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Knee replacement 101: what you should know
If you’re reading this, you’ve probably been dealing with knee pain for a long time. You may have had some injections. Maybe the injections helped at first but now you’re needing them more frequently, or maybe you’ve been told you’ll need a knee replacement in the future. Here are a couple of things I discuss…
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Is my knee injury serious?
So you are out and about having a nice hike and all of the sudden – you step into a hole and twist your knee. Ouch! Once the initial frustration subsides, you are probably going to ask yourself “Crap! Is this going to get better on its own? Do I need to go to the…
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Do You Know What Conditions Physical Therapists Can Treat?
There are so many times where I am meeting new people and the topic of my being a physical therapist comes up. This is often accompanied by, “Can physical therapists treat….- insert condition- ?” Most of the time my answer is either “yes” or “it depends”. Here are some of the better known conditions that…
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Getting an MRI for Low Back Pain? What you should know
Often times when people have low back pain – one of the leading causes of disability in the US today – they will get a lumbar MRI (“Lumbar” is simply the term for your low back). There are a LOT of things I wish all patients knew before getting an MRI of their lumbar spine.…
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Physical Therapy Resources and Guidance: Welcome!
Hello! I’m Daniela. Doctor of physical therapy, lover of the outdoors, wife to Jace and mother to my one year old son, AJ. Now let’s cut to the chase – why did I start a blog? Well, I’ve been working in a physical therapy clinic for several years and there has been an ever present…