What is the Rotator Cuff? The rotator cuff is the name given to a group of 4 small muscles that are responsible for connecting the upper arm bone (humerus) to the shoulder blade (scapula) as well as adding stability and creating movement at the shoulder joint. What Causes a Rotator Cuff Tear? Injury to the […]
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Any of you who have been to physical therapy or at least in my clinic, know what a big supporter I am of heat and ice. One of the first things you can do at home when you get injured is to apply ice. And it has already been presented on how to make your
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Low back pain is one of the most common causes for work related absences in the United States. It is estimated that about 50 billion dollars per year are spent on treating this particular ailment.1 Although there are many contributors in the development of low back pain, this blog will discuss the relationship between the
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What is Movember? Movember is the combination of the words moustache and November. Movember is one of the world’s largest non-government organizations, or fundraisers to put it simply. Movember is a charity in which men around the world proudly display brilliant varieties of moustaches. That’s right; they get paid for their facial hair. Men register
Ah, the fancy in-store foot scanner that seems to be popping up all over in your local drug stores and Walmarts to accurately access the pressure points and wear patters on your feet in order to prescribe the correct branded orthotic for your foot. You have to love them. I do. For me they are
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People often stress how important exercise is, but something else that is important to consider when performing exercises is to make sure that your legs are lined up the right way. So you might think that you are doing your exercises the right way, but then you have pain in your foot, or your knee,
Knee pain, ankle pain, hip pain? Your workout may be making these worse! Read More »
Now that football season is upon us (GO EAGLES!!!!!) the Monday questions in the clinic have nothing to do with the injuries I am actually treating on people but what happened to one of the player’s on my favorite football team. How long is he going to be out? Does he need surgery? What’s the
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Have you ever started feeling a dull ache in your shins at the beginning of a run that doesn’t stop bothering you until you stop? Or have you started training for a race and increasing the amount of miles that you are running, only to find that a couple minutes into the run you have
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The number of school age children reporting back pain has been sharply on the rise in the last few years. Increased academic demands and decreased time in between classes have forced children to carry significantly more text books in their back packs which can lead to back and neck pain. Selecting the correct back pack
With the Olympics upon us people are flocking to try to capture the inner athlete in all of us. Most people want to train like an Olympian, but what does that mean. Do they all do the same thing? The answer is both yes and no, there are inherent things that go across the board,
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