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Exercise remains one of the most underutilized treatments for mental health disorders.  The treatment effects of aerobic exercise have been
general physical therapy disease risk, exercise, heart disease, risk prevention
Exercise remains one of the most powerful interventions to improve your mental, emotional, and physical health. Specifically, aerobic exercise, when
Knee Injuries exercise, hip strengthening, knee arthritis
Patient’s with knee arthritis often experience pain with weight bearing activities including, standing, walking, stair climbing, and hiking. In our
sports injuries exercise, knee injury, patellar tendinopathy, tendon pain
Knee tendinopathy, either in the quadriceps or patellar tendon, is a common source of knee pain among jumping athletes, but
general physical therapy deep neck flexors, exercise, neck pain, weakness
70% of Americans will experience neck pain symptoms within their lifetimes. The vast majority of these symptoms are secondary to
Knee Injuries ACL injury, exercise, injury risk, knee injury, prevention
ACL injuries are one of the most common sports medicine injuries encountered in a Physical Therapy practice. These injuries can
Hip Injuries disease risk, FAI, hip impingement, surgery
Inherent risks, such as infection and blood clots, are associated with orthopedic surgeries and should be considered in decision making
general physical therapy dynamic warm up, golf, performance
Golf remains one a popular American pastime with around 25 million participants each year. Many of these golfers strive for
Knee Injuries knee pain, patellofemoral pain, risk prevention, strengthening
Patellofemoral pain (PFP) is characterized by diffuse pain behind or around the patella or knee cap. It occurs when the
general physical therapy exercise, squatting, strength training
The squat, and its multiple variations, remains one the best overall exercises for strength and power development due to its’
general physical therapy foam rolling, mobility, performance, strength
Foam rolling is an effective home exercise to improve muscular pain, flexibility, and performance. Our previous blog posts detailed the
sports injuries injury risk, knee pain, patellar tendinopathy
Patellar tendinopathy (tendonitis) is a common sports medicine overuse injury most commonly found in jumping (volleyball, basketball) athletes.  This injury
sports injuries groin injury, groin strain, muscle strain, risk prevention
Groin strains are the second most common muscle strain, behind the hamstring, among soccer players.  The dynamic movements required by
general physical therapy exercise, neck pain, strength training
Neck pain is an area consistently under treated by clinicians.  There are countless passive temporary remedies for neck pain including
Knee Injuries knee pain, patellar tendinopathy, sports injuries, treatment
Patellar Tendon pain, also known as jumper's knee, is a painful condition most commonly seen in athlete's engaged in jumping
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The glut muscle group, including the gluteus maximus and medius, are commonly weak among patients with lower quarter diagnoses including
general physical therapy hamstring injury, hamstring strain, hamstring strengthening
Photo Credit: Jospt.org Hamstring injuries are a common sports medicine injury treated in our Boulder Physical Therapy practice.  These injuries
Knee Injuries ACL injury, injury risk, prevention
Non contact ACL injuries remain one of the most common traumatic injuries encountered in sports medicine.  The most common mechanism
Running Injuries gait retraining, running injury, running mechanics
In our previous blog posts we have discussed the variety of interventions available to reduce the high injury rates seen
Running Injuries orthotics, running injury
One of the greatest misconceptions in the treatment of musculoskeletal injuries is using interventions to create symmetry in the body
general physical therapy foam rolling, IT band syndrome, muscle pain
In a previous blog we wrote about why you should not spend your valuable exercise time rolling your iliiotibial (IT)
general physical therapy subjective history
In today's healthcare environment, providers are asked to do more with less resources and time.  One area frequently cut by
Knee Injuries ACL injury, rehab
ACL injuries continue to rise among our high school and collegiate athletes.  In particular, among female athletes who are 6-8
general physical therapy exercise, obesity
The CDC reports 40% of American adults can be classified as obese.  These individuals are at a significantly higher risk