Prevention and Rehabilitation from Sports Injuries with Physical Therapy: a Roadmap to Stronger Athletes
From beginner to intermediate, to advanced and elite athletes, the risk for injury is an ever-present reality. Athletes can take every precaution necessary by warming up properly, stretching, and employing cool-down techniques, but the body is too intricate to provide absolute certainty. People and athletes of all levels often report injuries while doing the most […]
3 Possible Causes of Your Shoulder Pain and How to Proceed
Pitching a baseball appears relatively simple to the naked untrained eye. What’s the big deal? You lift your leg, raise your arm and throw. Right? Not exactly. If you’ve ever spoken to a baseball aficionado or an experienced pitcher, they will describe pitching as an art form—a complex series of perfectly timed and measured movements […]
Fighting Nerve Damage with Physical Therapy, Movement, & Electrical Stimulation
The intricacy of the nervous system has inspired generations of medical study and observation. Understanding how we move in the world is a big part of what physical therapists seek to understand. Our job is to heal, strengthen, and reinforce the mechanisms that allow us to lead active lifestyles and move our bodies without pain. […]
A Brief Look at Physical Therapy as Treatment for Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain
As a condition, fibromyalgia has gotten quite a bit of attention in recent years. This may be due to the fact that it still perplexes medical experts—its origin and causes are still relatively unknown—but also because people with the condition experience chronic pain and seek long-term relief. According to CDC data, the condition affects approximately […]
