As Physical Therapists our job is to teach our clients how to stay active while dealing with low back pain as well as teach strategies to reduce and manage pain. While your first instinct may be to rest when in pain, bedrest has been proven to actually prolong recovery in low back pain and should not be used as a strategy for recovery. Movement should be encouraged and performed as tolerated as it promotes fluid exchange within the spinal discs, increases blood flow to the back's soft tissues, and helps maintain muscle strength and flexibility.

As performance based Physical Therapists, we strive to be an active part of the rehabilitation TEAM, whether athletes are coming back from strains, movement limitations or weaknesses, or rehabbing after surgery for fractures, torn ligaments, etc. This team includes your physical therapist, skills coach and strength coach, who should be communicating and working together with your health and performance as their primary focus.

Are you a CrossFitter, runner, athlete experiencing pain at the front of your knee? Knee pain can  be a frustrating and self-limiting injury, but it does not necessarily have to be. Often, there are ways to heal while continuing many of the activities you enjoy, and it may even be a critical part to the healing process to remain active and in the gym.

Typically, when an individual tears their ACL, they undergo surgery to reconstruct the ligament. A significantly smaller population opts not to have surgery and go without an ACL. But, what if there was another option? What if the ACL could heal through rehab without surgery? That crucial question is currently being explored and we are here for it! So let’s talk about the “Cross ACL Bracing Protocol.”

Learn about the often forgotten calf muscle group, testing the strength of your calves and 10 exercises for strengthening your calf muscle group.