Every year the APTA (American Physical Therapy Association) determines a topic to highlight for the month of October bringing awareness to health related issues. These topics range from the impact of your Physical Therapist to #agingwell to stressing the importance of movement. For 2016 campaign, the APTA is focusing on the drug epidemic of [...]
At the end of the last lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow) post, we alluded to trigger-point dry needling (TDN) being an effective treatment technique for the resolution of tennis elbow. As mentioned before, tennis elbow is not restricted to tennis players, but affects a wide variety of athletes and professions, and is characterized by point [...]
Many tennis players - from beginners to professionals - will at some point experience lateral epicondylitis, or “tennis elbow.” This pathology is not restricted to tennis players, but is also common in construction workers, employees who tote briefcases, and other professions that require repetitive forearm motions. While some shrug the pain off and continue [...]
How did you first get involved in the Paralympics? I started working with Team USA in 2012 through the United States Olympic Committee’s volunteer rotation for medical providers. For my first two years, I worked with both Olympic and Paralympic athletes at the Olympic training centers in California and Colorado. These last three years, [...]
The Paralympics start September 7 and will be broadcast all over the world, but few of us in the US really know what sports are played in the Summer Paralympics Games. The Paralympics are not as highly televised as the Olympics in the US. They will be shown on a few NBC affiliates here, [...]
The summer Olympics hosts a myriad of sports that range from a high familiarity (basketball, gymnastics, etc) to little-known or little-understood. Today, we are going to highlight a sport that is highly entertaining, very technical, and that people are not well versed in: Equestrian! Although it may not be a sport people are avidly [...]
Starting in one week, you’ll be seeing a lot of Kinesio tape worn by Olympic Athletes. Kinesio tape was first used in the 2012 London Summer Olympics by beach volleyball players, and Kinesio tape use has since taken off. Kinesio tape, or KT tape, was originally developed in 1979 by Dr. Kenzo Kase, a [...]
Today's blog post is a very personal one not backed by research or the latest trending article. Instead, it is based on a moment in time in which you step in to help a complete stranger. There is so much good in the world and as a physical therapist, I have the amazing task [...]
As a physical therapist, we address many issues related to injuries that can directly or indirectly affect an injury. One such topic is weight loss. Patients will often discuss their struggles or successes and ask for advice on what might be the best path to follow. This is a very challenging topic with no [...]
Among weight lifters, using rest periods is a common practice; however, there is significant variation in the length of rest periods between lifting bouts in a single session. The National Strength and Conditioning Association’s (NSCA) guidelines for rest periods are as follows: Endurance: 1 minute or less Strength: 2 minutes Power: 3-5 minutes1 Other [...]
