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Understanding Breast Cancer Treatment Induced Fatigue
With each life-saving cancer treatment, there are significant side effects that impact your day-to-day life and activity level. Due to many of these surgical and adjuvant therapies, treatment-induced fatigue can occur. Your body needs to recover, and, often, your body is in constant recovery mode.
Causes of Treatment Induced Fatigue
The most commonly discussed cause[…]
What to Expect at Breast Health Rehabilitation
By: Emily Kitteringham, PT, DPT, CSCS
Breast cancer undoubtedly brings changes to your physical, emotional, and mental health as you undergo treatment and enter into survivorship. Spooner can help you navigate any changes- expected and unexpected- in these new phases of your life.
When to Seek Breast Health Rehabilitation
Our Breast Health Rehabilitation Team has been helping women and men[…]
Being a Float Therapist: Jared’s Experience
Spooner float therapists are vital members of our Spooner team. They support our clinics at every level. We talked to Spooner float therapist Jared Messinger, PT, DPT, about his experience as a float therapist.
What is a float therapist?
A float therapist is a physical therapist who treats and works at various Spooner clinics throughout[…]
What are Ketones?
By: Trent Rincon, PT, MPT, CSCS, FRAS, FRCms
Ketones naturally occur in our bodies for fuel when our carbohydrate stores are empty. Carbs are fast-burning energy sources, so, when they are gone, our bodies turn to fat. Fat converts to ketones- which can cross the blood-brain barrier. They fuel the body and the brain.
Ketone do not use as[…]
Mindfulness for Chronic Pain
No one wants to be in pain. And certainly no one wants to be in pain for a long time. Chronic pain has many causes and many paths to finding relief. Mindfulness is one tool you can utilize to help you find relief.
What is Chronic Pain?
Generally, pain is divided into three categories:[…]
Find the Perfect Pointe Shoe
Going on pointe for the first time is an exciting progression of your ballet training. This moment is the culmination of endless hours of training and preparing. However, there are many factors to consider when going on pointe.
A pre-pointe assessment is vital to ensuring that you are ready to take the next step[…]
Goals, Progress, and Recovery with Spooner FIT
By: Brian Schulte, CSCS, FAFS, and Austin Kitteringham, CSCS, FAFS
How do you track your progress? Is it adding weight to your lifts? Is it cutting time off of your run? Or is it by moving better and feeling better in your day-to-day life?
Progress and tracking your progress are unique to you and your goals,[…]
Ultrasound Dry Needling
Not being able to compete in sport or participate in your favorite activity due to pain is frustrating. Finding a solution to try to move better, feel better, and perform better is vital. Ultrasound dry needling is one tool that Spooner therapists use to help you return to activity.
What is Dry Needling?
Dry needling[…]
Dry Needling 101
By: Clayton Hunter, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS
Finding relief for pain can seem like an unrelenting task. You may have tried a new mattress, a new pillow, a new desk, a new chair, and so on. You may have even found some relief with these things- which is great! Dry needling is among these interventions[…]
Reduce Injury Risk in Gymnasts
I started gymnastics at the age of 3 and went on to be an All-American college athlete. Throughout my athletic career, I had my fair share of injuries. Most of my injuries were typical aches, pains, and ankle sprains, but, when I was a sophomore high school, I had a much larger injury.[…]
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