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Shoulder Injuries In Overhead Athletes

January 1, 2021

Athletes who play sports requiring repetitive, forceful, overhead movements such as baseball, volleyball, or handball players, have been shown to be at a somewhat high risk of shoulder injury. Some studies have shown that 5-12% of athletes report they have had moderate or high reduction in training volume or performance levels due to some kind

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Squat Myths

January 1, 2021

Figuring out the proper way to not only perform a squat but then be able to cue the squat correctly can become difficult. There are a lot of false narratives out there about proper squat form including depth, stance, and performance of the squat, so we wanted to take this time to tackle a few

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Shift From Biomechanics To Neurophysiological Effects Of Spinal Manipulation

January 1, 2021

One of the many forms of treatment that physical therapists use is spinal manipulation. This involves placing the joints of the spine in a safe position and performing a quick stretch typically eliciting a “pop”. This “pop” is what you as the patient and we as the physical therapist love so much…that crisp sound of

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Lifting With A Rounded Back

January 1, 2021

It’s conventional wisdom in the fields of weightlifting, body mechanics, and occupational health that lifting with a flexed spine, or rounded back, is bad. Surveys of health professionals in many different fields show that this is a very widely held belief. Most of these health professionals, as well as the general public assume that lifting

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Can Physical Therapy Help Sciatica?

January 1, 2021

What Is Sciatica? If you’ve ever dealt with Sciatica, you know that it can be a debilitating condition. Many people who have back pain, hip pain,pain in their buttock, or radiating leg pain have been told that they have sciatica, but to truly be sciatica, this must include some kind of pathology involving the sciatic

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Loading Is Medicine

January 1, 2021

When it comes to the tissues in our body, they enjoy the proper stresses and strains to promote their growth and healing… not dissimilar to us as humans. We walk through life looking for challenges that will bend us but not break us, intern forcing us to grow and become stronger in the process. If

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Can Physical Therapy Help Arthritis?

January 1, 2021

My very quick and steadfast answer is “YES!!, it’s the BEST thing you could do for it, or to avoid it!!” What Is Arthritis? To understand how Physical Therapy can help arthritis, let me first explain what arthritis is. Arthritis is a medical term most commonly used to describe joint inflammation. Now “joint inflammation” can

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