Physical Therapy

Get On Your Feet With Physical Therapy

From Arcadia University’s Department of Physical Therapy

Wednesday, March 25, 2020 - 13:15

Walking and standing can drastically improve your health, and even increase life expectancy by two years.

Research shows that there are many benefits of spending more time on your feet, including:

improving test scores up to 20 percent;
decreasing your risk of cancer;
burning more sugar and reducing the risk of diabetes;
increasing energy to

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