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Femoroacetabular Impingement (FAI) or hip impingement is a common condition among athletes. The condition results in abnormal bony contact between ...
What’s considered “normal” when it comes to bladder health and urination? The following is some basic information I use to ...
Overactive Bladder (OAB) is a group of symptoms, not a disease, that is associated with sudden and frequent urge to ...
Up to 70% of Americans will experience Neck pain in their life times. Despite its’ high incidence this region of ...
The 3 inevitable events in our society include death, taxes, and low back pain. Many of us will experience a ...
Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is defined as the involuntary loss of urine with activities that increase intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) such ...
Over 200,000 Americans undergo a total hip replacement often as a treatment for severe hip osteoarthritis. Patients who enter the ...
Patellofemoral pain, pain around the kneecap, is extremely common and impacts activities such as running, hiking and stairclimbing. In our ...
Rates of hip arthroscopic procedure rates for labral tears and femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) have sky rocketed over in the last ...
Osteoarthritis is the most common joint disorder in the United States and commonly affects spinal and extremity joints during the ...
Physical Therapy strengthening exercises remain the first line treatment for patients with shoulder diagnoses including impingement and rotator cuff pain. ...
Our understanding of tendon pain and injuries has changed significantly over the last two decades and has driven changes in ...
Phase I Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Strengthening Click Here for additional exercises ...
Lumbar spinal stenosis is a relatively common condition in older adults with an estimated incidence of 1 in every 1000 ...
Many Boulder team and endurance athletes had their respective seasons shortened or cancelled secondary to COVID-19 sending them into an ...
The third trimester of pregnancy is when the demands of the fetus are greater due to rapid growth and development. ...
Biomechanics in sports are essential to both performance and injury risk becoming more important as athletes begin to increase their ...
A recent article in the Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy (Deering et al, June 2020) discusses the research ...
I have always felt every Physical Therapist should look the part and provide an example of how to remain fit ...
Diastasis recti abdominis (DRA) is a normal thinning of the connective tissue known as the linea alba as a response ...
The old saying that you can’t unring a bell is true in imaging for musculoskeletal conditions. Most patients cannot unsee ...
“Do your kegels.” How often do pregnant women hear that little phrase? These days, most prenatal apps, books, or health ...
Rock climbing is a 3-dimensional sport that challenges every single region of the body. As a result there are countless ...
It seems there is not much eccentric exercises cannot do between healing injured tissue, improving mobility and strength, and now ...