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Mend Colorado Launches Comprehensive Resource on Shoulder Pain Treatment in Boulder and Lafayette

March 26, 2025

The updated page provides expert insights, diagnosis techniques, and evidence-based treatments for common shoulder conditions. BOULDER, Colorado – Mend Colorado, a leading provider of physical therapy in Boulder and Lafayette, has unveiled an updated resource on shoulder pain treatments. This recently revamped webpage offers a detailed guide to diagnosing, treating, and recovering from shoulder pain,...

Exercise

Reducing Future Cancer Risk With Exercise

March 20, 2025

Exercise remains one of healthcare’s most powerful interventions for improving a participant’s mental, emotional, and physical health. Research also supports active participant’s have significantly lower risks of future diseases including heart disease and cancer compared to their sedentary peers. National and international guidelines are well established on the minimum durations of activity needed each week...

Pelvic Health

Top 3 Exercises for Pelvic Organ Prolapse: Managing Pressure for Effective Strengthening

March 20, 2025

By: Erica Tran, PT, DPT, OCS and Chelsey Vasquez, PT, DPT, PRPC Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) occurs when the pelvic organs descend due to weakness in the pelvic floor muscles and connective tissues. Proper coordination of breath with movement is essential for optimal pelvic health function and managing intra-abdominal pressure effectively. Inhalation allows the pelvic...

firefighting

Common Injuries in Firefighters and How Mend Physical Therapy Can Help

March 19, 2025

By: Lucas Glomb, PT, DPT, OCS Firefighting is one of the most physically demanding professions, requiring strength, endurance, and agility in unpredictable and high-stress environments. Due to the nature of the job, firefighters are at a heightened risk for musculoskeletal injuries that can impact their performance and long-term health. ✅ Heavy loads + overhead work...

CrossFit

CrossFit Is Not Inherently Dangerous

March 17, 2025

By: Ian Nay, PT, DPT, OCS I have been a recreational and competitive CrossFit athlete for 5 years now. One of the primary unfounded claims about CrossFit that I hear way too commonly is that it is an injury waiting to happen. I have heard many physical therapists and orthopedic surgeons say things such as...

Physical Therapy

What is causing my jaw pain? Common causes of TMJ pain

March 11, 2025

By: John Crawley, PT, DPT, OCS Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain is a common and often debilitating condition that affects the jaw joint and surrounding muscles. This complex joint, responsible for essential functions like chewing, speaking, and yawning, can become a source of significant discomfort and pain that can negatively affect function. Individuals experiencing TMJ pain...

Pelvic Health

Understanding Lochia and Returning to Exercise Postpartum: A Pelvic Health Physical Therapist’s Perspective

March 10, 2025

By: Chelsey Vasquez, PT, DPT, PRPC Introduction The postpartum period is an exciting time for new mothers, but it can also be a time of physical and emotional adjustment. Your body has gone through a tremendous transformation, and healing and recovery require patience and care. One of the key things that many new mothers may...

Exercise

Using Exercise To Increase Lifespan

March 2, 2025

Exercise remains the best tool to improve your mental, emotional, and physical health. When done correctly, and most importantly, consistently these health benefits improve both a participant’s quality and quantity of life. All other pills, supplements, medications, and online remedies pale in comparison to exercise. While we certainly cannot control all the variables (disease, injury)...

Exercise

Using Strength Training To Improve Flexibility

March 2, 2025

Flexibility or mobility work can be a large part of any injured patient’s recovery at our Boulder Physical Therapy and Lafayette Physical Therapy clinics. In contrast, in a healthy population flexibility training should be one of the last things you spend time on each week because of its’ limited impact on injury prevention, health, or...

Yoga

Crunchy Back During Upward Facing Dog In Yoga? Here’s How to Fix it.

February 27, 2025

By: Dr. Rani Helvey-Byers, PT, DPT, OCS Upward Facing Dog (Urdhva Mukha Svanasana) is a powerful backbend that strengthens the spine and opens the chest. However, for many practitioners, this pose can cause discomfort or even pain in the lower back. If you’ve ever felt strain in your lumbar spine while practicing this asana, you’re...

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Mend Colorado Launches Comprehensive Resource on Shoulder Pain Treatment in Boulder and Lafayette

Reducing Future Cancer Risk With Exercise

Top 3 Exercises for Pelvic Organ Prolapse: Managing Pressure for Effective Strengthening

Common Injuries in Firefighters and How Mend Physical Therapy Can Help

CrossFit Is Not Inherently Dangerous

What is causing my jaw pain? Common causes of TMJ pain

Understanding Lochia and Returning to Exercise Postpartum: A Pelvic Health Physical Therapist’s Perspective

Using Exercise To Increase Lifespan

Using Strength Training To Improve Flexibility

Crunchy Back During Upward Facing Dog In Yoga? Here’s How to Fix it.

March 26, 2025Mend Colorado Launches Comprehensive Resource on Shoulder Pain Treatment in Boulder and Lafayette

March 20, 2025Reducing Future Cancer Risk With Exercise

March 20, 2025Top 3 Exercises for Pelvic Organ Prolapse: Managing Pressure for Effective Strengthening

March 19, 2025Common Injuries in Firefighters and How Mend Physical Therapy Can Help

March 17, 2025CrossFit Is Not Inherently Dangerous

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