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Dry needling is a common treatment intervention utilized in our Boulder Physical Therapy and Lafayette Physical Therapy offices. Evidence supports ...
After waiting the seemingly longest 2 minutes of your life, the stick reads “pregnant.” It’s overwhelming joyful, shocking, and admittedly ...
Our brains create a remarkable and close to non stop dialogue in our heads throughout the day. Often this inner ...
Receive a diagnosis of prostatitis for your pelvic pain or urinary dysfunction? Only 8-10% of cases of prostatitis are due ...
Stress management is a critical skill for any individual including patients in our Boulder and Lafayette Physical Therapy practices. Stress ...
Nutrition is a key component of health and recovery from injury and disease. Due to strong evidence on this link ...
In our Boulder and Lafayette Physical Therapy practices, in addition to the injured tissue(s), we examine the total health behaviors ...
Nutrition, stress management, and sleep are the overlooked components of a patient’s recovery in our Boulder Physical Therapy and Lafayette ...
Knee osteoarthritis is the most common joint disease world wide and one of the leading causes of disability. Thankfully this ...
Exercise remains an essential intervention of any acute or chronic pain management program. The effects of aerobic exercise on pain ...
Our neck plays an important role in our ability to balance and maintain equilibrium within our environment. This region of ...
The percentage of Americans who obtain enough physical activity through their occupational activities continues to fall due to technological advances. ...
Patellofemoral Pain, or pain around the knee cap, is the most common source of knee pain. Although common, patellofemoral pain ...
What is the pelvic floor doing while I climb? Should I do kegels? Can I climb while pregnant? “In the ...
Tendon pain and injuries are very common in rock climbers because of the repetitive stress that is placed on our ...
Lateral elbow pain (aka lateral epicondylalgia, aka tennis elbow) is a very common condition experienced by rock climbers. The most ...
Rates of concussion have increased in recent years likely secondary to both an increase in sports participation and better recognition ...
ACL tears are one of the most common injuries in sports with between 100 to 200 thousand occurring in the ...
It may not seem obvious, but weakness in our hips can lead directly to shoulder pain while climbing. Because climbing ...
The use of low back injections is often utilized for patients with low back pain and nerve pain (radicular pain) ...
We have seen countless cases in our Boulder and Lafayette physical therapy offices of clients presenting with reports of a ...
At Mend, we work with highly active women in Boulder County during pregnancy in our Boulder and Lafayette sports medicine ...
At a fundamental level, all forms of exercise are designed to improve the current state of the participant. In our ...
Death, taxes, low back pain, and injury if you are a runner. With over 90% of runners reporting an injury ...