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3 Ways You Should Change Your Exercise Routine During Your Perimenopausal and Menopausal Years

April 23, 2023

Women can experience a lot of undesirable symptoms during perimenopause, including reduced energy levels, dramatic mood changes, and incredibly uncomfortable hot flashes. Many also notice changes in their body composition, including the loss of lean muscle mass and increased abdominal fat. Put another way, perimenopause is stressful for everyone; however, it can be especially frustrating...

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Should Women with Osteoporosis Engage in High Intensity Resistance and Impact Training?

July 15, 2019

Despite the fact that bones respond favorably to high impact exercise and high-intensity resistance training these types of exercise are typically avoided in women with osteoporosis due to concerns that heavy loading of ‘fragile’ bone may result in increased risk of fracture. The LIFTMOR trial (Watson et al 2017, J Bone Mineral Research) calls into...

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Influence of Leg Strength on Golf Club Speed

August 6, 2016

The golf swing involves movement from our feet through our hands as we accelerate the club head through the ball. In our Boulder Physical Therapy practice we often see golfers with low back pain aggravated by their golf swing. Often these athletes have a loss of either hip rotation or hip strength which places unnecessary...

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Muscle Activation During an Inverted Row

July 22, 2016

The standing row is an excellent exercise to develop strength and stability in the upper back, shoulder, and arms. In addition to the standard standing position, individuals may choose other positions including using TRX straps or a bar to increase the demands on the upper body and core musculature. A recent article examined the recruitment...

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Altered Muscle Recruitment in Patients with Shoulder Pain

July 14, 2016

Shoulder pain is a common musculoskeletal problem and one of the top reasons patients seek care from their primary care physician. There are many sources of shoulder pain including impingement and rotator cuff tendonitis or tears, but they all have one impairment in common altered muscle recruitment. When pain is introduced into the body the...

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Weakened Foot Strength and Orthotic Use in Patients with Heel Pain

July 8, 2016

In our previous posts we have documented the weakness and atrophy of the foot’s “core” muscles among patients with heel pain. Heel pain is one of the most common foot and ankle diagnoses we see in our Boulder Physical Therapy Practice. This condition is commonly treated with manual therapy and exercises targeting the lower...

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Ibuprofen’s Impact on Muscle Growth and Development

June 29, 2016

Non Steroid Anti Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDS) such as ibuprofen are the most common drugs listed on our patients intake paperwork. Patients are often using these drugs due to their beneficial effects on pain and inflammation. Due to being sold over the counter these drugs are often thought to be free of side effects, but they...

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Improving Athletic Performance in Adolescents

June 27, 2016

Resistance training is an essential part of any training program due to its’ ability to reduce injury risk and improve sports performance. Adolescents can safely resistance train if they are properly supervised and can perform movements correctly. One of the foundations of any strengthening program is the squat. The squat is an incredible training tool...

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Treating Knee Pain in Runners

March 21, 2016

As the snows melts many of us will return to the amazing Boulder trail system for our training runs. This popular form of exercise comes with tremendous health benefits, but can also place some runners at risk for running injuries such as knee pain. Patellofemoral Pain (pain on the front of the knee) is the...

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Strength Training to Failure

March 9, 2016

A common question we receive in clinic is how many repetitions should I perform of this strengthening exercise? Clearly, enough repetitions are needed under a given load to promote beneficial changes within the tissues for improvements in both healing and performance. Ranges of repetitions range from < 5, 8-12 reps, and >15 reps depending on...

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