While some auto accidents result in only minor injuries, others can cause life-threatening physical trauma that must be treated with surgery. When
Common Weight Lifting Back Injuries & Prevention Tips
Lifting weights regularly is a great way to stay in shape and strengthen your back (which can help prevent spinal injuries). However, lifting weights
Why Do Rotator Cuffs Tear Anyway?
This is a common question in my practice and worth the effort here to describe the normal process of which the “lug nuts” of the shoulder girdle
Caring For Your Shoulders
Treatable shoulder impairment affects approximately 30% of the American population. This percentage will probably increase as adults desire
Injury Prevention and Performance Physical Therapy
Dynamic balance and coordination, multi joint integration, and proper sequencing of muscle firing patterns are the cornerstone of athletic movement
Dynamic Balance in Athletics
Balance has always been considered an important component of post injury or surgical recovery, and it is frequently used as one of the criteria for
Improving Your “Core” and Preventing the Dreaded Plantar Fasciitis Requires Training Your Feet
The title statement may seem like a strange concept, but as a Performance Physical Therapist, I can assure you that this is central to my practice.
Lateral Elbow Pain – An Overview of Treatment and Recovery
Lateral epicondylitis, “tennis elbow” is by far the most common upper extremity injury noted in the recreational tennis population and comprises up to
