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As a physical therapist, one of the most important things that we can do for our patients is to educate them. Informing our patients on why they are in pain or are not able to run is an essential aspect of rehab. After determining the impairments and the cause of pain, your ProActive Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine PT will come up with ways to 
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I would like to go out on a limb here (no pun intended) and say that the shoulder is the doozie of all tendonitis’. This would be my professional opinion as it is one of the most common impairments I come across on a daily basis. There are many different stages of irritation to the shoulder, that categorize as “non traumatic” (this means no specific mechanism of injury, fall, car accident or specific date of injury) I will further discuss how it starts, how it changes, worsens and can become one of the most dreaded injuries to the body….the rotator cuff tear. So, being this one of my favorite problems to treat, here goes the most simplistic explanation of how it starts, how it worsens and WHY it is so important to treat EARLY on.
By definition, lateral epicondylitis (aka tennis elbow) is trauma affecting the origin of the tendons of the muscles that extend the wrist. This pathology results from many different causes. The most common are: mechanical problems, anatomical factors and lifestyle/work related tasks and or sport specific factors. Diagnosis of this common syndrome is somewhat straightforward.
Let’s first get acquainted with the anatomy of the knee. The knee joint is made up of 3 bones essentially. The shin (tibia), the thigh (femur) and the knee cap (patella). The patella is considered a “floating” bone. It interacts with the femur and tibia via quad tendon and connective tissue. Patellar tendonitis specifically is the pain that
This series of articles will be focusing on the major “itis’” of the body. Over the next few weeks get excited to learn about the pathology, diagnoses and treatment of the major inflammatory conditions of the musculotendinous tissue throughout our body. “itis” translates medically as an inflammatory condition. These conditions are generally caused by chronic repetitive overuse of a structure over a particular time. Acute injuries are not to be ruled out to be causative factors. It is possible to have an acute injury that is hidden “occult” that can turn into a chronic problem over the course of several weeks or months.
Knee pain is one of the most common complaints seen in active individuals’ at all different levels. There are numerous knee-related injuries that can occur directly to specific structures, like ligaments or tendons, in the knee. But what many people are unaware of are the effects of the hip musculature, specifically the glutes (glut max, glut med, glut min), on forces occurring at the knee.
In last week’s article, we discussed some basic guidelines that runners should follow when starting to prepare for their upcoming summer race. Unfortunately, like every sport, there are common injuries runners may experience at any level of training. Here is some information on a few of the most common injuries and information on how to treat and/or prevent them.
With summer quickly approaching, most people are aware that we are entering into a popular time for all different kinds of races, whether it is a short fun run, 5K, a half or full marathon, or any of the mud runs/obstacle courses. Unfortunately, running is a form of exercise that is commonly associated with injuries due to improper training at all levels of fitness and running experience. So, how do you ensure that you prepare the proper way for your race without becoming victim to some of the most common running injuries? These are simple guidelines that you can follow:
If you have ever experienced an injury, or even the simple aches and pains of daily life, you have probably at some point considered if it would be better to apply a form of ice or heat to the affected area to decrease your pain. The answer to that question is not always perfectly clear cut one way or the other. But there are simple guidelines that you can follow to help direct you towards the best choice for your pain. From a physiological standpoint, ice and heat cause different reactions to occur in your body that can have significant benefits to your affected area. This is a general list of the differences between ice and heat:
Work Conditioning and Work Hardening are constantly intermixed and/or misunderstood as being the same thing, but they aren’t.