The winter olympics are right around the corner and a common, well-known winter sport is snowboarding! This invigorating sport is often compared to skiing, but the way you’re utilizing your body is quite different. For example, when skiing you are shifting from side-to-side whereas snowboarding involves twisting and turning motions from the front and back planes.
Before getting into the common injuries, let’s discuss some snowboarding injury preventative measures:
Beginner learni...
Posted on 2018-02-07
Often times we have patients enter our clinics who are displeased with their sleeping patterns when undergoing pain from their injury. According to various studies, sleep and pain are two components that can affect one another in a negative manner. Specifically, studies have shown that patients with chronic back pain have shown a significant amount of troublesome sleeping patterns. Physical therapy is a proven nonpharmacologic treatment to improve pain and sleeping disturbance when undergoing ...
Posted on 2017-12-20
Hooray! The holiday season is here full of love, cheer, and foods you may not often consume on a day-to-day basis. One thing people may not know or understand, is certain foods can cause immediate inflammation, or swelling, after consumption. The inflammation will lead to pain in specific regions causing discomfort. The following are commonly consumed foods that increase inflammation:
Processed sugars - Excess amounts of sugar in your body, also known as glucose, can increase pro-in...
Posted on 2017-11-22
Happy National Physical Therapy Month everybody! All month we nationally celebrate the profession of physical therapy, so let us inform you of this dynamic and continuously growing career field.
According to the American Physical Therapy Association, Physical therapists examine patients and develop a plan of care that promotes movement, reduces pain, restores function, and prevents disability. The physical therapist utilizes a team effort, working with the patient, family members, and other h...
Posted on 2017-10-16
The beginning of Fall is quickly approaching! With decreasing temperatures, both indoor and outdoor aerobic exercising will be appropriate to get fit and have fun. Let’s talk about the benefits of aerobic exercise.
Aerobic exercise, also known as cardiovascular exercise (“cardio”), supplies oxygen to the muscles being used during exercise through the pumping of oxygenated blood. Cardio also increases both heart rate and breathing rate in order to assist the human body during e...
Posted on 2017-09-18
