Vibration Plates – Health and Wellness Benefits
Vibration plates, originally developed for elite athletes and astronauts, have become a staple in fitness and rehabilitation due to their unique approach to training
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Diaphragmatic Breathing: Techniques to Enhance Your Health
Breathing is something we do every moment of our lives, yet few of us think about how we breathe or how it affects our overall health. At the center of this vital function is the diaphragm, a dome-shaped muscle that plays a crucial role in respiration, posture, digestion, and even stress management. The diaphragm plays…
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Decoding Pain: How to Understand and Turn Off Your Body’s Alarm System
Pain is your body’s alarm system. It’s not just there to annoy you; it’s a signal—a warning that something isn’t quite right. Just like a smoke detector alerts you to a fire, pain is your body’s way of demanding attention. But what if the alarm won’t shut off? Or worse, what if you don’t know…
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The Isometric Advantage
Most of the time when people strength train they are focused on how much weight they should lift and how many sets and repetitions they should perform. While this impacts training adaptations related to strength, endurance, and power, I challenge you to think of one other variable – how long you should hold a position…
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Central Sensitization | Health & Wellness | Muscles | Muscles Strains | Musculoskeletal Pain | Osteoarthritis | Pain | Post-Surgical Pain | Posture | Rehabilitation | Uncategorized
Kinesio Tape 101
An Introduction Kinesio tape, first introduced to the world during the 1988 Summer Olympics, has steadily gained popularity over the years. Its initial introduction to the U.S. occurred in March 1995 in Portland, Oregon, at the Northwest Athletic Trainers Association Annual Clinical Symposium. Although it began as a relatively niche tool, the 2008 and 2012…
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A PT’s Guide to Self-Care When Breastfeeding Becomes Painful
You may be asking yourself, “Why is a physical therapy blog addressing the topic of breastfeeding?” I have been on a journey with my kiddo as we go through the first hand experience of the challenges and bonding that comes with breastfeeding in the modern era. As I prepared for my goals to nurse my…
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Tips for First Time Moms for Breastfeeding
Blog authored by Jessica Workman and Kat Wong Breastfeeding is an important part of the fourth trimester of pregnancy (postpartum), and also provides nutritional, physiological, and structural development for newborns. This blog will focus on the benefits of breastfeeding (specifically for mothers), common breastfeeding positions, and various challenges of breastfeeding. If you’re already sold on the…
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Adjunct Treatment Modalities | Fitness | Health & Wellness | Pain | Rehabilitation | Science | Uncategorized
Blood Flow Restriction (BFR): The ultimate shortcut to building muscle?
Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) is a technique that uses a medical grade tourniquet around the upper arm or upper leg to restrict blood flow while exercising. I know, this sounds highly unusual! Research has shown that by restricting the blood flow in and blocking the blood flow out of the limb, there is a significant…
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Perimenopause & Menopause
Menopause is something we hear a lot about, but do we actually know and understand the changes that are happening in the female body during this time period? Menopause is defined as a 12 month period where women experience no bleeding. The average age of menopause is 51 years old. Prior to that, women can…
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Aging: It’s Not What You Think
How do you view the process of aging? And why is this important to think about? A 2014 study looked at the effects of implicit age-related stereotypes on physical function in 100 adults aged 61-99. Implicit positive stereotypes included descriptive words such as “spry,” that were judged to be typically related to increasing age. Those…
