Pelvic Health
Pelvic Health Pelvic Health Can Improve Quality of Life Pelvic health physical therapy is specialized treatment. Conditions treated include urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence and urgency, pelvic organ prolapse, diastasis recti, abdominal weakness, constipation, pelvic pain, back pain, pain with intercourse, and m Physical therapy interventions and education can significantly improve quality of life for individuals […]
Movement Pattern Education & Correction
Movement Pattern Education & Correction What Is Movement Pattern Education? Movement Pattern Education and Correction is the art and science of guiding or facilitating human movement through safe and effective patterns. It is often prefaced with isolated movements that will, in turn, be used with more compound or functional movements. Your ability to intentionally control, […]
Running Mechanics Analysis
Running Mechanics Analysis What Is A Running Analysis? Running technique, as well as running biomechanics, have been shown to affect a runner’s performance. Evaluating running biomechanics and kinematic patterns can help to identify the forces placed on a runner, as well as identify if these forces are potentially causing or aggravating their symptoms. A thorough […]
Spinal Manipulation
Spinal Manipulation What Is Spinal Manipulation? Spinal manipulation, also known as “High-Velocity Low-Amplitude Thrust” or “Spinal Manipulative Therapy,” is an ancient art and science tracing its origins to the earliest of medical practitioners. Spinal manipulation is unique compared with other manual therapy techniques in that the clinician applies a rapid impulse, or thrust, in order […]
Orthopedic Manual Therapy
Orthopedic Manual Therapy – What You Should Know What is Orthopedic Manual Therapy? Orthopedic manual therapy (OMT) is a broad categorical term used to describe the application of direct (hands-on) or indirect (instrument-assisted) methods by physical therapists to achieve relief from complaints in musculoskeletal pain or function. Instrument-assisted techniques can be discovered in a separate […]
Move. Fuel. Recover. Connect. ENDURE.
At last, we come to the final pillar of well-being in this stretched-out blog series: Endure. Arguably one of the most difficult items to conceptualize and conquer. Perhaps a more common word used is Resilience, meaning “the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties.” Much like a physical object having resiliency – being able to spring […]
Managing jaw pain
TMD, or temporomandibular joint disorder, is a name for a number of problems that involve the temporomandibular (jaw) joints, muscles, or associated structures. TMD can show as pain or tenderness in your jaw, aching pain in or around your ear, facial symptoms, difficulty or pain while chewing, or locking of the jaw. Effective treatment of […]
Concussion Management with Physical Therapy
Physical therapists (as part of a whole healthcare team) can be some of the best medical professions to treat concussions because of our knowledge, frequency and time we get to spend with our patients. Also, many factors that are important to consider when working with concussion symptoms are ones that we already use to inform […]
Strength Training For Runners
As a physical therapist, I’ve noticed that elite runners look very different today than in the 80’s when I ran competitively. They have more muscles and more efficient strides. Strength training is now recognized as essential for injury prevention, muscle recruitment, and running economy. Strength Training’s Role Injury Prevention: A strong core and improved muscle […]
Popping In Our Joints
Do you have any joints that regularly crack or pop with movement or positional changes? So do I! The advice that I give my patients with this popping is pretty straight forward. If the popping you’re feeling is not painful than we won’t worry about it too much. But I do find occasionally that the […]
Monitoring Running Workload to Prevent Injury
“How far should I run?” “How often?” “How will I know that my training is too much?” “Not enough?” If you are a runner, chances are that you’ve thought about these questions when planning to train for a race or objective. While many programs exist online to guide us in mileage selection for success in […]
Timing is Everything!
Timing of Physical Therapy Intervention is Important in Terms of Healthcare Costs and Time Spent in Pain A research study was published on November 26th, 2018, that shows – like low back pain – early physical therapy intervention for neck pain significantly reduces the overall cost of an episode of injury (namely from reducing the […]