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Mission Statement
Our highly educated and experienced team work with each of our patients to set up an individualized therapy plan. We take the time to involve each patient in the decision-making process and help set realistic goals for you or your loved ones to return to the highest level of function possible. We listen carefully to your needs and concerns, perform a comprehensive examination, explain our findings to you and then develop a treatment plan specifically for YOU. Our goal is to provide a comfortable, relaxed and friendly environment for everyone.
Where does Hip Strengthening fit into all of this?
In relation to the foot, our foot/arch supinates (high arch) and pronates (flat/low arch). This can lead to an
increase of stress that is put through soft tissue and the plantar fascia on the bottom of our foot. (4) In the
human body our hip abductors (muscles that move our leg out to the side) and our hip external rotators
(muscles that rotate our hip out) help to control pronation of the lower extremity down all the way to the
foot.
A novel procedure developed by Arthrex is being utilized for Achilles tendon repairs that has yielded positive results thus far in both repair strength and a quicker return-to-sport. The unique characteristics of this repair allows for full weight-bearing in the boot at around two weeks without wedges compared to eight weeks following a traditional Achilles repair.
There are anatomical and biomechanical factors that predispose females to a greater risk of ACL injury than males
The sport of hockey has a large presence in the United States with 547,429 registered
athletes according to USA Hockey. 2 With the increasing
number of participants in the sport it is important to
understand the most common forms of injury. Through direct
and indirect forces, AC-joint sprains account for about 7.3% of
injuries seen at the NCAA collegiate level. The most common
source of these injuries is direct forces seen in player-player
and player-boards impacts.
In a nutshell, running is one of the most popular recreational activities enjoyed by people around the world. It is unique in the fact that you are not limited to inside, outside, trail, mountain road, or grass. You can run anywhere. However, an estimated 50% of runners become injured annually with an overwhelming amount of those injuries being overuse injuries (1). So what does that mean? An overuse injury typically occurs when musculoskeletal structures such as muscles, ligaments, and/or bones are overloaded (2). Those structures become overloaded with repetitive microtrauma over a long period of time, (2) including running mile after mile, day after day, month after month training for race day, compounding into an injury.
Skiing has become a popular sport in the last several years. Unfortunately, injuries have become much more prevalent in professional and recreational skiers. The lower extremities are the most common areas of injury for skiers, but head and upper extremity injuries are also common. These injuries often require proper medical management including initial assessments and treatments performed by physical therapists and other rehabilitation professionals.
Blood Flow restriction (BFR) training has been around since the early 1990’s but has gained popularity in the rehabilitation and athletic worlds more recently. This is largely due to further research on safety, mechanism, protocols and implementation of pneumatic tourniquet devices.
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