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Exercise cancer, disease risk, exercise, heart disease, obesity
Exercise remains one of healthcare's most powerful interventions for improving a participant's mental, emotional, and physical health.  Research also supports
firefighting firefighting, foot and ankle, knee injuries, low back pain, shoulder injuries
By: Lucas Glomb, PT, DPT, OCS Firefighting is one of the most physically demanding professions, requiring strength, endurance, and agility
CrossFit CrossFit, exercise, sports injuries
By: Ian Nay, PT, DPT, OCS I have been a recreational and competitive CrossFit athlete for 5 years now. One
Physical Therapy jaw pain, TMJ
By: John Crawley, PT, DPT, OCS Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain is a common and often debilitating condition that affects the
Pelvic Health Lochia, postpartum, pregnancy, women's pelvic health
By: Chelsey Vasquez, PT, DPT, PRPC Introduction The postpartum period is an exciting time for new mothers, but it can
Exercise aging, disease risk, exercise, lifespan, longevity, mortality
Exercise remains the best tool to improve your mental, emotional, and physical health.  When done correctly, and most importantly, consistently
Exercise exercise, exercise prescription, mobility, strength training
Flexibility or mobility work can be a large part of any injured patient's recovery at our Boulder Physical Therapy and
Yoga exercise, low back pain, yoga
By: Dr. Rani Helvey-Byers, PT, DPT, OCS Upward Facing Dog (Urdhva Mukha Svanasana) is a powerful backbend that strengthens the
climbing climbing, climbing injuries, injury risk, overuse injury, risk factor, rock climbing
By: John Crawley, PT, DPT, OCS Rock climbing, like all other sports, has risk factors that contribute to injury rates.
ACL Injury ACL, ACL injury, ACL surgery, ACL tear, blood flow restriction, exercise
ACL injuries remain one of the most common sports injuries rehabilitated by Physical Therapists.  Athletes returning from ACL injury, treated
climbing rock climbing, sports injury, treatment
By: John Crawley, PT, DPT, OCS Competitive youth climbing is a rapidly growing sport. With the large increase in indoor
Exercise exercise, exercise prescription, muscle pain, strength training
Exercise provides numerous positive effects to the participant.  The majority of the mental, physical, and emotional benefits are provided to
Exercise, Yoga exercise, strength training, tendon pain, yoga
By: Robert Adams, PT, DPT, OCS In our Boulder Physical Therapy and Lafayette Physical Therapy practices we often treat patients
Exercise exercise, resistance bands, strength training
By: Dr. Lucas Glomb, PT, DPT, OCS   When it comes to fitness, variety isn’t just the spice of life—it’s
Press Release
The local physical therapy practice is proud to lead the way in knee pain solutions and designed the comprehensive guide
Back Injuries back pain, low back pain, neck pain, spinal manipulation
Low back pain and neck pain remain the most common reasons patients week care from both their primary care physician
baseball baseball, elbow pain, throwing injury
Written by Dr. Lucas Glomb Little League Elbow, a common overuse injury among young baseball players, occurs when repetitive throwing
baseball baseball, shoulder pain, sports injuries, throwing injury
By: Lucas Glomb, PT, DPT, OCS Little League Shoulder, a common overuse injury among young baseball players, occurs when repetitive
Exercise depression, emotional health, exercise, mental health, walking
The benefits of exercise and daily activity for our physical health is well established in the medical literature.  In addition,
Exercise aerobic exercise, disease risk, exercise prescription, heart disease, vo2 max
Cardiovascular disease remains the number 1 cause of mortality in both men and women.  Current disease markers of blood pressure,
Physical Therapy health care costs, insurance, physician own, popts
Accurately determining healthcare costs can be extremely difficult even for industry insiders and experts.  The amount of players including healthcare
CrossFit aging, CrossFit, exercise, grip strength, heart disease, pelvic health, strength training
By: Erica Tran, PT, DPT, OCS In the world of fitness and health, one often-overlooked measure of vitality is grip