The Balancing Act: Changing Pain

2023-12-15T00:21:40-05:00March 7th, 2018|Categories: General Information, Injury Prevention Articles, Physical Therapists News, Physical Therapy Articles, Sports Medicine Articles, Wellness Articles|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

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, [...]

Why Do I Need Massage Therapy?

2019-04-10T12:58:15-04:00February 7th, 2018|Categories: Massage Therapy Articles, Pain Management Articles, Performance Enhancement Articles, Physical Therapy Articles, Redcord Neurac Articles, Sports Medicine Articles, Wellness Articles|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Let me begin with explaining why I do this, why I’m a Massage Therapist. I’ve been a pretty active person most of my life—running, martial arts, weight training—so I’ve had my share of injuries, aches and pains.  In my 20’s, I experienced my first massage session with an elderly lady that had the ability to find the root of my issues.  I found this to be remarkable because the root was not necessarily where the pain was.  Over the next [...]

Fed Up Feet

2023-12-19T16:11:04-05:00January 24th, 2018|Categories: Performance Enhancement Articles, Physical Therapy Articles, Sports Medicine Articles, Wellness Articles|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

You’ve been there before. After hitting the snooze button a few times, you finally decide that you are ready to take on the day. You stretch out, toss the covers off and hop out of bed. You go to take that first step and “BAM!” - you fall to the ground in pain. “Why in the world does my foot hurt so bad? Did I run a marathon in my sleep?” After hobbling around for a while, the pain decreases [...]

The Importance of Play

2023-12-20T05:28:52-05:00January 18th, 2018|Categories: General Information, Pelvic Floor Articles, Performance Enhancement Articles, Physical Therapists News, Physical Therapy Articles, Sports Medicine Articles, Wellness Articles|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Chloe Murdock PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS We’re two weeks into January, and gyms are bursting with people eager to keep their New Year’s resolutions. But how many of these people will be so zealously hammering away on the Stair Master in July? Becoming and staying active is very hard in our sedentary society, often because it becomes just another task on our “To Do” list. Adding one hour of exercise per day can cut into our social lives and time [...]

Exploring Cryotherapy

2018-10-16T17:39:11-04:00January 16th, 2018|Categories: Cryotherapy Articles, General Information, Injury Prevention Articles, Pain Management Articles, Physical Therapy Articles, Sports Medicine Articles|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

Cold Shocking the Body: Exploring Cryotherapy, Cold­ Water Immersion, and Cold Stress Written by Rhonda Perciavalle Patrick, Ph.D. Reproduced with permission.  This report and ​all​ of the content I produce is sponsored by people like you! Click here if you’d like to learn more about how you can make more great content like this happen. Download This Report and Support Dr. Patrick. Are you stressed? Let’s hope so! Most of us probably think of stress primarily as a bad thing... and it [...]

Medical Benefits of Cryotherapy

2018-10-16T15:06:23-04:00January 16th, 2018|Categories: Cryotherapy Articles, Injury Prevention Articles, Pain Management Articles, Physical Therapy Articles|Tags: |

Dr. Oz Demonstrates Whole Body Cryotherapy Whole body cryotherapy (WBC) is a safe, pain-free treatment that cools the exterior layer of skin with sub-zero blasts of air for up to three minutes. During your treatment, your body will activates several mechanisms that promote significant, long-term benefits, both medical and aesthetic. Pain Management - The anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties of cryotherapy can drastically improve the effects of muscular and joint disorders such as fibromyalgia, rheumatoid, osteoarthritis, and [...]

Changing the Pain Game // Chronic Pain Fix

2023-12-19T07:40:12-05:00December 13th, 2017|Categories: Injury Prevention Articles, Performance Enhancement Articles, Physical Therapists News, Physical Therapy Articles, Sports Medicine Articles, Wellness Articles|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Lance Cross PT, MPT, OSC, CMTPT Four times as many people in the U.S. truly suffer from chronic pain compared to those who suffer from diabetes, heart disease and cancer and the medical community is playing catch-up.  Have you or someone you know been left to feel hopeless or invalid because past treatments have failed or doctors haven’t been able to explain the causes of your chronic pain?  I’m of the opinion that, far too often, our well-intended pharmaceutical, therapeutic, [...]

Strong & Healthy

2023-12-20T05:15:30-05:00November 15th, 2017|Categories: Injury Prevention Articles, Physical Therapy Articles, Sports Medicine Articles|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Developing a Strong, Healthy Body There are a few qualities that everyone pursues in the journey to health, performance, and aesthetic/other personal objectives. Almost everyone’s physical goals fit within those three categories. The qualities that make up our goals can usually be found in building muscular strength, muscular size, speed, endurance, altering body composition, and weight loss/gain (i.e. a wrestler cutting weight). The key difference in pursuing these goals is in the vastly different paths it takes to reach them. [...]

Hit the Weights this Winter!

2023-12-19T16:15:56-05:00November 1st, 2017|Categories: General Information, Performance Enhancement Articles, Physical Therapists News, Physical Therapy Articles, Sports Medicine Articles|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

(Strength Coach Jonathan Meade, exercise: deadlift) Hit the Weights this Winter to Boost Your Cycling Performance Next Season! The 2017 cycling season is winding down, and as the days grow shorter many cyclists unfortunately resign themselves to the trainer or the couch. Cold dark mornings and early sunsets do not lend themselves to weekday rides, and many cyclists lose fitness and gain weight over the winter months. Adding strength training in the off-season is an excellent way for cyclists to avoid [...]

Weakest Link // Tennis Injuries & the Kinetic Chain

2024-05-13T16:59:37-04:00October 10th, 2017|Categories: Physical Therapy Articles, Sports Medicine Articles|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Do you have multiple or recurring injuries that seem to not go away? Tennis Elbow, Rotator Cuff Tendinitis, and Low Back and Neck Strains are among the most common injuries in tennis players.  Injuries can happen because you are training way too much, you are not preparing or recovering properly, or because you have weaknesses or “weak links” in your kinetic chain.  Tennis players can develop weak links and imbalances in flexibility, strength and range of motion, which can adversely [...]

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