital sign,” including claims that it may provide as much medical value as more...

Counting Steps Matters!

Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation Through Step Tracking—Why Step Count Can Make a Difference One of the most important aspects of stroke recovery and rehabilitation is, quite simply, continuing to work the program. Especially once you get home. But it’s a frustrating...

Don’t Stop Walking!

By Lauren Rashford, DPT, Director of Clinical Operations and Customer Development  of Moterum Technologies. Walking really may be the best medicine yet… Did you know that there have been more and more studies showing that walking can truly improve your overall health?...

How important are 10,000 steps?

            The benefits of walking for overall health, longevity, and the quality of life are well accepted. As long as one’s physician has not curtailed walking for some reason, generally all scientists and clinicians agree that the more steps one can take the...