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5 Tips to Prevent Injury For Dancers
No matter the dance style, the dance class is an integral part of every young dancer’s education. It is the time that dancers are pushed to their limits and train hard in order to improve their skills for their upcoming shows. Due to the...
Torticollis: What is it and how can Physical Therapy Help?
Congenital Muscular Torticollis is an adaptive muscle shortening disorder that ranks as one of the most common deformities in the infant population. This muscle shortening can take place before birth in utero or be acquired anytime after birth. The congenital form...
Movin’ on Up to the Big Field
Moving from 8th to 9th grade is a huge step in a student’s life. Not only does one have to get used to being a high schooler and adjusting to new classes, but for the baseball player, there is another big adjustment to be made – transitioning to the “big...
Bio-Feedback Training
You have probably heard time and time again posture is important. What happens if your body has “forgotten” what normal posture is? This can happen for a variety of reasons such as whiplash after a car accident, acute back pain and and...
Pediatric Physical Therapy
Physical therapists have a strong knowledge base of anatomy and movement. They perform assessments to recognize dysfunctions in almost every system of the body and provide interventions to promote optimal physical function and health. Often times, physical therapists...
3 Keys to a Positive Outcome in Physical Therapy
When it comes to optimizing the ability to have a positive outcome in physical therapy, 3 areas must be examined. These areas include attitude about an injury, therapeutic alliance, and compliance. A patient’s attitude about their injury can greatly affect the results...
Tendinopathy
What is Tendinopathy? Tendinopathy is the broad term used to describe pain at or along the insertion of muscle into the bone. Tendons are what connect our muscles to the bone and often times we can strain or injure the tendons. When injury occurs to the tendon we call...
Fultz injury
How bad is the Fultz injury? Markelle Fultz is the latest Sixers rookie to be injured before ever playing a game for the team. If anyone else was watching the summer league to see what the #1 overall pick looked like, you probably saw and gasped when he landed on...
5 secrets to sitting without pain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omNptCezceY People are sitting now more than ever. Study after study are showing that prolonged sitting and desk work are causing multiple health problems. There is increased pressure on the spine, overuse injuries causing carpal...
The Top 5 Tips for Better Posture
These are the top 5 Tips for Better Posture: 1. Embrace your curves! Spine has normal curvatures that help to maximize your muscles ability to stabilize and position your spine in the least shearing or compressive positions. Using something like a Lumbar Pillow...
