PHYSICAL THERAPY PLAYS ROLE IN TIGER WOODS’ RETURN
FOLLOWING KNEE SURGERY
 
 
ALEXANDRIA, VA, February 27, 2009 — The world watched Wednesday as Tiger Woods made his much anticipated comeback to professional golf after undergoing ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) reconstructive surgery. According to the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), rehabilitation with a physical therapist played a large role [...]

Having pain under your second and third toes?  Has a callus formed?  You might be dealing with metatarsalgia.  There are a few simple things you can do to get started to take care of this one your own.  If you think you are dealing with this condition, or you are a therapist who wants to [...]

Otherwise known as, pre patella bursitis.  If you have this, or think you do, your knee probably looks like it has a small balloon sitting atop of it.
Hit me up in the forum and we can talk how to treat it…

So much can be said about the importance of posture.  As PT’s we drive it into our pateints every day.  Often times, if a problem stems from poor posture or worsened by it, correcting the posture can have slow and steady improvements on the condition.  Fewer cases report immediate total relief.  Most of the time, [...]

When one is is the phase of rehabilitation, it is important and essential to set realistic goals.  Some goals can be based on a short term basis and others long term.  Typical goals often deal with amounts of pain, range of motion, strength, and functional specific activities.  If you are trying to rehabilitate an injury, [...]

If you ever wanted to know if your physical therapist is qualified…
In the state of florida, we have http://ww2.doh.state.fl.us/IRM00PRAES/PRASLIST.ASP
It is a place where you can look up your PT or any other medical professional.
My license number is PT24095.
If anyone has a question about any health professional they are seeking services from, this is a great [...]

Soooo many issues that patients deal with come from their choice of poor footwear.  Often in Florida, it is even worse b/c so many people here want to wear sandals and shouldn’t be b/c they provide horrible support.  This lack of support, leads to misalignments and further exaccerabtes problems such as: plantar fascitis, heel spurs, [...]

More often than not, when something doesn’t add up, I have noticed it is a peripheral nerve entrapmet.  In this case, I am referring to cases I have seen pertaining to the lower leg and foot. 
Often times, the symptoms are reported as cutaneous/superficial and don’t consist with typical neurological patterns.
Think you might be delaing with [...]

As a PT, when I give advice to someone, I mean every word I am saying.  I won’t lay down a blanket of information to get the masses.  My advice is specific to the individual.
I have a hard time when I advise someone on manageing their condition and they don’t follow it and then end [...]

When working with a patient who feels a lack of mobility in their hip and also demonstrates this in exam….
I have found inferior and also lateral femoral head glides using a mobilization belt very helpful and long lasting after 2-6 applications.
Want to discuss a hip issue you are dealing with or one you are treating…come [...]