Have you ever sought medical help for a painful injury, only to be told to simply “rest” and “avoid” the activity that caused it? While rest is an important part of injury recovery, it’s not always the best solution. In fact, too much rest can weaken your body structures, making it even harder to return …
3 Things To Improve Outcomes With A Running Injury Minimize time off from running: It’s okay to take a few days off here and there if something is really “reactive” and just needs to calm down, but most of the time there are ways we can keep training but simply modify running to tolerable standards. …
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What Is Dry Needling? So, maybe you’ve had a friend or family member rave about the “needling” they had performed by their physical therapist or Chiropractor. They explained that it helped them “loosen up” or decrease pain where massage just could not hit the spot. Maybe they even incorrectly stated that they had acupuncture as …
So you’ve been given the direction to STOP RUNNING by your Doctor… Many of us runners have been so frustrated by an injury, we eventually head to the doctor to figure out how to manage this. Or perhaps, you have never had pain/injury and this completely stops you in your tracks with your running. The …
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One of the biggest reasons why rehab will sometimes fail athletes is when the exercises are too easy, rudimentary, or generalized. It’s fairly common that new clients will come in and tell me what exercises they’ve been doing or have done in the past, or they’ll show me their rehab program from the last place …
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Don’t take everything you hear from a medical/health professional at face value. There are so many people offering services, advice, and information regarding health nowadays. Trust in your doctor, PT, or dietician, etc… it shouldn’t be assumed. Asking a simple “why” when reasoning hasn’t been given is vitally important. As a healthcare consumer, understanding exactly …
In the physical therapy world, people literally make a living giving cookie-cutter exercises to people on instagram, youtube, etc. I’m going to start by saying that I, myself, am also guilty of giving out exercises on instagram/facebook like candy. It’s what’s trendy in the fitness-social media world right now. It grabs attention and gets people …
There are a lot of different healthcare professionals here in the Fort Collins, Colorado area. Everyone seems to have a different approach, but everyone must be helping people otherwise they’d be out of business, right? How it is that people SWEAR by certain things helping them through an injury but we may have no science …
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