Improve Your Health and Wellness with the Help from Nutrition Counseling!
Your diet strongly affects the ways in which your body functions, and eating the right foods can significantly improve your health and wellness.
At Balance Rehabilitation and Health Science, our Physical Therapists and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialists can give insight and general recommendations about your diet and nutrition as it relates to your overall health.
Lifestyle changes can help tremendously when trying to reach your physical goals. Our PTs are not nutritionists or dieticians, but we are affiliated with Noreen Gallo, MS RD, LD who is both and has a special interest in athletes of all ages. She can help you with nutrition management and establishing a Forever Eating Plan.
Prior to surgery, following surgery and when recovering from certain injuries dietary considerations can make a large impact on your rate of recovery.
We typically recommend dietary changes alongside exercises and other natural techniques as part of a holistic physical therapy program. Contact our Goffstown & Windham physical therapy clinic today to learn more!
Physical therapy and diet – how are they related?
If your nutrients aren’t properly balanced, your physical function can be impaired. For example, neglecting to eat carbs before participating in strenuous physical activity will cause your body to burn fat as a substitute for fueling your energy. Your body may even start burning protein, which can deprive your muscles of the strength they normally have. Comparatively, if you have an overload of calcium intake, but you’re lacking Vitamin D, the calcium won’t make its way to your bones or tissue.
Consulting with a nutritionist can help you understand your daily dietary intake, and the strength and shortcomings of your diet. A healthy balance of nutrients can help enhance healing, function, mental health, and cognitive function and influence inflammation in your body. For example, omega-3 fatty acids and Vitamin C both help in reducing inflammation, which reduces pain and allows for faster healing.
Certain amino acids can also aid your body in synthesizing proteins. Eating the right amount of carbohydrates at the right times can help give you the energy you need to improve your physical performance. Proper timing of recovery nutrition with the proper ratio of carbs and protein after a strenuous training or physical therapy session is essential for proper recovery and fueling.
Losing weight in a healthy and sustainable manner is difficult to do. Consultation with an expert can help you in your journey and facilitate your success. Whatever your nutritional goals may be, our affiliated nutritionists can help you through every step along the way!
Joint health can be assisted by certain supplements. Inflammation in the body, which causes pain and can wreak havoc on a number of systems, can be influenced by changes in diet as well as by ingesting the proper supplements. Turmeric can positively influence inflammation and long-term cognitive function.
Digestive health has an influence on pain, brain function, and emotional well-being. Probiotics and other natural aids can greatly influence one’s digestive health.
How can I get started?
At Balance Rehabilitation and Health Science, our therapists and nutritionists are with you every step of the way! They can help you achieve the goals you have in mind for your diet and wellness. Talk to your PT for general questions about diet and supplementation. When your questions are beyond the scope of your therapist’s knowledge, they will recommend a consultation with Noreen Gallo, MS RD, LD, or another Registered Dietician or Nutritionist.
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