10 tips to make your muscle strain recovery move faster

Muscle strains can be painful and frustrating. You want to get back to your normal routine, but your muscles aren’t quite ready yet. Recovering full strength and range of motion can take time, and physical therapy can help.  The timeline for your recovery is based on a lot of factors, and some of these depend […]

Four benefits of treating pain and injuries with manual therapy

Pain and injuries come in many forms that can limit your ability to live your daily life to its fullest. When you have pain and injuries, you need all the help you can get for recovery. In many cases, people can visit physical therapists for help recovering from pain and injuries. Physical therapists have many […]

Three ways you can release your muscle tension

Do you deal with aches and pains every day? Odds are that tense muscles could be the reason for this daily discomfort. If you have tense muscles, your go-to might be to do some passive stretching, which can be very helpful if done properly. But figuring out how to release muscle tension may require more […]

Are you suffering with back pain?

If you are, you are among the majority. That’s right, around 80% of the population deals with back pain at some point in their life. If you fall into this category, you know the annoyance that is caused by frequent back pain – it can interfere with every facet of life. It can make bending […]

Facet Joint Pain

Facet joint syndrome is pain at the joint between two vertebrae in your spine. Another term for facet joint syndrome is osteoarthritis. The facet joints are the joints in your spine that make your back flexible and enable you to bend and twist. Nerves exit your spinal cord through these joints on their way to […]

Movement Mechaniccs and Back Pain

Back pain affects millions of Americans and for many it starts from the ground up. Ignoring how feet affect the lower back can sometimes mean missing the source of back pain. When walking, the body must adjust to many forces which affect both the feet and the spine. When your foot hits the ground, your […]

Cubital Fossa (Funny Bone) Syndrome

Cubital Fossa Syndrome is a condition that involves pressure or stretching of the ulnar nerve (also known as the “funny bone” nerve). Cubital Fossa Syndrome can cause numbness or tingling in the ring and small fingers, pain in the forearm, and/or weakness in the hand.  Weakness of the intrinsic muscles of the hand which will affect […]

Manual Therapy and Stretching Prove Effective for Treating Heel Pain

Do you have pain at the bottom of your heel as you step out of bed in the morning? Is your running impeded by a nagging ache in your heel? If so, these are two very common symptoms of plantar fasciitis. Plantar fasciitis is the most common foot pain condition treated by health care providers. […]

Understanding Shoulder Impingement Syndrome

Our shoulders are designed like a ball and socket, but very different from the deep sockets that hold our hips. In fact, many compare shoulder sockets to a golf ball sitting on a tee.  Because these sockets are so shallow, our shoulders rely heavily on the surrounding shoulder blade and rotator cuff muscles to maintain […]

Managing IT Band Friction Syndrome

Of all of the injuries that can beset runners, the iliotibial band friction syndrome (ITBFS) is by far one of the most common and frustrating. A typical scenario for ITBFS is in a relatively novice athlete who, just when they are really getting accustomed to training on a regular basis, begins to experience lateral knee pain during […]