Pulled Hamstring Treatment
Hamstring Anatomy A pulled hamstring is the same injury as a hamstrings strain. It is also one of the most common injuries suffered in...
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Mar 24, 20227 min read
Cervicogenic Headache Treatment
Cervicogenic Headache Causes Take a look at this image courtesy of ccsbismarck.com which shows the pain map for cervicogenic headaches....
Mar 23, 20228 min read
Hip Pain and Mobility for Baseball Players
Hip Anatomy Hip injuries are often overlooked in baseball players. Understandably, more focus is placed on the upper extremity,...
Mar 22, 20228 min read
Femoroacetabular Impingement Treatment
Femoroacetabular Impingement Femoroacetabular Impingement (FAI) is a condition that is thought to be present in 30% of people according...
Mar 21, 20228 min read
Achilles Tendinopathy Causes and Treatment
Achilles Tendinopathy Cause Achilles tendinopathy refers to degradation of the achilles tendon. You may be more familiar with the term...
Mar 17, 20226 min read
Can’t Reach Overhead? Pain Reaching Overhead? Check Your Serratus Anterior
Reaching overhead is one of the most important movements in daily life. It is also crucial for baseball and other overhead sports....
Mar 15, 20228 min read
Shoulder Instability in Baseball Players
Shoulder Anatomy Shoulder instability is a common issue in baseball players. I want to review the anatomy of the shoulder so that we can...
Mar 14, 20229 min read
Want to prevent UCL tears? Maybe we should be looking at grip strength.
Ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) reconstruction or repair, also known as Tommy John surgery, is a rising issue in baseball at all levels....
Mar 13, 20226 min read
Facet Joint Pain Physical Therapy
Facet Joint The facet joints are smaller joints on the back side of your spinal vertebrae. You can see them illustrated in the image...
Mar 11, 20227 min read
SLAP Tear Physical Therapy
SLAP Tear A Superior Labrum, Anterior to Posterior tear is commonly known as a SLAP tear. Per the Cleveland Clinic it is estimated that...
Mar 7, 20227 min read
Torn Meniscus
A torn meniscus is a complicated injury that we are going to analyze, but before we look at the injury it is important to understand the...
Mar 5, 20227 min read
Kinematic Sequence
The kinematic sequence refers to the order in which various body parts accelerate and decelerate through a motion. It originally gained...
Mar 4, 20227 min read
Spondylolisthesis Physical Therapy
What is Spondylolisthesis? Spondylolisthesis is an injury that affects the spine. It involves the fracture and slipping of one vertebrae...
Mar 2, 20228 min read
Sprained Ankle Treatment
Sprained ankles are one of the most common medical conditions in the United States. In fact, research by Herzog, et al. shows that there...
Mar 1, 20228 min read
UCL Repair
Tommy John surgery or Ulnar Collateral Ligament (UCL) reconstruction is one of the most feared surgeries in baseball. The UCL...
Feb 28, 20227 min read
Lateral Epicondylitis or Tennis Elbow
Lateral Epicondylitis or Tennis Elbow refers to pain on the outside of your elbow. It is located where your wrist extensor muscles insert...
Feb 25, 20227 min read
Little League Shoulder
Little League shoulder is a difficult condition to treat and manage, even though there are excellent return rates to previous competition...
Feb 24, 20227 min read
What Can Cause Upper Neck Stiffness?
Upper neck tightness is unfortunately a very common symptom. In a study by Hoy et al. they determined that the prevalence of people with...
Feb 15, 20224 min read
The Importance of Including Power Exercises in Physical Therapy
The ultimate goal of physical therapy is to return clients to the field, court, or wherever else they want to go. It is important to have...
Feb 1, 20224 min read
Some Housekeeping and How You Can Increase Your Neck Mobility
Well here we are with a new blog post and some things have changed! First, I am going to try and use our website blog for all future...
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