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The cognitive benefits of aerobic exercise are well established with trained individuals demonstrating decreased risk of mental health disorders, including ...
Knee arthritis is most effectively treated in its’ early stages with Physical Therapy including manual therapy and exercise interventions. These ...
Skiing remains one of the most popular outdoor winter sports in Colorado. It is estimated over 6.8 million skiers participated ...
ACL injury is one of the most common traumatic sports medicine injuries seen in Boulder Physical Therapy practice. For patients ...
Strengthening the muscles of the hip, gluts, is a key component of rehabilitation for patients with low back pain, hip ...
Studies reported the United States lost 1/3 of all manufacturing positions between 1999 and 2010. Many of these individuals have ...
Knee arthritis is a common condition affecting millions of middle and older aged adults in America.  Physical Therapy interventions including ...
Pre-participation movement screens have gained popularity among sports teams and health professionals over the past decade. Their aim is to ...
Many healthy joints in the body, most commonly in the knee, present with joint noise called crepitus during range of ...
The ability of aerobic exercise to reduce systolic (top number) blood pressure has long been established. Reductions in blood pressure ...
Neck pain is a common source of musculoskeletal pain with up to 70% of Americans experiencing neck pain at some ...
At our Physical Therapy practice in Boulder we place an emphasis on allowing each patient an interrupted, one on one, ...
Each day over one hundred Americans die from an opioid overdose. Over prescription and use of prescription pain relievers has ...
Aerobic exercise has been shown to improve our current mental, emotional, and physical health. In addition, aerobically trained individuals experience ...
In our previous blogs, we have described interventions designed to reduce the high rates of running related injuries. To date, ...
Running remains one of the most popular forms of aerobic exercise due to its’ effectiveness and minimal equipment costs and ...
The average adult loses approximately 10% of their aerobic capacity, VO2 Max, each decade after age 30. Aerobic capacity is ...
The squat, and its’ many variations, remains one of the best all around exercises for strength and power development. Its’ ...
Roughly 24 million American golfers participated in the sport at least once in the last year. The game of golf ...
Knee arthritis is a painful condition affecting middle age to older adults. Symptoms of stiffness and joint pain lead to ...
We are often asked when is the best time to eat following a workout. Meal timing is an important strategy ...
Carpal tunnel syndrome or the entrapment of the medial nerve at the wrist is a condition leading to pain, numbness, ...
Photo Credit: radiopaedia.org Are you grappling with the discomfort of a bone spur on your shoulder, wondering about its potential ...
In any profession, utilized interventions and methods change with incoming ideas and evidence. New concepts and treatments often advance ahead ...