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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
Press Release
Athletes of all ages and skill levels can count on the practice’s physical therapy team to provide the support they
Exercise exercise, exercise prescription
Getting a workout in at home and on the road can be a challenge due to lack of access to
CrossFit CrossFit, exercise, mobility
By Dr. Ian Nay, PT DPT OCS Getting a barbell into a proper overhead position for movements such as the
sports injuries CrossFit, hamstring injury, hamstring strain, injury prevention, running, sports injuries
By: Erica Tran, PT, DPT, OCS Hamstring strains are among the most common injuries for runners and CrossFit athletes, impacting
headaches cervicogenic headache, exercise, headache, spinal manipulation
By Dr. Ian Nay, PT DPT OCS Overview Headaches are extremely common in our population, especially in athletes and people
climbing climbing injuries, overtraining, rock climbing
By John Crawley, PT, DPT, OCS Overtraining syndrome (OTS) is a condition that arises from an imbalance between training, recovery,
Women's Health disease risk, menopause, mental health, osteoporosis, women's health
By Kristin Carpenter, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT The hormonal decline resulting from the menopausal transition (ie: perimenopause) is characterized by
low back pain
And Why They Work Dr. Rani Helvey-Byers, PT, DPT, OCS, RYT-500 Low back pain can be a debilitating condition that
Exercise, Uncategorized aging, disease risk, exercise, lifespan, longevity, mortality
Quality of life and health span have joined lifespan as optimal goals for aging.  Lifespan describes living the years of