Health blog Category: Clinic Information
Don’t let a Concussion Sideline You
By Tricia Walker, ATC
Your days have probably gotten a lot busier with spring sports seasons in full swing. It’s staying lighter later so you and your teammates can actually hit the fields and practice outside. But as lacrosse, soccer, tennis and other sports ramp up, so does your risk of injury. You may think that a concussion only happens in football games or car crashes. But the truth is, soccer players and lacrosse players are at just as high a risk.
March is National Athletic Training Month
When you hear the words, Athletic Trainer, it’s no surprise that many people envision the person wearing khakis and a fanny pack running out on the field during a football game when someone gets injured. That is true, athletic trainers are most known for their involvement with sports teams at all levels. But they do so much more than that! You may not realize this but Athletic Trainers work in many different settings to ensure athletes, employees, and the general public stay injury-free. March is National Athletic Training Month and to honor all of our Certified Athletic Trainers, let’s learn a little more about their vital role.
Read full blogHow To Train For A 5K
By: Kate Zanoni, LPTA
How to train for a 5K? That is the question. It’s a new year with new fitness goals and perhaps a 5K is one you’d like to conquer. So how do you even begin to train for one? Well as LSTC’s final installment of our Fall Into Winter Fitness Challenge, we are helping you hit the pavement with a Couch to 5K running program!
As New Year continues, keep your fitness goals for 2016 strong with a fitness revolution.
LSTC is closing at 3pm Friday, 1/22/16
Jan 22nd 2016Stay safe this weekend, everyone!
Read full blogFall Into Winter Fitness Challenge: Week #4
You’re at week #4 of our Fall Into Winter Fitness Challenge! Awesome job! Now it’s time to put everything we’ve learned in the past 3 weeks together into an interval training workout!
Need to catch up on the first 3 weeks? No problem! Watch our demo videos HERE to see LSTC’s Kate Zanoni show you how to do Bent Over Rows, Goblet Squats, and Standing Side-Bending Oblique Crunches properly.
Fall Into Winter Fitness Challenge: Week #3
Great job on completing Weeks #1 and #2 of our Fall Into Winter Fitness Challenge! Get set for a brand new exercise to incorporate into your workout regimen!
Need to catch up on the first two weeks? No problem! Watch our demo videos HERE to see LSTC’s Kate Zanoni show you how to do Bent Over Rows and Goblet Squats properly.
JUST TO REVIEW: All month long, Loudoun Sports Therapy Center is putting you up to a ‘Fall Into Winter’ Fitness Challenge.
Fall Into Winter Fitness Challenge: Week #2
Great job on completing Week #1 of our Fall Into Winter Fitness Challenge! Get set for a brand new exercise to incorporate into your workout regimen!
Need to catch up on week one? No problem! Watch our demo video HERE to see LSTC’s Kate Zanoni show you how to do Bent Over Rows properly.
JUST TO REVIEW: All month long, Loudoun Sports Therapy Center is putting you up to a ‘Fall Into Winter’ Fitness Challenge.
Alternate Business Hours for the 24th and the 28th
A heads up to LSTC patients and fitness clients!
We have some alternate hours to tell you about.
LSTC will open at 9:30am on Thursday, September 24th.
On September 28th, LSTC will open at 8:00 am.
Thank you for understanding.
LSTC will open at 8am on Thursday, September 17th
A heads up to patients and fitness clients:
Loudoun Sports Therapy Center will open at 8am on Thursday, September 17th.
Regular patient appointments will start then and fitness clients are welcome to come workout once we open at 8am.
Thank you for understanding!
Physical Therapists and Physical Therapist Assistants: What Difference the ‘A’ Makes
By Courtney Hixson, LPTA
Physical Therapists and Physical Therapist Assistants: what difference does that ‘A’ make? I hear patients say this a lot in our clinic: ‘My physical therapist, Courtney…” Yes, there is some truth to this statement. As a Physical Therapist Assistant, I am a therapist but I am not a Physical Therapist. So what is the difference between a Physical Therapist and a Physical Therapist Assistant and what difference does the ‘A’ make?