As a movement specialist I’m trained in how to analyze, breakdown, and improve movement. Improving efficiency and effectiveness with movement is the name of the game. Is the pickleball serve as important as a serve in tennis? No and yes. Let me explain. The serve in tennis takes time to master. You can’t expect toContinue Reading »
If you’re a pickleball player and ever suffered from elbow pain, then you know how disruptive an elbow injury can be. It will not only prevent you from gripping your paddle, but it can make tasks such as opening a jar or a door downright excruciating. People suffer from elbow pain for way too long,Continue Reading »
Sciatica. You’ve probably heard the term mentioned by your doctor, a friend, family member, or an online article. But what is it? How common is it? And what does it have to do with your back/leg pain? In a nutshell, sciatica is the name given to pain caused by your sciatic nerve. Irritation of theContinue Reading »
When we talk about Vertigo, most people gear up for a conversation about Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 cinematic masterpiece. However, as much as we can appreciate a true film classic, that’s not what we physical therapists are referring to. Instead, we are talking about that sensation a person can feel where their environment spins and canContinue Reading »
With physical therapy, your balance problems can be treated to help decrease your fall risk and prevent serious injury. Physical Therapists are trained to understand which body systems are out of whack and how it needs to be addressed. Let’s look further into how balance issues develop, how we can diagnose where the balance issuesContinue Reading »
Pickleball is considered one of the fastest-growing sports in the US. With the increased popularity, we see a trend of increased pickleball related injuries in the clinic. One of the most common injuries involves pickleball related knee pain. Ache knees, stiff knees, knee swelling, and knee pain are typical symptoms that can keep someone fromContinue Reading »
…or “Tips for continuing playing pickleball as you get older.” Pickleball is a combination of tennis, ping pong, and badminton. The rules are similar to tennis, but pickleball courts are half the size of a standard tennis court. It can be played with two or four players, which allows for a social aspect similar toContinue Reading »
Fitness Over 50? Just because you have achieved that milestone of breaching half a century doesn’t mean you can’t stay fit. Here’s our top tips for staying active as a 50+ year old. Fitness becomes more complicated as we get older for a variety of reasons. We are more prone to injury, our bodies feelContinue Reading »
Many of us have been more sedentary in the last year than ever before. Confined to our homes, bound to our desks and computer screens by circumstances out of our control. The good news is that things are getting back to normal. We have a year’s worth of beach trips, weekends at the lake, visitingContinue Reading »
The Fastest Way To Relieve Knee PainKnee pain can be very frustrating. Have you found yourself struggling to get off the floor after playing with your kids or grandkids due to knee pain? Find yourself avoiding steps or long periods of standing? Shaky knees shaking up your daily routine? Overall, knee pain is a bit like lower backContinue Reading »
