Movement can be the #1 medicine, if you use it the right way
Movement is something we engage in everyday, but it’s no simple task. Each and every movement we engage in requires an intricate choreography of electrochemical signaling, muscular recruitment, balancing agonists and antagonists, and having access to the ROM to complete the task at hand. One of humanity’s greatest strengths is adaptability, and this is true […]
Sleep and stress, how you feel changes how you heal.
Sleep is an essential part of life. We know we need it, we know we don’t feel great when we don’t have enough or have too much. Something less intuitive about sleep is the vital role it plays in not only healing, but also in avoiding injury in the first place. Studies of adolescents have […]
Headaches are not a problem you have to live with. It’s one PT can fix.
Headaches are a fixable an ailment that are far too commonly just accepted as a fact of life. 47% of adults experience some form of headache. This problem is so ubiquitous that migraines alone cost between $13-17 billion dollars last year. Despite the cost physically, financially, psychologically, people don’t often go any further than the […]
Tactical Athletes, their challenges and injury risk.
Tactical athlete is a term that has become more common in the medical community as we have acknowledged the unique physical challenges faced by soldiers and first responders. The unique combination of stressors placed on these individuals via physical demands, environmental demands, mental stressors, and fatigue all contribute to higher risks of injury. In 2014 […]
Wellness, PT has to consider more than just the site of injury
Have you ever felt sick to your stomach from fear, nervousness, anxiousness, or excitement? Much of this is actually the result of the Vagus nerve (CN X) going from your brain to your abdomen. The body is wired in a way where systems that you may think are miles apart actually work hand in hand […]
Cheerleading, it’s not a sport for the weak, injury breakdown.
Cheerleading is a sport that more than 3.5 million athletes participate in. Most of these athletes are girls between the ages of 6-17 years old. Cheer occurs in multiple settings scholastic or non-scholastic be it STUNT, traditional, gameday support or other. and multiple different methods of competition. This variety of settings and conditions likely contributes […]
Soccer: How prevalent is injury, and how much 11+ reduces the risk.
Soccer Soccer is a sport rapidly growing in popularity in the USA, with over 14 million people playing this year. People close to the game know that soccer is a contact sport, and when contact is involved, the risk of injury goes up. In soccer, like the other sports the most common area to injure […]
What is dry needling? A brief introduction
What is dry needling and what can it do? Dry needling is a safe and effective treatment to decrease pain, both acute and chronic including headache, muscle ache, back pain, arthritic pain and TMJ dysfunction. Dry needling targets stiff and/or painful areas with monofilament sterile surgical steel needles. The needles are often inserted directly into […]
Injuries, when should you deal with them?
The best time to deal with injuries is before they happen. According to CDC more than 50% of sports injuries are avoidable/preventable. And according to Johns-Hopkins University 62% of injuries occur during practice. Those two statistics represent an opportunity to be better for coaches, athletes and parents. Every sport, rec activity, and athletic endeavor put […]
Injuries in Sports, statistics you should know
Injuries in sports. Injuries are a known risk to our participation in sports. The majority of sports injuries did not need to happen according to the CDC. The further an athlete progresses in their chosen sport the more important it becomes to maintain their health. The largest risk factor for future injuries is past injury […]
