The Impact of Stress

Stress plays a big role in our physical and mental health and can magnify symptoms that we may feel. People can become overwhelmed with daily stressors such as housework, childcare, caring for elder relatives, finances, school, and more. Often people may feel guilt about the stress they feel but don’t know what to do to…

SMART Goals

Happy New Year! What better way to ring in the new year than new year resolutions to improve your health and well-being in 2023. Help prevent the mid-January slump we often experience with these resolutions by utilizing SMART goals. SMART goals give us a leg-up on being successful due to focusing on 5 characteristics: S…

What is biofeedback?

Biofeedback in the physical therapy setting is a tool that can be used to retrain the body to activate and relax muscles more effectively for improved strengthening as well as decreased muscle spasticity. At Synergy, the two methods we utilize to incorporate biofeedback into pelvic physical therapy is with the use of ultrasound as well…