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84% of adults deal with low back pain (LBP) symptoms at one point or another. For many, symptoms of low back pain are self-limited. Our long-time client and friend is a 69-year-old physician with chronic LBP with acute disc herniation and severe lateral shift, as well as an old right

No one plans to get a total knee replacement while in the peak time of life, but for our friend Pete that was his only option to get back to the quality of life he wanted to live!‍ Pete played college basketball and is an active golfer and pickleball player.

Young, active mom who was told that she could probably never run again after full-thickness Achilles tendon tear. Christina encumbered a full-thickness tear of her left Achilles tendon while playing tennis in March of last year, and had a difficult decision to make between having an invasive surgical repair or

Don’t let surgeries stop you from working towards your goals and achieving your dreams. This statement is true for our friend and client, Anthony S, who last year overcame two major knee surgeries and a lower back injury, yet still successfully conquered his first Olympic-level triathlon! When you first meet

How can physical therapy help after cancer treatment? November is MEN’S HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH, or what we call “Movember” – where we grow out our facial hair to recognize and raise awareness for prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and men’s mental health issues.  1 in 8 men will be diagnosed with

Did you know, you can drink a gallon of water a day and still be dehydrated?   We hear it all the time… “I live in a desert so, of course, I’m dehydrated.”   ‍The state of dehydration within the body is often associated with two factors:  1.) Not enough salt (we

With cold and flu season officially upon us, the flood of information that comes out on the news and social media about supplements to take and over-the-counter medications to use can be overwhelming.  Often little is ever said about lifestyle practices and nutrition that can help us stay healthy.  Once

While it is easily overlooked, warming up before exercise can play a major role in your functional training and long term goals. Not only can warming up help decrease your chances of injury, but it can also prevent any nagging problems you may have faced in the past in regards

Gains are hindered by what we do not recover from, and recovery starts with a good cool down. The purpose of a Cool Down is to bring the body back to its normal physiological level after fast, vigorous exercise or activity. It is performed by gradually reducing the intensity or

It seems almost inevitable that at some point during your fitness journey you may have seen someone wearing a weight belt in the gym and wondered to yourself: What does that do? Should I be wearing one of those? It is also very possible that that last question might have