Treating trigger points and reducing pain I’ve written about trigger points before. They’re gnarly places in a muscle or soft tissue region of the body that totally elicits pain, localized or referred, when it gets pressed. As physiotherapists, we can treat trigger points and reduce or completely abolish the pain that they cause. We use instruments, …
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Keep your fitness resolutions January is the start of the new year, don’t let your resolution resolve wane. A lot of people will start new routines and hope for the best. “New year, New you!” Here’s some tips to keep up with your resolutions and help you towards your goals. Whatever your goals are, they need …
Born to move, not to sit or lie down The New York Times pretty much has it covered. After spreading the news that sitting is killing us and lying down isn’t any better, they’ve come out with basically what I’ve been telling people for awhile: we’re born to move. Researchers from Yale studied an indigenous …
Geriatric weight lifting Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CGFI Lifting weights or pumping iron… by any name, does not conjure up an elderly individual. Generally, when discussing weight lifting or weight training, people will associate this with a younger population, not with someone over 65 years old, much less anyone over 85. However, to counteract …
Your squat is not my squat Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CGFI The squat is a basic, functional movement pattern that I teach to most of my patients. The other day in the fitness center, I saw a member squatting with some good range of motion. His hips were going well below his knee …
We’re on Yelp Professional Physical Therapy and Training Just a reminder, if you didn’t know, Professional Physical Therapy and Training is on Yelp. You can read reviews or just post a review there regarding your experience at our clinic. Whether it’s a good one or a bad one, let us know. We always strive …
Monster stall bars installed. #workinprogress A photo posted by ProPTandTraining (@proptandtraining) on Sep 26, 2016 at 1:00pm PDT
Choose PT American Physical Therapy Association October is National Physical Therapy Month. This year’s campaign is #choosePT No one wants to live in pain. But no one should put their health at risk in an effort to be pain free. Since 1999, Americans have increasingly been prescribed opioids-painkillers like Vicodin, OxyContin, Opana, and methodone, and combination drugs …
October is National Physical Therapy Month Come in and see what we’ve got going on to celebrate!
Work in Progress Professional Physical Therapy and Training Construction is complete and we’re treating patients in our new space. But we’re still not done improving our space to improve the comfort for our patients and our efficiency to treat them. Here’s a review of the progress thus far with our recent addition of carpeting: …
