Physical Therapy Articles

Saddle Stress: A Female Cyclist’s Guide to Saddle Fitting

Melissa Baudo2023-12-20T06:42:59-05:00May 24th, 2018|Categories: Cyclists Articles, Pelvic Floor Articles, Physical Therapy Articles, Women's Health Articles|Tags: Back, Bicycle, Bicycle saddle, cycling, cyclists, Environmental technology, injuries, Ischial tuberosity, saddle, Sustainable transport|

I spend a lot of my time around cyclists, and the most common complaint I hear from my friends, clients, and patients is saddle pain. Some have given in, resigning themselves to a life of painful riding because they were once told to “suck it up, because all saddles are painful”. Some have significantly reduced how much they ride, or stopped riding entirely. For women getting back on the bike after having a baby, or trying to start cycling for [...]

Running 101: “Know Pain, Know Gain”

Melissa Baudo2024-05-13T16:56:09-04:00May 17th, 2018|Categories: Gait Retraining Articles, Injury Prevention Articles, Running Physical Therapy Articles, Sports Medicine Articles|Tags: Animal locomotion, Athletic shoes, Biomechanics, Consumer goods, Foot, Footwear, Gait, gait analysis, Medicine, Melissa Baudo, Melissa Baudo Marchetti, orthotics, pain, Perception, running, Running injuries, running injury, Shoe, shoe wear, shoes, Sneakers, Terrestrial locomotion|

By: Melissa Baudo Marchetti, PT, DPT, SCS, MTC Calling all runners! The Peachtree Road Race is just two months away. So, if you are running in pain right now, help is just a phone call away. Studies show that up to 90% of runners will experience injury at some point during their running tenure and as low as 20% actually seek medical care--this does not have to be the case! Runners commonly experience low back, hip, knee and foot [...]

Functional Strength Training is for You & Everyone Else Too

OneTherapy2018-11-07T18:53:01-05:00April 11th, 2018|Categories: Injury Prevention Articles, Performance Enhancement Articles, Sports Medicine Articles, Strength Training Articles|Tags: Bench press, CrossFit, Deadlift, health, Human behavior, Individual sports, Nancy Pickett, Olympic weightlifting, Physical exercise, Powerlifting, Recreation, sports, Squat, Squatting position, strength, strength training, weight lifting, wellness|

"Strength training" has come to be synonymous with Crossfit, powerlifting and Olympic lifting, which can be highly intimidating to those of us who are wanting to stay healthy, but have no prior experience in the previous matters. However, functional strength training is vital for injury prevention, despite fitness level, and can be scaled for everyone. Our bodies are pretty incredible. Without our conscious thought they coordinate our movements, fight infections, regulate our heart beat and temperature, and digest food amongst [...]

Oh Baby! What Happened To My Body?

OneTherapy2024-05-13T16:57:25-04:00April 4th, 2018|Categories: Dry Needling Articles, Physical Therapists News, Pilates Articles, Trigger Point Dry Needling Articles, Wellness Articles, Women's Health Articles|Tags: baby, back pain, body, Clinical medicine, Diastasis recti, dry needling, health, Low back pain, Manual therapy, massage, Medical specialties, Medicine, Melissa Baudo, Myofascial pain syndrome, Myofascial trigger point, Nociception, pain, Physical Therapy, Pseudoscience, Soft tissue disorders|

By Melissa Baudo Marchetti Calling all moms! Have you recently had a baby, or still struggling with post baby pain and weakness? Pregnancy places high demand on the musculoskeletal system and can be very traumatic for some women leaving them with myofascial pain, internal pelvic pain, nerve pain, diastasis recti (a gapping in the abdominal muscles), weakness in the core from a C-section, neck and shoulder pain from holding your newborn baby, and much more. In December, after a five-year [...]

Injury Prevention for Tennis Players

OneTherapy2024-05-13T16:59:06-04:00March 21st, 2018|Categories: General Information, Injury Prevention Articles, Physical Therapists News, Physical Therapy Articles, Sports Medicine Articles|Tags: athlete, Elbow, Flexibility, health, Human leg, Manual therapy, massage, Medical specialties, Medicine, Melissa Baudo, Melissa Baudo Marchetti, Overuse injuries, Physical exercise, Physical Therapy, RTT, Soft tissue disorders, sports, Sports injuries, Sports injury, Sports medicine, Stretching, Tennis, Tennis elbow, tennis injury, Warming up|

Injury Prevention for Tennis Players By Melissa Baudo Marchetti, PT, DPT, SCS, MTC It’s that time of year again…welcome back Spring ALTA tennis players! The weather is getting nicer out…perfect for tennis! We want you to be prepared this tennis season and minimize those pesky injuries, aches, and pains. Injuries to the lower leg, elbow, back and hips are common in tennis due to the high demand of the sport and the repetitive, quick movements required. You can reduce your [...]

