I just hurt my back!! Who do I call?! My Physical Therapist, an Orthopedist, or a Chiropractor? Unfortunately, spinal problems are so common, it’s almost inevitable. It’s an age long issue that affects all ages, genders, ethnicities, and across all geography and socioeconomic regions. Fact: 70% of people of 35 years old will experience some episode of […]
Physical Therapy is a constantly growing profession. Research continues to be done to support the application of various treatment techniques, exercises, and modalities. Some of this research disproves old theories and emphasizes discontinuing their use. While other research is being performed to support the use of new treatments to help treat our patients. Some of […]
Oh what a can of worms I’m opening with this one. For everyone seeing the title and hoping I magically came up with a one-step wonder cure this week….sorry, we’re out of luck! However, the answer to how to fix your back pain isn’t all that complex. What it does take is a willingness to improve and […]
Starting this time of year, the pediatricians office is flooded with parents lining up to get their children through their yearly preseason physical so they can participate in sports once the school year kicks off again. Ensuring our young athletes health and well being is of the utmost importance. Detection of underlying breathing issues, cardiac conditions, and […]
Foam rolling is a term that you often hear in the rehabilitation, exercise, and sports communities. But do you know what it is, how it works, or how to do it? Foam rolling is a form of self-myofascial release, which is basically a fancy term for self-massage. Foam rolling has many applications for people of […]
A picture’s worth a thousand words… or is it? Neck pain preventing you from sitting? Shoulder pain with putting on your coat? Knee bothering you going up and down stairs? For an accurate diagnosis of these ailments, you may need an MRI…or do you? Magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, was once thought to be the […]
As a Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) and a CrossFitter, I absolutely believe the answer is yes! Injuries and pain can sideline an athlete. And just like any other athlete, we hate to be sidelined.The main goal for the majority of CrossFitters is simply to be able to continue to do CrossFit. So why wait until […]
If I had a dime for every patient we saw that had a complaint about lack of movement, you’d be seeing me at my beach house in the Bahamas. Outside of pain, lack of mobility is the number one biggest complaint we get. In conjunction with pain and movement problems, the most common way for […]
Oh the stability ball....soooo many uses. One of our favorites is using it for engaging our core musculature. In this exercise we are reducing our bodies contact points with the solid surface of the ground to increase the strain on the #core. Take your arms and one leg out of the equation and watch your […]
Dry Needling (DN) is a skilled intervention performed by physical therapists at our clinic which uses a thin needle to penetrate the skin and stimulate underlying myofascial trigger points, muscular spasms, connective tissues for the management of nerve/skeletal pain and restricted movement. Trigger points are defined as palpable, tense bands of skeletal muscle fibers that […]
