Small ways to stay fit and healthy during the holidays Matthew Riordan, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS Ah, the music, the lights, the snowmen, the lawn Santas… It must be that time of year again, the holidays are approaching. This is a season to get together with family and friends to have fun and spread …
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Happy Thanksgiving! Don’t let pain crash the party. Matthew Riordian, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS There’s a lot of information out eating healthy on Thanksgiving, but not much is about Thanksgiving Day injuries. Although this is a day set aside to take a break from the day to day busy routine to relax and give thanks with friends or family, it can …
Your lumbar spine: Avoid the pooping dog or pooping duck Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI I read a lot websites, one of my new favorites is Movement-Rx. Recently they, featured a post about how to maintain a neutral spine position with weight training. They used the “pooping duck” and “pooping dog” analogy, …
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Check your pelvis Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI Recently, I’ve had a run of patients complaining of low back pain. For the most part, the pain was centralized to the very lower part of their back with no referring symptom or radiating pain. We checked out the pelvis, and found that for …
Proper core bracing sequence Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI So I finally bought this book that I’ve been meaning to read for over a year now. It’s called “Becoming a Supple Leopard: The ultimate guide to resolving pain, preventing injury, and optimizing athletic performance”, written by Dr. Kelly Starrett. He’s a physiotherapist …
Ankle Sprain Grades Michelle Millner, PT, DPT, OCS Rolling your ankle or twisting it can lead to a sprain of the ankle. But what does that really mean? A sprain means that the connective tissue connecting one bone to another (ligaments) gets over stretched or torn during the injury. Grade 1 Sprain: a mild …
Music makes your workout better Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI The New York Times posted an article last week regarding music and your workout. A study out of Canada found that listening to music made strenuous exercise more effective. In particular, this is in relation to a new trend of high intensity …
Motion Analysis Software Michelle Millner, PT, DPT, OCS I recently attended a lecture series discussing the use of motion analysis software in the assessment of throwing mechanics of baseball pitchers. It was a really informative lecture and I was intrigued by the use of motion analysis to fix poor mechanics. However, I wondered what …
New word of the day: Mechanotransduction! Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI It’s a mouthful, a word you don’t see everyday: mechanotransduction. It’s basically when a cell in your body receives some type of mechanical stimulus and converts it to some electrical signal for other cellular processes, converting a mechanical stimulus into a …
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7 Myths about physical therapy Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI MoveForward, the consumer website for the American Physical Therapy Association, has published 7 myths of physical therapy. How well do you know what physical therapy is? MYTH: You need a referral for physical therapy. FACT: In all 50 states, you can see …