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Os Trigonum and Os Peroneum Syndrome – Extra Bones in Ankle or Foot
What are 5 Exercises to Improve Your Posture
How Physical Therapy Can Save You Money
Aquatic Therapy for Fibromyalgia and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
How to Treat Limited Neck Motion – Headaches and/or Poor Athletic Performance
Accessory Navicular Syndrome
Tennis Ball Relief
Is it Tendonitis or Tendinitis?
Rehabilitation for Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy
The Benefits of Myofascial Decompression for Physical Therapy
Thumb Pain: Does it Have to do With My Phone?
Remember Ergonomics While Working From Home
Anterior Knee Pain: Could be Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (PFPS)
Blood Flow Restriction
The Iliotibial Band and Its Role in Hip and Knee Pain
What is Customer Service?
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
Our Passion Is To Help You Get Back To Yours!
Simple Stretches During COVID Times
Why Patient care and Customer Service is Important
I have back pain, do I need imaging?
Customer Service
Carpal Tunnel
Back to Balance
Dangers of Early Specialization in Youth Sports
Commitment to Patient Outcomes and Satisfaction
Simple Stretches While at Home
Making it Personal – What We Are Missing in Healthcare Today
TeleHealth/TeleMedicine for Proactive Physical Therapy
COVID-19
Customer Service
Growth Plate Injuries
Hamstrings: Why We’re Always Stretching Them
What is Blood Flow Restriction Training?
Sinding Larsen-Johansson Syndrome
“My Low Back Hurts – Do I Need an X-ray or MRI?”
Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome (GTPS) – A New Look at Lateral Hip Pain
Headaches
Balance
Agercize Your Life
Fitness as We Age
The Rotator Cuff Interval (RI)
Concussions in Adolescents/Young Adults
Posture and Shoulder Motion: Can how I’m sitting contribute to my shoulder pain and motion?
What’s a PCL?
TFCC, What Does That Even Mean?
It’s Not So Humorous
Trochanteric Bursitis
Posterior Tibial Tendonitis
Leaking a Little Urine is Normal, Right?
Pelvic Pain: When to Seek Help
Hip Pain? Maybe it’s FAI
Hip Labrum Tears
MPFL – The Little Ligament That Could
Prevent Falls
Dynamic Warm Up
Myofascial Decompression
Sever’s Disease – Guidelines to a Safe and Effective Return to Activity
What is Pronator Teres Syndrome?
What is Patellofemoral Pain and How Can Physical Therapy Help?
What is Fibromyalgia?
Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome
Shoulder Impingement
Rotator Cuff Muscles-Function
Cubital Tunnel Syndrome
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Are you Movin’ and Groovin’? American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Guidelines for Exercise
Are You Falling? Can Physical Therapy Help?
7 Benefits of a Standing Desk
Standing Desks and Back Pain
Patello-Femoral Pain Syndrome
Forward Head Posture
Meralgia Paresthetica
The Importance of Good Form While Exercising
The Importance of Core Strengthening
Our Clinic Atmosphere
What Does an Exercise Specialist Do?
Taking a Break Can Help your Ergonomics
Achilles Tendonitis
What Shoe Is Right For You?
Congratulations to Xander Schauffele
Basics of Shoulder Health
Rock Climbing: Stay Injury Free
Tennis Elbow
Plantar Fasciitis
Foot Pain
Homeopathic Interventions
Anterior Knee Pain – Acting Locally and Globally!
Frozen Shoulder(Adhesive Capsulitis) – If It Hurts, Move It!
Children, Backpacks, and ProActive Parents
Your Back
How Rehab Can Get You Back to Work Safely
Ergonomics in the Workplace
How Physical Therapy Can Get You Back on the Golf Course
Recent Surgery? How You Can Benefit from Physical Therapy
Therapeutic Modalities: Heat
Collecting Toys for AJ’s Kids Crane
Therapeutic Modalities: Ice
Therapeutic Modalities: Ultrasound
Osteoarthritis In The Thumb
Core Stability – The Multifidus
Core Stability – Transverse Abdominis
What to Expect on Your First Visit at ProActive
What is the IT-Band and How is it Related to My Pain?
When is Sports Medicine Necessary?
Returning to Health After Baby
Why Good Posture?
Sitting At Your Computer May Be Hazardous to Your Health
What Is A Menisectomy?
Getting “Back in the Swing” After a Total Hip Replacement
Pregnancy and Exercise
Osteoarthritis of the Knee
Healthy Back From Stretching!
Take a Walk
Just SIT
Compassion
Always be Game Ready
Kinesio Taping and Maximizing Success
The Graston Technique
The NFL Combine and Our Patients – What Do They Have in Common?
Going Above and Beyond – Customer Service
The Ankle Bone Is Connected To The Shin Bone…and Knee, Hip and Back Bones!
Plantar Fasciitis – A Real Pain in the Foot!
Achilles’ Tendon Pain – How should I be treated?
Ankle Sprains – More Than “Just a Sprain”
Osgood-Schlatter Disease
Resuming An Exercise Routine Following Pregnancy
How Can I Decrease My Risk of Falling?
Balance: What Exactly Does This Refer To?
Learn to Fall Safely
What Is A “FOOSH” Injury?
Computer Related RSI: Part III: Prevention
Computer Related RSI Part II – Signs and Symptoms
Beware of Computer Related RSI
Cool Down With An Ice Massage
Can Aquatic Therapy Help You?
Who Should Use Kinesiology Tape?
Consider Rebounding For Your Exercise Routine
Walk to Health
Making Strides Toward Your First Race
Avoiding Injury When Beginning a Fitness Program
Does My Child Have “Little Leaguer’s Elbow”?
I Just Ran A Marathon, Now What?
Get The Right Shoes Before You Start Running
Reducing Your Risk For Hamstring Strain
ACL Injury In The Female Athlete: Part 2
Female Athlete ACL Injury: The role of physical therapy in providing a safe return to activity
Benefits of Active Release Technique (ART) in the Orthopedic Patient
Physical Therapy for Low Back Pain: One size does NOT fit all!
Exercise For The Older Adult
Warm Up Part II
Do You Warm Up Properly?
Are You A Desk Jockey?
Making Therapy Work for You
Industrial Therapy
The Pool is the Right Place for Total Joints
POETs in Physical Therapy
Can You Overcome an Obstacle?
Comment Card Results – 1st Quarter
Effects of Poor Posture
Fitness Benefits of SUP Boarding
Prevention and Management of Osteoporosis
Running Smarter: Proper Footwear and Running Routes
TMD – Temporomandibular Dysfunction
Cortisone Shots
Trigger Finger
DeQuervain’s Syndrome
What Is Texting Thumb?
How Do I Find a Good PT Clinic
We Care So Much!
Strength and Flexibility is the Key to a Safe Ski Season
Prepare Your Body to Ski
Coming Soon to a Mountain Near You
Osteopenia and Osteoporosis: What’s the Difference?
The Importance of Stretching for Older Adults
Concussions
It’s Backpack Season Again For Our Kids!
Low Back Pain With Golf Swing
How Your Golf Swing Is Hurting You
Golfing With Pain?
Surgery? Know Before You Go!
Shoulder Tendonitis
Lateral Epicondylitis
What Is Patellar Tendonitis?
PLANTAR FASCITIS: What Are Your Feet Telling You?
Are My Weak Glutes Causing My Knee Pain?
Race Training 202
It’s Time For My Big Race! How Do I Start My Training?
Ice vs. Heat: Which One is Better For My Condition?
Work Conditioning or Work Hardening
What Is A FCE And How It Can Help You
Industrial Rehabilitation
Sports Rehabilitation: Getting Athletes Back to Competition the Smart Way
Spinal Stenosis: Central and Lateral
Summer’s Almost Here: Learn How Heat Can Affect Your Training
Patellafemoral/Knee Pain and McConnell Taping
Don’t Let Texting Become Painful
Your Mother Told You To Stand Up Straight!
The Powerhouse of the Spine
Core, Core Everywhere!
Kinesio Taping® – What is it and what does it do?
Activ8
Overuse & Overtraining: Taking a Break
Child Athletes and Injuries
How Water Therapy Can Soothe Your Back Pain
Pool Therapy Starting January 2013 in Carlsbad
Leg Length Differences Affecting Athletic Performance and Physical Well Being
Treating the Pain or Correcting the Dysfunction
PIP Joint Dislocations – A Common Occurrence in Sports
Certification in Hand Therapy (CHT)
What is Occupational Therapy?
A Case Report: Effects of A Multifaceted Treatment Approach
Risk Factors for ACL Injury in Female Athletes
Your Child’s Backpack: Choose Smart, Use Smart
Ways for Physical Therapists to Serve Their Communities
Increasing the Safety of High School Athletes
What do I do if My “Core” is Weak? (part 2)
What do I do if My “Core” is Weak?
Why Go to a PT for Back Pain?
What is a Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT)?
I’ve Completed my Physical Therapy…Now What?
I Thought I Would Be Feeling Better By Now!
My Physician recommends Physical Therapy….Now What??
Wait…I Thought it Was Normal to Have Body Aches and Pains?
The World of Workers’ Compensation
A Fun, Strengthening Aquatic Program
Benefit of Aquatic Therapy
How to Lose Weight in Just 3 Steps
Pool Therapy at ProActive
A Dynamic Pre-Activity Warm-Up
Which Stretch and When
To Stretch, or Not To Stretch, That Is the Question

