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Need a Needle? // Dry Needling 101

OneTherapy2023-12-19T16:26:54-05:00September 12th, 2017|Categories: Dry Needling Articles, General Information, Performance Enhancement Articles, Physical Therapy Articles, Sports Medicine Articles, Trigger Point Dry Needling Articles|Tags: Acupuncture, Alternative medicine, Chiropractic, Clinical medicine, dry needling, health, Janet G. Travell, Medicine, Myofascial pain syndrome, Myofascial trigger point, Myotherapy, pain, Pain management, Physical Therapy, Pseudoscience, Savas Koutsantonis, Spinal disc herniation, Trigger Point Dry Needling|

Need a Needle? // Dry Needling 101 Savas Koutsantonis PT, DPT Is Dry Needling right for me? Dry Needling is quickly becoming commonplace as many more practitioners are offering this procedure. What is it exactly? It’s a highly effective technique that’s used to treat patients who are suffering from pain generated from myofascial trigger points. It involves the use of a thin,flexible filiform needle to penetrate the skin and stimulate underlying trigger points and other connective tissues. What is a [...]

Recovery Meets Physical Therapy – Managing Tennis Injuries with a Physical Therapist

OneTherapy2024-05-13T17:00:03-04:00September 6th, 2017|Categories: Physical Therapists News, Sports Medicine Articles|Tags: Allied health professions, Athletic taping, Canine physical therapy, Carole B. Lewis, Doctor of Physical Therapy, dry needling, health, Manual therapy, Medical specialties, Medicine, Melissa Baudo, Muscle energy technique, Muscle imbalance, One on One Physical Therapy, Physical exercise, Physical Therapy, Pseudoscience, Rehabilitation medicine, Sports injuries, Sports injury, Sports medicine, Tennis elbow, Tennis injuries|

Recovery Meets Physical Therapy – Managing Tennis Injuries with a Physical Therapist Tennis, like many other sports, has an inherent risk for injury. Tennis injuries such as tennis elbow, rotator cuff tendinitis, and muscle strains are common among our youth and recreational athletes and are caused by overuse, overtraining, muscle imbalance, weakness and poor stroke performance. Overuse injuries happen because athletes are putting in way too many hours on the court, are not preparing or recovering efficiently, or they have weaknesses [...]

Tennis Leg Care and Treatment

OneTherapy2020-04-07T12:04:55-04:00August 29th, 2017|Categories: Massage Therapy Articles, Performance Enhancement Articles, Physical Therapy Articles, Sports Medicine Articles|Tags: Achilles tendon, Atlanta, Calf, Fade, Foot, Gastrocnemius muscle, Human leg, Injury Prevention, Knee, Medical classification, Medical Subject Headings, Melissa Baudo, Melissa Baudo Marchetti, Muscular system, Musculoskeletal system, Physical Therapy, Plantaris muscle, shoes, Soleus muscle, Triceps surae muscle|

Get A Leg Up A Physical Therapist can treat tennis leg and implement prevention strategies necessary to get you back on the court safely and quickly. Injuries to the lower leg are common in tennis due to the high demand of the sport and the repetitive, quick movements required. Tennis leg is an incomplete tear or rupture of the calf muscle in the lower leg. The calf muscles include the superficial gastrocnemius, the larger of the lower leg muscles, and [...]

Oh No! Tennis Elbow!

OneTherapy2023-12-14T03:40:17-05:00August 9th, 2017|Categories: General Information, Physical Therapy Articles, Sports Medicine Articles, Youth Sports Articles|Tags: Elbow, Epicondylitis, Medical classification, Medical Subject Headings, Medicine, Melissa Baudo, Melissa Baudo Marchetti, Muscle imbalance, Musculoskeletal system, Overuse injuries, pain, Platelet-rich plasma, RTT, Shoulder, Soft tissue disorders, Sports injuries, Tendinopathy, Tennis elbow, Ulnar collateral ligament injury of the elbow|

By Melissa Baudo Marchetti, PT, DPT, SCS, MTC Is your elbow giving out on you when you play tennis? Do you feel pain whenever you grip your racket, type, text, write, carry something, or shake hands? You may be suffering from tennis elbow. Tennis elbow, clinically referred to as Lateral Epicondylitis, plagues approximately 40-50% of all recreational racquet sport athletes at some point in their career with most cases occurring after age 30. Tennis elbow is a common overuse [...]

