Jeff Ryg, Author at Mend Colorado

Mend Colorado Launches Upgraded Boulder Personal Training Page, Integrating Medical Insight with Fitness Excellence

December 17, 2025

The new page highlights Mend’s doctor-led approach to strength, mobility, and recovery, bridging the gap between physical therapy and personal training in Boulder Mend Colorado, a leader in physical therapy and personalized fitness, is excited to announce the launch of its newly revamped Boulder Personal Training page. The page provides residents with a streamlined way...

gymnastics

Why Do Injuries Occur In Gymnasts?

December 15, 2025

Gymnastics is a very demanding physical sport requiring mobility, strength, endurance, and coordination. Athletes often train at high volumes each week involving multiple days per week, long daily training sessions, and competitions. Gymnastics is also one of the fastest growing sports for youth and adolescents over the last few years. The combination of high participation...

Sports Performance

How Sleep Can Impact Your Jumping Performance

December 15, 2025

Each athlete treated at our Boulder Physical Therapy and Lafayette Physical Therapy clinics is asked to improve three areas (nutrition, exercise, and sleep) in order to recover from sports injuries and improve sports performance. Despite the marketing hype and social media postings these three areas overwhelming provide the best results and return of investment for...

gymnastics

Why Young Gymnasts Get Low Back Pain – And What Helps

December 15, 2025

By: Hope Whitman, PT, DPT, OCS Low back pain is surprisingly common in teen gymnasts. A recent study looked at what’s happening in their core muscles—and the results point to a few clear patterns. (Deodato et al., 2024). Young gymnasts with ongoing low back pain tended to have: ● Core muscle imbalance — Their abdominals...

Exercise

How Your Favorite Music Can Boost Your Workout Session

December 12, 2025

it is hard to find someone in a Boulder County gym or outdoor area who is not utilizing music to help fuel their workout. Whether engaged in aerobic exercise or strength training music can provide participants more enjoyment during the activity and also boost performance during the session. Thanks to technology advancements it has become...

general physical therapy

What Mental And Emotional Beliefs Are Associated With Chronic Tendon Pain

December 2, 2025

Our nervous system is excellent at notifying us to a painful (noxious) stimulus in acute situations such as touching a hot stove or stepping on a lego. Under normal conditions as the painful stimulus resolves due to avoiding the behavior or tissue healing pain is no longer represented in the brain. For reasons we don’t...

Back Injuries

Properly Rehabilitating Back Injuries Helps Prevent Future Leg Injuries

November 26, 2025

Back pain is the most common reason patients seek care from their primary care physician and Physical Therapist. Mend’s clinicians in our Boulder Physical Therapy and Lafayette Physical Therapy clinics specialize in the treatment of this painful diagnosis. Physical Therapists in our clinics utilize hands on treatments, including mobilization and spinal manipulation, dry needling, and...

Exercise

Target Your Exercises to Your Goals: How Sets and Reps Shape Your Results

November 26, 2025

By: Rani Helvey-Byers, PT, DPT, OCS When it comes to exercise, the way you train matters as much as what you train. The same movement — be it a squat or a row — can achieve different results depending on the sets, reps, load, and the length of the rest breaks you use. Understanding these...

sports injuries

Does Adding Dry Needling To Physical Therapy Treatments Improve Shoulder Pain?

November 24, 2025

Shoulder pain is one of the most common reasons patients seek care from their primary care physician and Physical Therapist. The most common shoulder diagnosis among these patients is impingement. This diagnosis occurs when soft tissue structures in the shoulder, such as the rotator cuff, are compressed between the bones of the shoulder. Although a...

climbing

Plyometrics For Late Stage Rehabilitation In Rock Climbers

November 24, 2025

By: John Crawley, PT, DPT, OCS Plyometrics are a type of exercise that involve explosive, high-intensity movements and are often used in sports training and rehabilitation programs for many types of overhead athletes, but not often enough for rock climbers. They can be an effective way to improve muscle power, speed, and coordination, and can...

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