The Four Pillars of Healthcare
In considering the field of healthcare, there are four pillars. These pillars are disease management, quality of life/healthspan,...
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- May 11
- 2 min
What is Dry Needling?
Written by: Alyssa Coons, DPT What is Dry Needling? Dry needling is a modality used in conjunction with physical therapy to assist in...
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- Jun 24, 2019
- 4 min
Are You Ready to Return to Running Postnatal?!
I’m going to try and summarize some of the main points from the recent guidelines that were published on return to running postnatal by...
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- May 15, 2019
- 3 min
Why You Should Stop Drawing In Your Belly Button
One of the most common cues in various fitness/exercise classes during various exercises or core work is to “draw your belly button in...
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- Jan 17, 2019
- 3 min
What is Sacroiliac Joint (SIJ) pain and how can a PT help???
The sacroiliac joints (SIJ) connect the bones that make up the pelvis (the sacrum and ilium), below the lower back. The SI joints help...
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- Dec 27, 2018
- 3 min
Back pain: why you should see a physical therapist first
Low back pain is extremely common and, in most cases, mild. At any given time, approximately 25% of people in the U.S. report having...
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- Dec 7, 2018
- 3 min
Do you have “tight” hip flexors?
Have you tried stretching and stretching and they still seem “tight”?? It is very common for the majority of people to report their hip...
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- Nov 14, 2018
- 3 min
Cupping in Physical Therapy
Many of you probably saw the cup marks on Michael Phelps during the Olympics or maybe you’ve seen those red/purplish circles on other...
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- Nov 8, 2018
- 3 min
Directional preference and low back/leg pain- what does it mean?
So, I think we all can either think of someone who has or have personally have had an episode of low back pain in our lifetime. The...
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- Oct 23, 2018
- 2 min
A physical therapist's tips on how to finish off the year strong, active, and healthy (yes, even
It’s that time of the year as we head into fall/winter with lots of holidays coming up. This time of year is always busy with all sorts...
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- Oct 3, 2018
- 3 min
Let’s talk Diastasis Recti (DR) in postpartum women!
What is it? Diastasis Recti (DR) is a thinning or separating of the linea alba, which is the connective tissue/fascia that connects the...
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- Sep 20, 2018
- 2 min
Are you glute dominant or hamstring dominant?! Why does it matter?
Let’s start out by talking a little bit about the glutes and hamstrings. Both the gluteus maximus and the hamstring muscles are hip...
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- Sep 11, 2018
- 2 min
Cupping Therapy
What is Cupping Therapy/What are the benefits? The form of cupping therapy utilized is Fascial Cupping therapy for soft tissue...
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- Sep 5, 2018
- 3 min
Do you have foot/heel pain that won’t go away? Do you have pain with standing for too long and sharp
Did you know 1 out of 10 people in the U.S. will experience pain along the bottom of the foot a.k.a. Plantar Fasciitis/Fasciosis?! Better...
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- Aug 22, 2018
- 3 min
Do you have an annoying, frustrating tendon injury/tendinopathy? What role does exercise have in pai
You know that irritating, annoying, frustrating achilles pain or that patellar tendon (front of the knee aka jumper’s knee) pain? These...
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- Aug 8, 2018
- 2 min
How can physical therapy help foot/ankle pain?
Physical therapy can help to get rid of that annoying pain that comes with these common foot/ankle injuries: Heel pain/Plantar fasciitis...
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- Jul 26, 2018
- 2 min
Shoulder Pain/Impingement: What is it? Do you have it? What can you do about it?
What Is It? Shoulder impingement can be a pain during various movements of your involved shoulder. Let me first explain some of the...
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- Jul 3, 2018
- 3 min
Lets talk pain!
WHAT IS PAIN?? Pain is your body’s alarm system, it lets you know when there is a potential threat. Pain comes from the brain and is...
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- Jun 26, 2018
- 2 min
It's time to start living pain-free
My name is Kaitlin Hartley and I am the physical therapist at Grandview Primary Care & Performance Medicine Institute. I graduated in May...
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- Mar 27, 2018
- 2 min
5 things to do before getting back to outdoor training:
Although you can't really tell (thanks Columbus)...Spring is on the horizon. Which means we can all come crawling out of the depths of...
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