Health blog Category: physical therapy
Chronic Ankle Instability
Have you sprained your ankle more times than you can count? You are likely suffering from what is called chronic ankle instability, aka CAI.
Why does this happen? Once you injure your ankle once, unless rehabbed well, the function of the ankle itself is forever altered. Every part of your body has little internal GPS sensors called proprioceptors. The function of these proprioceptors decreases following ankle injuries. With this decline in function, your ankle has a hard time knowing where it is at in space and therefore has a hard time righting itself when walking on uneven surfaces or running.
Read full blogLiving With Sciatica Pain
Many people have experienced or live with low back pain that is significant enough to stop a person from doing daily household activities. Imagine driving somewhere and having such pain and discomfort that then continues to progress and start to radiate down a leg all the way to a foot and having feelings of being numb.
It would be nice if there was a quick and easy fix to this common problem. A lot of individuals are told and believe they can have quick relief from having some form of surgical intervention or injections.
Read full blogHow Physical Therapy can be an Alternative to Surgery
For many people, when a person suffers an injury, be it traumatic or have developed over time; surgery seems to be the first and foremost thought to correct things. The fact that many people do not consider is what the impact of recovering from a surgery is vs. going to a more conservative non invasive approach, ie. Physical Therapy.
The human body has an amazing ability to heal and recover more than a lot of people give credence to.
Read full blog7 Common Questions About Physical Therapy
Out of All the Questions We Receive, This One is the Most Common… “What is physical therapy?”
The use of exercise, manual therapy and different techniques to improve movement patterns, increase function and decrease pain to overall improve quality of life.
“Do I need imaging before coming to PT? MRI? Xray?”
No you do not need imaging before coming to PT. At the initial evaluation will do specific testing to determine a diagnosis.
Read full blogTips to Avoid Injuries While Shoveling Snow
As the temperature starts to drop again, and the chance of snow could arise we want to be sure you are prepared to clear your sidewalk and driveways without sustaining and injury. Believe it or not, shoveling is a common task that our community members do that leads to an injury. Here are 7 things to do to help avoid and injury…
- Warm up with dynamic or static stretching (CLICK HERE to learn more)
- Do not twist through your back-instead turn your whole body (WATCH this video!)
- Do not throw snow over shoulder
- Push snow instead of lifting and don’t overload- if lifting is required bend and lift through
legs not back.
Exercises for Better Posture
Whether you are sitting, standing, sleeping, or moving around posture is important and can impact how well you are able to perform said activities. Rounding your shoulders forward or letting your head shift forward as well as rounding your back are all signs of bad posture. Below are some exercises that can help prevent poor posture no matter what position you are in.
Pec Stretches
Pec stretches are really good to do to help open up your chest.
Read full blogTop 5 Things to do to Start Your Year Off Right
The New Year is here which means we are planning our resolutions and setting goals. Here are 5 things you should do to start your year off right!
Get Moving
Even if you just go on a short walk, try to get moving everyday. Exercise is not only good for your physical health, but it plays a huge role in mental health as well. When you exercise, your brain releases happy chemicals that improve mood.
Read full blogWhat is Dry Needling?
Dry needling is a buzzword right now and is likely one you have heard thrown around by your doctor or friends currently receiving physical therapy treatment. A lot of people think of acupuncture when they first hear about dry needling. They use similar needles, but the similarities start and finish there.Â
Thin microfilament needles are used to penetrate skin and subcutaneous tissue to address the underlying tissue directly. In most cases, the needle will be inserted into a trigger point in a muscle.
Read full blogSeasonal Injuries for Fall or Winter
With the gorgeous seasons comes seasonal injuries, due to outdoor responsibilities like:
- Raking leaves
- Bagging leaves
- Shoveling snow
- Cleaning snow off our vehicles
How often have you or someone you care about moved the wrong way or lifted something and all of the sudden had significant back pain that was never there before?
Many people have a tendency to push things like this aside until they negatively affect our activities of daily living.
Read full blogWhat Activities Cause Elbow Injuries?
Elbow injuries are a common thing we see in the clinic. It can be caused by many activities but most of the time it is from doing repetitive movements or by suddenly stressing the elbow joint. Often, elbow pain is ignored with the thought that it will just go away with time. However, this will cause the pain and injury to flare up and could prolong your recovery time.
There are many injuries that could be causing you to feel pain in your elbow.
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