Cryotherapy for Pain Relief

OneTherapy2018-10-16T15:02:07-04:00March 16th, 2018|Categories: Cryotherapy Articles, Pain Management Articles, Wellness Articles|Tags: AutoPlay, Nike|

Nike Oregon Project Athletes are using Whole Body Cryotherapy for pain relief, injury recovery and to enhance performance. Contact One on One Physical Therapy to schedule your appointment today.

Sports Specialization

OneTherapy2023-12-20T05:12:11-05:00March 14th, 2018|Categories: General Information, Injury Prevention Articles, Physical Therapy Articles, Sports Medicine Articles, Wellness Articles, Youth Sports Articles|Tags: Amateur sport, child athlete, children, Early sports specialization, Human behavior, Medicine, Overuse injuries, Repetitive strain injury, sport specialization, sports, Sports injuries, Sports medicine, Youth sports|

Is sports specialization helping kids get better at sports and keeping them healthy? Sports participation in younger athletes has evolved over the years from child-driven activities for fun to intense training, performance-enhancement, and specialized training. This changing environment has left parents, young athletes, and coaches wondering and needing guidance on what is the most appropriate path of athlete development. Until recently, there has been very little published evidence to support any particular path or to outline any specific risks of [...]

The Balancing Act: Changing Pain

OneTherapy2023-12-15T00:21:40-05:00March 7th, 2018|Categories: General Information, Injury Prevention Articles, Physical Therapists News, Physical Therapy Articles, Sports Medicine Articles, Wellness Articles|Tags: Acute pain, balance, chronic pain, Dyspareunia, health, Low back pain, Nociception, Organ systems, pain, Pain management, Perception, Physical Therapy, Psychological stress, stress, Suffering, The Creative Healing Shift, wellness|

A recent National Institutes of Health study determined that nearly 50 million American adults have chronic pain and nearly half of those are reported to have severe pain. Our society and culture has provided many of us with many wonderful amenities of life, but at the same time, it has created a wide array of stressors and unhealthy activities. This can make it difficult to find balance in mind and body. Often, these imbalances can contribute to causing chronic pain, [...]

Will Cryotherapy Benefit Me?

Karen Warren2020-04-07T12:36:26-04:00March 1st, 2018|Categories: Cryotherapy Articles, General Information, Physical Therapy Articles, Wellness Articles|Tags: Adipose tissue, Antioxidant, Branches of biology, Clinical medicine, Cold compression therapy, cryotherapy, health, inflammation, Karen Davis Warren, Medicine, Obesity, Reactive oxygen species, wellness, whole body cryotherapy|

People often ask why there is a Whole Body Cryotherapy machine in our physical therapy practice? and I say why not?! Whole Body Cryotherapy, WBC, is a fantastic adjunct to any physical therapy treatment on many levels. PAIN RELIEF Whole Body Cryotherapy will provide pain relief via the production of norepinephrine, NE. Cold exposure releases NE, into the bloodstream and to the brain. This release of NE is one of the most consistent and profound physiological consequences to cold exposure. [...]

The Hassle of Headaches – Physical Therapy for Headaches

OneTherapy2023-12-20T06:51:51-05:00February 21st, 2018|Categories: Dry Needling Articles, General Information, Pain Management Articles, Physical Therapy Articles, Trigger Point Dry Needling Articles, Wellness Articles|Tags: Cervicogenic headache, Clinical medicine, head injury, headache, headaches, Medicine, Migraine, NIH classification of headaches, pain, Pain management, Savas Koutsantonis, Tension headache|

Physical Therapy for Headaches and Migraines Headaches are one of the most common medical complaints. Recent data suggests the prevalence of this condition is rising. Most people experience headaches at some point in their life regardless of age, race or gender. There are a multitude of different types and classifications of headaches. It is important that your type of headache is accurately diagnosed as many people suffer from a combination of different types; this will determine the specific treatment [...]

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