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Mend Physical Therapy Blog and Injury Information

70% of Americans will experience neck pain symptoms within their lifetimes. The vast majority of these symptoms are secondary to the musculoskeletal system and effectively treated by Physical Therapists. Patient’s who experience multiple episodes of neck pain or have experienced symptoms for a longer duration (> 3 months) often present with weakness in the cervical...

Ankle sprains are one of the most common sports injuries we encounter in our Boulder Physical Therapy practice.  In our previous blogs we have written on the importance of early interventions such as manual therapy and proprioceptive exercise to help accelerate the recovery after these sprains.  Prior research has shown a higher recurrence rate in athletes...

Poor movements patterns at the shoulder blade (scapular dyskinesis) is quickly becoming the over pronation of the upper extremity.  Although associated with a number of shoulder diagnoses including rotator cuff tears, tendinopathy, and impingement many questions remain.  We observe these patterns of movement in both strong and weak individuals, as well as, those with and...