Back Pain Limiting Your Golf Game?
Low Back Pain and Your Golf Game Low back pain can be limiting your golf game and an aggravating injury. Even worse when it keeps you in the clubhouse. While back pain can be caused by a wide variety of factors, here are three movement screens to assess your movement efficiency. Inability to perform these […]
Why I Chose Out-Of-Network PT
Why should I choose an out of network PT provider over utilizing my insurance? This is a common question because the traditional medical model emphasizes the use of insurance. The common question when assessing where you go to physical therapy is, “Do you take my insurance?” Unfortunately, the decision on a medical provider can be steered […]
Supported Sleep Positions
Is My Sleep Position an Issue? If you are not getting enough sleep, you could be robbing yourself of your physical therapy rehab potential. Sleep is our body’s way of hitting the reset button with a long list of benefits including restored brain function, improved muscle recovery, and improved athletic performance to name a few. […]
The Basics of Manual Therapy
Manual therapy can be explained in many ways but essentially it is the use of hands-on intervention to help patients optimize their function and improve their movement efficiency. Like so many others before me, I have chosen to become a manual therapist because it provides me the option to impact my clients’ lives and guide […]
Three Pillars or Treatment
As I discussed in the Basics of Manual Therapy post, I closely follow a three-pillar approach to improving my clients’ movement efficiency. The three-pillar approach consists of mechanical, neuromuscular, and motor control treatment which is essential to restore mobility and then train the client on how to use the new mobility to maintain gains and […]
Am I Magnesium Deficient?
If you are one of the many suffering from muscle cramping, joint pain, fibromyalgia, migraines, numbness, tingling, fatigue, attention deficits, and poor sleep you may have low magnesium. Many people suffer from these symptoms but cannot see improvement with exercise, acupuncture, massage, chiropractic, physical therapy, personal training or any combination of the above. Diet is often the […]