Femoral acetabular impingement (FAI) is a leading cause of hip pain in young athletic patients and active middle age patients. FAI occurs when the anatomical structure of the hip changes, which usually occurs during childhood development. Some individuals will have FAI their entire lives and never have symptoms! Others may develop symptoms in childhood [...]
When you think of fall, what do you think of? Pumpkin spice lattes... leaves changing colors… ROAD RACES? With the weather cooling off, people flock to the outdoors to run, jump, and play. There is also an increase in the advertisements for road races – 1 mile fun run, a hilly 5K for the more [...]
As you age, aches and pains become a bigger part of your life, but the good news is that some of these pains are preventable with therapeutic interventions. Approximately 40% of the population experiences knee osteoarthritis (OA), with symptoms including an increase in achiness after maintaining one position for too long, swelling, pain with stairs [...]
You may have noticed that things look a bit different around our website lately. We’ve changed things up to better reflect who we are as a company. Please feel free to have a look around and let us know what you think. Our mission at SetPT is to blend advanced treatment techniques with the values [...]
October brings cool weather in the east and the first thoughts of winter but it is also National Physical Therapy Month. This is a time where the national chapter, APTA (American Physical Therapy Association) earmarks one campaign to highlight. This year the focus is on "healthy aging and the many ways that physical therapists, as [...]
Do long work days at a desk contribute to back pain? As more jobs shift toward being trapped at a desk for hours at a time, healthcare providers are noticing an increase in patients presenting with poor posture that contributes to an increase in pain throughout their neck and back. Unfortunately, this is a negative [...]
Have you ever experienced an injury or setback in your physical training? Maybe you decided to have it checked out by your doctor but had to wait weeks for an appointment only to spend a few minutes with the doctor and be given a prescription for physical therapy. […]
An important aspect of a positive physical therapy experience often begins with a patient’s confidence in their physical therapist’s ability to understand the reason they are in pain. Patients who receive more education from their therapists are more likely to perceive their therapy as successful, even when their outcomes are the same as those who [...]
