April 11, 2023 / Sports / Bianca Sechio
Benefits of Routine Stretching
One of the most important things to do on a regular basis is stretching. Everyone has been told to do it, probably even by your own voice in your head. I can count a number of times I have heard someone say, “I should…
Continue ReadingApril 4, 2023 / Hand Therapy / Kaitlyn Dahlborg
Dry Needling for the Arm & Hand
Dry needling is a minimally invasive therapeutic modality that uses a fine point needle to target and promote healing in symptomatic tissues. On a neurophysiological level, dry needling creates small lesions to the identified inflamed and irritated tissues it penetrates which in turn facilitates self-healing immune responses of increased microcirculation and inflammatory mediators. It has been shown to decrease pain, reduce…
Continue ReadingMarch 30, 2023 / Physical Therapy / Joshua Shelton
Core Strengthening to Prevent Injury
An important aspect of physical therapy is to not only treat the area of dysfunction our patients present with, but to also identify imbalances and deficits in other areas of the body that can lead to reinjury. One such area is core strength and stability. In my brief time as a Physical Therapist Assistant, I have noticed that through the wide range of patients I have treated, core deficits are increasingly common. This affects…
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