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headaches headache, manipulation, manual therapy
Headaches are a common source of pain and disability with total costs estimated over 30 billion dollars per year. Patients’
Hip Injuries FAI, hip impingement, hip pain, treatment
Hip impingement or femoroacetabular impingement is a diagnosis consistent with bony enlargement of the hip joint, abnormal contact between the
Sports Performance resistance training, sports performance, strength training, strengthening
Strength training is an essential part of any workout program. Participants should aim for 2 to 3 workouts per week
Hip Injuries dry needling, hip arthritis, hip pain
Hip arthritis is a painful condition causing pain, loss of range of motion, and lost function in many middle to
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Spinal manipulation is one of the oldest medical treatments dating back to Hippocrates and the ancient Egyptians. Theories behind its’
Running Injuries gait retraining, knee pain, running, running injury
With access to miles of paths and acres of open space running remains one of the most popular outdoor activities
Hip Injuries FAI, hip impingement, hip pain, sports injuries
Hip impingement (FAI) is one of the fastest growing orthopedic surgeries, but much of this growth has outpaced our current
general physical therapy, strengthening bone density, bone health, strength training, women's health
Despite the fact that bones respond favorably to high impact exercise and high-intensity resistance training these types of exercise are
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photo credit: radiopaedia.org Magnetic resonance imaging of musculoskeletal pain has long been known to find various pathologies, including herniated disks,
general physical therapy nutrition, performance, resistance training, strength training
The basics of sleep, hydration, and nutrition are the low hanging fruits of performance. Easy to access, albeit hard to
Arm Injuries rotator cuff tear, shoulder pain, shoulder surgery
Shoulder pain remains one of the top 3 reasons patients seek care from their primary care physician and Physical Therapist.
general physical therapy strength training, strengthening, weight training
In our previous blogs we have discussed the errors most exercise participants make when selecting intensity (amount of weight) while
sports injuries hamstring strain, hamstring strengthening, muscle strain
One of the most common questions we receive in our Boulder Physical Therapy practice involves how much pain should be
sports injuries hamstring injury, hamstring strain, injury prevention, strengthening
Hamstring injuries are common and can occur in any sport with any athlete. The three muscles of the hamstring are
sports injuries exercise, knee pain, patellar tendinopathy, sports injuries, tendon pain
Patellar tendinopathy is one of the more common sports medicine conditions seen in our Boulder Physical Therapy clinic. This condition
sports injuries baseball, elbow pain, sports speci, youth sports
Early sport specialization where our youth athletes focus on a single sport year round has become more popular over the
headaches headaches, muscle pain, spinal manipulation, tension type headache
Tension-type headaches are headaches related to muscle trigger points or muscle tenderness in the head and neck and are the
general physical therapy concussion, neck pain
Concussions have received significant media and medical research attention over the last decade due to in part to the incidence
Hip Injuries FAI, hip impingement, hip pain, surgery
Hip impingement or femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) is common hip condition causing pain in the front of the hip and groin.
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As technology continues to advance more and more devices are coming forward with step tracking options including phones, pedometers, and
Arm Injuries physical therapy, rotator cuff tear, shoulder pain
Shoulder pain remains the 3rd most common reason, behind the common cold and low back pain, patients seek out the
Knee Injuries knee pain, patellofemoral pain, strengthening
Patellofemoral pain, or pain around the kneecap, is one of the most common types of knee pain we treat at
general physical therapy exercise, hamstring injury, stretching
Stretching either dynamically or statically has long been shown to create both short and long term improvements in flexibility, but
headaches headache, headaches, migraine, strengthening
According to the Global Health Burden studies, Migraine is the 3rd most prevalent disorder (14.7% of global population: 1 in