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Youth Sports Injuries Happen: What’s Your First Step?
Your youth athletes keep you BUSY. Between school, practice, games, tournaments, and more, it can be overwhelming at times. Adding an injury to this is not only stressful for the athlete– it’s stressful for you, too.
Your athlete is taken out of the game they love so much. And they’re in pain. As their parent, you want what’s best for them.[…]
Benefits of Body Tempering
By: Ben Kelto, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS
When steel is tempered, its resiliency increases. Its strength is in its alloys– the smaller particles become tougher through the tempering process. Body tempering, like steel tempering, is all about becoming more resilient at the smallest, cellular level.
What Is Body Tempering?
Body tempering was developed in 2014 by Donnie Thompson for powerlifters in his[…]
Stability Training to Reduce the Risk of ACL Tears in Basketball Athletes
There are many common injuries that athletes sustain within their career. Basketball is a fast-paced game consisting of cutting, sharp movements, sprinting and rapid stops. All of these can result in injury if proper techniques to reduce the chance of injury are not incorporated into a player’s preparation. One of the most prevalent[…]
Return to Sport After Breast Cancer
A 32-year-old woman is going to yoga classes 5 days a week. A 41-year-old-woman is training to perform better in her next triathlon. A 28-year-old woman is going to her CrossFit gym 3 or more days a week. These women are extremely active; they are athletes leading a healthy lifestyle and doing what they love, but, when each of them[…]
Staying on the Wall: Avoiding Risk of Injury for Climbers
By: Sam Gesicki, PT, DPT, TSAC-F, and Carly Szemerey, PT, DPT
Climbers have an almost unique dedication to their sport. It is not uncommon to stumble into the gym and hear one or two climbers discussing what injuries have been bugging them for the past day, week, month, or even year.
No climber wants to be taken off the[…]
Physical Therapy for Gymnasts
Gymnastics is a sport that requires agility, flexibility, and strength. It is multi-disciplinary including events like balance beam, uneven bars, vault, and floor. Each event requires different sets of skills and strengths for the athlete to perform their best. We talked to Alyssa Hixon, PT, DPT, a physical therapist, a gymnastics coach with the Arizona Sunrays, and[…]
3 Ways Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation Helps Ovarian Cancer Survivors Thrive
By: Carrie Yaeger, PT, DPT, PRPC
Life after ovarian cancer may come with mixed emotions. Relief from beating cancer. Fear of recurrence. Worry and uncertainty about the symptoms you are now experiencing. Navigating life after cancer isn’t always straightforward. Familiar spaces can feel unfamiliar, including your own body.
Pelvic floor therapy can help you thrive after surviving ovarian cancer.[…]
Treating the Growing Athlete
Youth athletes are getting stronger every year. However, while they are growing, they are still at risk of injury. So, what can be done to help them stay on the field?
On the Sports Medicine Team at Red Mountain High School, Spooner therapist Brian Bettner, PT, DPT, saw a consistent lineup of young athletes with similar[…]
3 Exercises for Better Posture
By: Paul Arthur, PT, DPT, SCS, COMT, ATC
Think about how you sit at a desk, in the car, or on the couch scrolling on your phone. Your shoulders are possibly rotated forward, creating a hunched back, and your head in a forward position. When you sit at a[…]
The Big Toe: Athletic Performance from the Ground Up
By: Nick Thomas, MS, ATC, CES, PES, Chip Gosewisch, CSCS, RSCC, FRCms, and Charleston DeLa Cruz, CSCS, USAW-1, FRSC, FRCms
If you are building a house, the foundation impacts everything. A solid foundation allows for a strong house that will be able to be built properly and stand the test of time. A weak foundation leads to problems and compensations[…]
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