October 2016 Meet Maddie! What made you choose Total Performance for therapy? Maddie did a generic Google search to find a place to do her physical therapy at after fracturing her ankle and having surgery to repair it. She liked the long hours offered at Total Performance Physical Therapy because she was able to come […]
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You sprained your ankle and you treat it similarly to your last ankle sprain. Yet this time, it seems to not be getting better and you continue to have pain and swelling. The culprit may be a high ankle sprain. You may have heard sport commentators discussing athletes suffering from high ankle sprains. These type
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October 2016 Meet Jennifer! What made you choose Total Performance for therapy? Jennifer\’s friend told her about Total Performance Physical Therapy and she decided to check it out. She has been a patient for 12 months. She also really likes that it is close to her house. Are you seeing improvements with your therapy? Jennifer
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Imagine this, you’re out for a run and you feel some pain. This pain can be anywhere, in your ankle or your knee or your hip. You run a couple of miles and the pain goes away. Then you try running again the next day, the same pain comes back but seems to disappear again.
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Pain in the front of lower leg is referred to as a shin splint. The population this is most common in is runners. Increasing running mileage too quickly, suddenly changing the running surface, and beginners who run too far, too soon, are often plagued by these. The medical term is called medial tibial stress syndrome.
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Why am I getting lightheaded and dizzy when I’m exercising these days? With the July months peaking up in the high 90’s, it is important that we know exactly what we need to do in these hot temperatures, especially as the summer starts to average in the 90s and even hit the 100 degree marker!
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Read this only if you can’t get through your day without taking Advil or Aleve for your low back pain If you want to avoid surgery, mounds of debt and living with constant chronic pain then this will be the most important blog you read today. Imagine you wake up one morning with a stiff
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common joint disease that leads to disability, affecting about 7 million people in America. It is thought that repetitive microtrauma that tears away at the cartilage is what causes signs and symptoms. While the exact reason for the occurrence of OA is unknown, there are many risk factors that are
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Yoga has been practiced for many years, originating nearly 5,000 years ago. It pairs breathing and movements, to promote fluid motions that ease the mind and body. There are several types of yoga, but the most popular today are hot, power and yin. Each type yields a specific goal from its practice. For example, power
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1. TMJ Studies show that 30% of the population has at least one TMJ (tempromandibular joint) conditions symptom, and 3-7% of those people have symptoms serious enough to seek care. Symptoms of a TMJ disorder include pain in the jaw, temple, or face with tenderness to the touch, or pain in the jaw or temple
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