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Hip impingement or femoroacetabular impingement is a diagnosis consistent with bony enlargement of the hip joint, abnormal contact between the ...
Strength training is an essential part of any workout program. Participants should aim for 2 to 3 workouts per week ...
Hip arthritis is a painful condition causing pain, loss of range of motion, and lost function in many middle to ...
Spinal manipulation is one of the oldest medical treatments dating back to Hippocrates and the ancient Egyptians. Theories behind its’ ...
With access to miles of paths and acres of open space running remains one of the most popular outdoor activities ...
Hip impingement (FAI) is one of the fastest growing orthopedic surgeries, but much of this growth has outpaced our current ...
Despite the fact that bones respond favorably to high impact exercise and high-intensity resistance training these types of exercise are ...
photo credit: radiopaedia.org Magnetic resonance imaging of musculoskeletal pain has long been known to find various pathologies, including herniated disks, ...
The basics of sleep, hydration, and nutrition are the low hanging fruits of performance. Easy to access, albeit hard to ...
Shoulder pain remains one of the top 3 reasons patients seek care from their primary care physician and Physical Therapist. ...
In our previous blogs we have discussed the errors most exercise participants make when selecting intensity (amount of weight) while ...
One of the most common questions we receive in our Boulder Physical Therapy practice involves how much pain should be ...
Hamstring injuries are common and can occur in any sport with any athlete. The three muscles of the hamstring are ...
Patellar tendinopathy is one of the more common sports medicine conditions seen in our Boulder Physical Therapy clinic. This condition ...
Early sport specialization where our youth athletes focus on a single sport year round has become more popular over the ...
Tension-type headaches are headaches related to muscle trigger points or muscle tenderness in the head and neck and are the ...
Concussions have received significant media and medical research attention over the last decade due to in part to the incidence ...
Hip impingement or femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) is common hip condition causing pain in the front of the hip and groin. ...
As technology continues to advance more and more devices are coming forward with step tracking options including phones, pedometers, and ...
Shoulder pain remains the 3rd most common reason, behind the common cold and low back pain, patients seek out the ...
Patellofemoral pain, or pain around the kneecap, is one of the most common types of knee pain we treat at ...
Stretching either dynamically or statically has long been shown to create both short and long term improvements in flexibility, but ...
According to the Global Health Burden studies, Migraine is the 3rd most prevalent disorder (14.7% of global population: 1 in ...
Lumbar spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the bony canals in the spine which surround the nerves which supply our ...