Practice Doesn’t Always Make Perfect

OneTherapy2023-12-21T14:44:25-05:00August 2nd, 2017|Categories: General Information, Performance Enhancement Articles, Physical Therapy Articles, Youth Sports Articles|Tags: Fade|

Risks of Early Sport Specialization in Young Athletes Youth sport participation has increased tremendously over the past several decades. In the past 30 years, there has been a 200% increase in the number of children participating in youth sports. Sports are a great way for kids to develop skills, learn teamwork, set goals, and socialize with their peers. However, the days of simple recreational sport are slowly fading for many of our nation’s youth. Kids are being asked to [...]

Saddle Stress // A Cyclist’s Guide to Saddle Fitting

OneTherapy2023-12-20T06:43:17-05:00July 11th, 2017|Categories: Bike Fitting Articles, Cycling Injury Physical Therapy Articles, Cyclists Articles, General Information, Physical Therapy Articles, Sports Medicine Articles|Tags: Chloe Murdock, Fade|

Don’t let saddle pain ruin your summer I spend a lot of my time around cyclists, and the most common complaint I hear from my friends, clients, and patients is of saddle pain. Some have given in, resigning themselves of 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. As a lifelong cyclist, I too have invested [...]

Foam Rolling for Recovery

OneTherapy2020-04-07T12:05:40-04:00July 4th, 2017|Categories: Injury Prevention Articles, Massage Therapy Articles, Performance Enhancement Articles, Physical Therapy Articles, Prevention Articles, Sports Medicine Articles, Tennis Medicine Articles|Tags: Exercise equipment, Exercise physiology, Fade, Fascia training, Flexibility, Foam roller, health, Iliotibial tract, Manual therapy, massage, Medicine, Melissa Baudo, Melissa Baudo Marchetti, Myofascial release, Physical exercise, Physical Therapy|

The best kept secret to maximizing your sports performance and keeping you active is simple: “Recover better”. The use of a simple piece of foam for foam rolling can help you optimize recovery, which is ideal for athletes and active people of all levels and ages. Why foam rolling? Hard exercise may lead to increased tension/stiffness in your muscles and joints, which can alter joint motion and lead to poor movement patterns, a faster rate of fatigue, and injury. Self-massage [...]

Beat the Heat

OneTherapy2023-12-14T03:52:13-05:00June 27th, 2017|Categories: Sports Medicine Articles|Tags: Fade, Injury Prevention, Melissa Baudo, Nutrition|

What is heat illness, what causes it and how can you treat it? By Melissa Baudo Marchetti, PT, DPT, SCS, MTC Heat-related illness is always a possibility when playing sports out in the sun, especially in excessive heat and humidity like Atlanta in the summer. There are three stages to heat illness: Heat Cramps: The first stage of heat illness is Heat Cramps, the signs of which are excessive sweating and/or involuntary muscle cramps. These cramps usually occur in [...]

Nutrition for Tennis Athletes

OneTherapy2024-09-27T16:58:32-04:00November 7th, 2014|Categories: Injury Prevention Articles, Nutrition Articles, Sports Medicine Articles, Tennis Medicine Articles|Tags: Articles, Carbohydrate counting, Dietary supplements, Eating, Energy bar, food, Food and drink, Food pyramid, Food science, health, Meals, Melissa Baudo, Melissa Baudo Marchetti, Nutrition, Protein, Self care, Snack, Snack foods, Sports nutrition, Tennis|

GET READY! ARRIVE TO THE TOURNAMENT HYDRATED AND FUELED. PRE-COMEPETITION MEAL 2-4 HOURS PRIOR TO PLAY; SNACK 30 - 60 MIN BEFORE OR BETWEEN MATCHES PRE-MATCH MEAL: Carbohydrate Rich with Small Amounts of Low Fat Protein Grains: Rice, Pasta & Bread Fruit & Vegetables Protein: Eggs, Fish & Chicken Fluids: Water, Fruit Juice & Sports Drink PRE-MATCH SNACK: Sports Snacks Sandwich Or Sports Bar Fluids: Water, Fruit Juice & Sports Drink ON-COURT FUEL (IF NEEDED): Bring Quick-Energy Foods, Sports Drinks, Gels [...]

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