Mend has recently expanded our East Boulder County office located on the border of Lafayette and Louisville. We provide the following services in this location for residents of Lafayette, Louisville, Superior, Erie, Broomfield and beyond. Orthopedic care for low back pain, knee pain, neck pain, headaches, hip pain, shoulder pain, and foot and ankle pain....
According to the NY Times, COVID 19 has infected over 70 million and caused over 800K deaths in our country since the pandemic’s onset. The more recent variants of this virus have become less severe but more contagious. Many social distancing and societal restrictions remain in place in an effort to reduce the transmission of...
Control of our bladder and bowels are some of our most primal functions as humans and when something goes awry with those systems, it can be especially defeating for us. One cause of urinary or fecal incontinence can be due to what is called “urge incontinence”, which refers to leakage occurring when one cannot control...
One of the key job responsibilities of a Physical Therapist is motivating a patient to exercise despite bodily pain and other signs of inflammation such as warmth and swelling. While there is certainly a short term benefit for rest in some conditions, the medical research continues to highlight the importance of early, progressive exercise in...
COVID-19 continues to spread rapidly in our country with the Centers for Disease Control reporting over 3 million total cases and 100,000 deaths in our country alone. Research on the disease is limited due its’ relatively recent arrival but we are gaining a better understanding of the disease, its’ transmission, and impact on infected individuals....
Many questions arise during pregnancy regarding the safety of different forms of exercise for both mother and developing child. The information included here originates from the recently revised Canadian guideline for physical activity during pregnancy (Mottola et al 2019) and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Opinion on Physical Activity During Pregnancy and the...
Arm chair quarterbacks can most often be found 5-10 minutes after a sports play, that evening, or the following day as they dissect and recreate “their” solutions with the tremendous benefits of time, instant replay, and hindsight. These statements are one of the foundations of sports and talk radio, but are also found throughout the...
Spinal manipulation is one of the oldest medical treatments dating back to Hippocrates and the ancient Egyptians. Theories behind its’ beneficial effects are as old as spinal manipulations use but many have erroneously detailed a purely mechanical effect of the treatment. It is not uncommon to hear patients report, “my spine was out of position/alignment/place...
photo credit: radiopaedia.org Magnetic resonance imaging of musculoskeletal pain has long been known to find various pathologies, including herniated disks, tendon tears, and spinal stenosis, which may or may not contribute to an individual’s symptoms. These spinal and extremity findings are common in pain free individuals especially over the age of 30 years old. As...
As technology continues to advance more and more devices are coming forward with step tracking options including phones, pedometers, and other electronics attached to our clothing. Many individuals aim to hit the 10,000 or 5 mile point each day, but you may be surprised this number is not based in science but was rather put...