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How to Deal with a Rotator Cuff Tear
Rotator cuff tears are a common injury, especially with athletes. Without proper recovery after intense activity, the muscles and tendons can weaken over time increasing the risk of tearing. Tears can also occur from a sudden force on the shoulder, like a fall.
Rotator cuffs are complex with several muscle groups and tendons stabilizing the shoulder. That means a single tear[…]
Urinary Incontinence Doesn’t Have to Be Your New Normal
Pelvic floor dysfunction can be associated with frustration, pain, tension and weakness, and disruption to your everyday life. Urinary incontinence (UI) is a common dysfunction associated with the pelvic floor. What is urinary incontinence? UI is defined as a “loss of bladder control” or “urinary leakage.” If you have UI, you are not alone.[…]
What is Cupping? A Guide to Cupping Therapy
Remember when Michael Phelps showed up to compete in the 2016 Summer Olympics with round bruises covering his back? That was the start of a mainstream conversation around the practice of cupping – which actually has roots in ancient Chinese and Egyptian medicine.
Treating the Tactical Athlete
There are a lot of physical and mental demands required of fire and rescue personnel, the military, law enforcement, and other first responders. Also referred to as the “tactical athlete,” these individuals routinely perform challenging feats of athleticism in order to serve, protect, and save people’s lives.
Firefighters must climb ladders and break through roofs and doors. EMTs are called on[…]
Reclaim Control of Your Bladder: How PT Can Help You Recover From Pregnancy
By Rathika “Rinku” Bhakta, PT, DPT
As wild as statistics go, 25% of women experience stress urinary incontinence as a result of some sort of pelvic floor dysfunction. This includes the huge change that occurs in your body, namely to the pelvic floor, during pre- and post-partum. Stress urinary incontinence occurs when there is an increase of pressure in the belly[…]
Warmup Mistakes You Didn’t Know You Were Making
Getting in a proper warmup before your workout is crucial if you want to avoid injury and maximize performance. Unfortunately, there are some bad warmup habits that exist out there that might be jeopardizing your health and safety.
We wanted to take a moment to highlight the common warmup mistakes we’ve seen over the years and offer you some[…]
Why You Should Be Rolling Out Your Feet
If there’s one part of our body that deserves a little extra love and attention, it’s our feet! They are what connect us to the ground, providing the balance and stability necessary for everyday life. Because our feet are so often overlooked, we don’t usually think to take care of them until after we’re already experiencing pain or discomfort.
5 Benefits of Astym for Hand Therapy
Astym® is a manual therapy technique that uses specialized instruments to apply pressure along dysfunctional muscles, tissues and tendons. Research continues to show that Astym is an effective, non-invasive way to promote the body’s natural healing process and improve function.
Astym can be applied on most areas of the body, but today we wanted to focus on the benefits of Astym[…]
Hand Therapy Gadgets and Tools
Using your hands and wrists effectively requires a great deal of fine motor skill, meaning you need to be able to make small, coordinated movements to accomplish the daily tasks you call upon your hands to complete. When you suffer an injury to the hand or wrist, those fine motor skills are disrupted, and your ability to carry out simple,[…]
Why Am I Feeling Dizzy?
Dizziness and vertigo have become synonymous with one another; an interchangeable set of terms describing the same symptom. Regardless of whether someone says they are “dizzy” or they “have vertigo”, chances are you’re painting the same picture in your mind.
This connection makes sense. After all, the definitions of both these symptoms are essentially[…]
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