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What Does It Mean To Lift With Your Legs?
We’ve all heard the phrase “lift with your legs” but what does that really mean? This post discusses how to put this phrase into practice to prevent injury.
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Four Phrases That Make Me Cringe as a Physical Therapist
There are several phrases I hear on a regular basis that are inaccurate and misleading to patients. This post contains four common ones.
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Treating Low Back Pain: Unexpected muscles to strengthen
Treating low back pain is complex and is tailored to a patient’s individual needs. I get asked all the time about different ways people can work their core muscles to reduce back pain. The core muscles include the abdominals, anterior hip musculature, and posterior hip musculature. The “core” is made up of muscles that control…
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Tennis vs. Golfer’s Elbow: Understanding lateral Epicondylalgia vs. Medial Epicondylalgia
I noticed that many of my patients with elbow pain tend to self diagnose themselves. They come in asking, “Is this tennis elbow?” or “Is this golfer’s elbow?” at least half the time. Let’s discuss what each of these conditions mean, and what other conditions it could be. Please keep in mind that this is…
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Tibialis Posterior Tendonitis: Treatment and Causes
Tibialis posterior tendonitis typically presents as medial foot or ankle pain with activity. Treatment consists of a combination of foot, ankle and hip strength and stability work.
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Meniscus Tear: Symptoms, diagnosis, and Treatment
Meniscus tears can cause painful squatting, and a “catching” feeling in the knee joint. This post discusses the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of meniscus tears.
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Exercises For Generalized Foot Pain
Foot pain can have many different causes. This post contains a few exercises you can try as a starting point if you’re having acute foot pain.
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Waiting For Knee Surgery? Here’s How to Prepare.
People may find themselves postponing knee surgery for a variety of reasons. This post contains some exercises you can do to maximize your post operative success if you are preparing for an upcoming knee surgery.
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Why Stretching Does Not Help Neck Pain
Though stretching your neck is safe and feels nice, it is not sufficient treatment for neck pain. For long lasting relief, you will need to perform strengthening and control of the small postural muscles supporting your neck.
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Ram’s Horn Headaches – What Are They And What Can You Do?
Headaches can be very complicated and may have a variety of causes. Some causes are simply due to a muscular referral.
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What To Expect If You Have ACL Reconstruction
Many people feel unprepared for the overwhelming physical and emotional challenges following ACL reconstruction. This post discusses some expectations you can have for your rehabilitation.
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Which is better For Managing Acute Pain- heat or ice?
When you’re in pain which is better to use, heat or ice? The answer as usual is, it depends!
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Treating Lateral Hip Pain – Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome, Formerly “Bursitis”
Many people suffer from pain at the side of the hip. This used to be called bursitis but is now referred to as greater trochanteric pain syndrome (GTPS). This post discusses signs and typical treatment of GTPS.