Our Publishings

Os Trigonum and Os Peroneum Syndrome - Extra Bones in Ankle or Foot

The os trigonum and os peroneum are accessory ossicles (extra bones) in the ankle/foot that are present at birth (congenital) in some people. Most of the time, these extra bones go unnoticed. They may be identified on x-rays, but are…

What are 5 Exercises to Improve Your Posture

by Jayson Caalaman PT, DPT Do you work from home and spend long hours at a desk? Sitting for extended periods can result in forward or slumped posture as you maintain a repetitive reach toward your keyboard. Try these simple…

How Physical Therapy Can Save You Money

Almost everyone suffers from low back pain at some point in their lives. Most recover in a few days, but for some the pain lingers and becomes chronic, making low back pain the world's leading cause of disability. Most commonly,…

Aquatic Therapy for Fibromyalgia and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

Does Aquatic or Water Based Physical Therapy Help With Fibromyalgia & Easing Pain? It is well documented how aquatic therapy benefits many orthopaedic diagnosis, but not many know of the benefits it has for Fibromyalgia and Chronic Regional Pain Disorder…

How to Treat Limited Neck Motion - Headaches and/or Poor Athletic Performance

What are common causes of neck pain? With increase laptop use, long commutes and overall an increase in activities that require us to sit and a majority of time sitting in poor postures, tightness in our necks has become a…

Accessory Navicular Syndrome

Recently, my 13 year old son, who plays a lot of basketball, complained about having pain along the arches of his feet. Initially, I suspected it was probably “growing pains”. At this age, many kids start to have pain symptoms…

Tennis Ball Relief

Tennis Ball Relief Do you ever feel like you have a knot in your muscles? Do the muscles in the back of your head, neck, and shoulders just feel really tight? How about at the bottom surface of your foot?…

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