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 »
In Knoxville, the Simply Physio clinic has been inundated over the last week by people suffering from back pain. Except, there’s a plot twist. Our patients haven’t been suffering from just any old type of back pain; they have bravely endured the most severe back pain of all – Sciatica. The most severe? It sureContinue Reading »
What is Sciatica? Sciatica is a condition characterized by crippling pain and paresthesia in the general region of the distribution of the Sciatic Nerve. The Sciatic pain is often mixed up with the normal back or hip pain that one may experience, however they are not the same. Sciatica is a unique pain thatContinue Reading »
Trigger Points Explained: Trigger points, which can also be referred to as muscle knots, are commonly responsible for muscle pain that complicates people’s everyday life. So what exactly is a trigger point? A muscle is made up of groups of fibers that work together to generate movements inside and outside of the body.Continue Reading »
We asked our college intern, Leann Coronado, to help collaborate with us on a blog for Simply Physio. Leann has been shadowing with us over the summer and is a student at Appalachian State University, she plans to apply to physical therapy school in the near future. Can I get hurt playing pickleball? As is true withContinue Reading »
Lets play a fun quiz that might help you live with less neck pain… (And if you answer ‘yes’ to any of these questions… read on!)When you sleep at night, do you find yourself sleeping on your stomach? Or with more than one pillow in a twisted position?When you’re relaxing at home, do you find yourselfContinue Reading »
