October 2016

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

By |2024-01-30T12:49:05-05:00October 20th, 2016|Physical Therapy|

The month of October has been nationally recognized as Breast Cancer Awareness Month in an effort to promote funding for research in the hopes of finding a cure for the disease. Current breast cancer treatments range from radiation treatments, to lymphectomy (removal of affected lymph node tissue) to mastectomy (removal of total breast tissue), [...]

October is Physical Therapy Month

By |2024-01-30T12:49:05-05:00October 17th, 2016|Physical Therapy|

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 [...]

September 2016

Tennis Elbow and Trigger Point Dry Needling

By |2024-01-30T12:49:05-05:00September 29th, 2016|Physical Therapy|

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 [...]

The Truth about Tennis Elbow and Cortisone Shots

By |2024-01-30T12:49:05-05:00September 26th, 2016|Physical Therapy|

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 [...]

Q & A with Kayla Robison on her experience as a Team USA PT

By |2024-01-30T12:49:05-05:00September 14th, 2016|Sports|

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, [...]

Sports at the Paralympics

By |2024-01-30T12:49:06-05:00September 2nd, 2016|Sports|

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, [...]

August 2016

Equestrian: Olympic Sport

By |2024-01-30T12:49:15-05:00August 8th, 2016|Sports|

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 [...]

July 2016

June 2016

Helping Others…

By |2024-01-30T12:49:15-05:00June 2nd, 2016|Physical Therapy|

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 [...]

May 2016

Is A Slow Metabolism the New Issue in Weight Loss?

By |2024-01-30T12:49:15-05:00May 16th, 2016|Research|

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 [...]

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