What Is Sciatica? I have treated hundreds of patients dealing with back pain and associated conditions. One of the most common conditions that is linked to back pain is sciatica. Sciatica refers to irritation of the sciatic nerve. The sciatic nerve originates in the low back and forms from the L4-S3 nerves. These are the nerves right above your tailbone (sacrum) along with the nerves that come from your tailbone. The sciatic nerve is the biggest nerve in your body and runs fr

Herniated disks are one of the scariest diagnoses that you can receive when you have back pain. The idea of a disk in your back pushing on nerves is terrifying. Unfortunately, herniated disks are also one of the most misunderstood diagnoses that I see as a physical therapist. I worked in a spine clinic for several years and have probably dealt with hundreds of patients suffering from a herniated disk. If you find yourself suffering from back pain and the physician tells you t

As a physical therapist, neck pain is one of the most common diagnoses that I encounter. Neck pain can range from a small tweak to 10/10 pain that stops you from turning your head. I wanted to discuss the most common causes of neck pain that I see in my practice, Eclipse Wellness, each day. I also wanted to highlight some exercises and rationale that I use to decrease and prevent neck pain. What Causes Neck Pain? There can be many causes of neck pain, but I want to break them

As a physical therapist who primarily works with baseball players, I see a ton of elbow injuries. Those injuries can range from mild soreness with pitching to needing Tommy John surgery. There are many reasons for elbow injuries increasing including: greater velo, more games, and pitching throughout the year, but I wanted to talk about modifiable factors from my perspective. I see so many physical therapists complaining about baseball players with too long of a schedule. I ha

As a baseball physical therapist, I see a ton of baseball players dealing with shoulder pain. Throwing a baseball is inherently a stressful activity, and the shoulder often takes a good deal of that stress. By the time athletes come to me, they have typically seen their primary care physician, talked to a coach, or asked Google what to do. Sometimes the answer is all 3. A physician will typically tell you to rest for at least 2 weeks and then gradually ramp up, a coach will t

As a physical therapist who has practiced for over 8 years, if you asked me what technique has provided the most benefit to my clients, I would say trigger point dry needling (dry needling for short). I began dry needling in 2017, not long after graduating and I have seen fantastic results since then. Dry needling has become much more mainstream than it was 8 years ago, but there is still a lot of confusion regarding the technique and the reason for utilizing it. Most clients

Baseball assessments are all the rage right now. If you look at any Instagram page that involves baseball training, you probably see reference to their detailed assessment. I am no different. I have talked about assessments in detail, but up until now I’ve never taken the time to show how assessments work at Eclipse Wellness.  As a physical therapist, I try to blend the physical therapy and biomechanical world with my experience as a strength coach and baseball coach. In brin

As a baseball physical therapist, I often get asked by my athletes what to do with their off-season. I work with many middle school and high school athletes who are looking to play college baseball. In order to make it to college baseball, you need to come into the spring season ready to look good and avoid injuries. After all, you only have a few years to actually get noticed by college coaches. If you are in 6th grade, you only have 7 off-seasons before high school baseball

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