

Physical Therapy - Your Weapon Against Diabetes
More than 29 million people in the U.S. have diabetes and it affects both adults and children. Diabetes occurs when the body can’t make sufficient insulin, doesn’t make any at all, or can’t utilize what it does manufacture. Insulin is a hormone made by the pancreas that enables people to use the glucose (sugar) they consume in foods to provide energy for the body to work and play. There are three types of diabetes. Type 1 is known as juvenile diabetes since it typically begin