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  • Category: Dance
    • Staying Injury Free in Social Dance
    • Floor Barre Practice for Dancers
    • The Healthcare Plight of the Working Dancer
    • What Is the Topple Test for Dancers?
    • Proper Foot Care for Dancers
    • Athletes: Land Quietly Like a Ballet Dancer
    • Dealing with Dancer’s Hip: Snapping Hip Syndrome
    • Are You a “Motor Moron?”
    • The Anatomy of First Position in Ballet
    • A Ballet Class en Flat in Pointe Shoes
    • The Dancer’s Warm Up: You’ve Been Doing It Wrong For So Long
    • Getting en Pointe: For the Progressing Dancer
    • Comprehensive Guide for Dancers Staying in Shape During the COVID-19 Pandemic
    • BOSU Training for Dancers
    • Using Your Natural Turnout: A Cry for Dance Injury Prevention
  • Category: Ergonomics
    • Keyboard Wrist Supports? No Thanks.
    • Poor Posture at Work? Do Something About It!
    • Is My Office Chair Too Large?
    • Are Laptops Worth the Convenience?
    • My Shoulder Blades Are Not Even!
    • Sitting All Day & Experiencing Lower Back Pain?
    • Road Trip Tips from a Physical Therapist
  • Category: Exercise & Fitness
    • How Obesity Affects Your Joints
    • How Do I Strengthen My Neck Muscles?
    • Foam Rolling for the ITB: Why Am I Doing This Again?
    • What Exercises Can I Do For My Lower Back While Driving?
    • Self-Massage & the Importance of Mobility Practices with Exercise
    • Shoes Make Your Feet Weak!
    • Should I Use Ice or Should I Use Heat?
    • Hip Positioning With Squats: Should I Correct My Form?
    • Right Side Dominant: Do We Have A Problem?
    • Can You Balance on One Leg?
    • How Much Grip Strength Do I Need To Drive a Car?
    • What to Expect from Physical Therapy: Team Players Do Better!
    • How Stress Affects Your Healing
    • Reacquaint Yourself With “Straight Leg Raises”
    • When Can I Start Working Out After Shoulder Surgery?
    • Our Newly Modified Gluteus Maximus Exercise
    • Five Exercises that Physical Therapists Hate
    • How Do I Deal With A Shoulder Dislocation?
    • Pride and Exercise
    • Ankle Stability and Trail Running
    • Shoulder Pain With Yoga? Adjust your “Downward Dog”!
    • Can You Do This Simple Exercise?
    • Why All The Fuss About the Gluteus Maximus?
    • How Do I Stabilize an Unstable Shoulder?
    • Sitting Disease – The New Smoking: One Reason Fidgeting Is a Good Thing
    • Why Should I Stretch My Back on a Foam Roll?
    • Tackling Obesity in Different Populations, Part 3
    • Tackling Obesity in Different Populations, Part 2
    • Tackling Obesity in Different Populations, Part 1
    • Running Pearls – Tips on Cadence & Improving the Run
    • Right Side Dominant?
    • Benefits of the Anti-Inflammatory Diet
    • Physical Therapist Reviews YouTube HITT Routines
    • Musicians & Complex Motor Programming of The Hands
    • Takeaways From My First Yoga Experience
    • I Might Be Insane
    • Updates on the Treatment of Tennis Elbow
    • Compression Socks for Everyday Use and Travel
    • Pilates Reformer & Tower Reviews
    • Internal Rotation of the Shoulder: The Under-Prescribed Exercise!
    • Does the “Fitbit” Foster Compliance?
    • The Rowing Machine Challenge
    • Tandem Stance: Try It!
    • Continuous Passive Motion Machines, Are They Worth It?
    • Feeling Stiff in the Colder Weather
    • What is the Three (3) Hop Test?
    • It’s Pool Season: Use It for Your Rehab
    • How to Landscape Without Experiencing Orthopedic Injury
    • The “Clamshell” Hip Exercise
    • How Do I Strengthen My Upper Back?
    • Neck Pain With Bicycling?
    • The Male “Kegel” Exercise? (A Taboo Subject!)
    • Sugar Addiction: Confessions From a Physical Therapist
    • Electronic Pedal Assist Bicycle Review
    • Postural Shirts for Improving Your Workout?
  • Category: Featured
    • Sleeping Comfort after Shoulder Surgery
    • I Can’t Open My Hand All the Way: A Look at Dupuytren’s Disease
    • Out of My Cast: What Do I Do Now?
    • Physical Therapy Related Medical Abbreviations
    • Aging, Falling, and Sensible Solutions
    • Ten Common Ways To Strain Your Neck
    • Allowing Tendonitis To Heal
    • Shoulder Surgery: When Can I Get Rid of My Shoulder Sling?
    • Post-Surgical Ankle Boot? Please Get a Lift For Your Other Shoe!
    • Why Are My Ring Finger & Pinky Finger Numb?
    • How to Properly Deal with Finger Fractures & Sprains
    • Experiencing Stiff Hands?
    • Can a “Sashay” Cause Lower Back Pain?
    • Why Won’t My Finger Straighten?
    • What Is Normal Range of Motion for The Thumb?
    • Momentum, Collisions, Car Accidents, and the Advantage of Playing Sports Drunk?
    • Beauty is Pain: Effects of Wearing High Heels
    • What is an Occult Fracture?
    • Information on Stroke Recovery
    • Why Is My Index Finger Numb?
    • Soccer Injury Treatment
    • Two Long-Term Effects of Ankle Sprains
    • Heat vs Cold: What to Use and When
    • What Does a Partial Rotator Cuff Tear Mean?
    • Microfracture Knee Surgery Rehabilitation
    • What Is Normal Hamstrings Length?
    • Hip Labral Repair Rehabilitation: What To Expect
    • Why Won’t My Shoulder Rotate?
    • Ankle Sprains and Hip Strength
    • Meniscus Surgery: What Can I Expect?
    • Is It Safe to Crack My Neck?
    • Is Sleeping On My Side Bad For My Shoulder?
    • Why Does My Knee Crack?
    • Strengthen Your Scapular Muscles!
    • Suffering from Trigger Finger?
    • Do Your Ribs Move?
    • Dealing with the Aging Process
    • Managing Expectations When Recovering from a Labral Repair
    • Swan Neck Deformity of the Finger
    • Lessons Learned From Breaking My Ankle
    • Low Back Problems Can Be a Real Pain in the Butt
    • Femoracetabular Impingement – What Is It?
    • Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
    • Frozen Shoulder: What should I do?
    • The Importance of Strengthening Rotators & Stabilizers, Part 1
    • More Signs of Hypermobility
    • Concussions & Repeated Minor Head Traumas
    • The Truth about Flexibility, Part 1
    • Why Are My Legs Different Lengths?
    • Why Do I Have a Patella?
    • Thumb Tendonitis and your iPhone
    • The Truth About Flexibility: Part 5
    • The Truth about Flexibility, Part 4
    • The Truth about Flexibility, Part 3
    • The Truth about Flexibility, Part 2
  • Category: Injury Prevention
    • The Physics Of Falling On Your Ass
    • Tape on Athletes: New Fashion Trend or Therapeutic?
  • Category: Orthopedic Injury
    • The “Safe” Position of the Hand
    • Tennis Elbow, Ouch!
    • Addressing the Inflammatory Process of your Injury
    • What Exactly Is the Rotator Cuff?
    • What Is the Easiest Way to Test the Knee for ACL Tears?
    • Why Does My Knee Cap Dislocate?
    • What Does a Shoulder Labral Tear Feel Like?
    • How Long Will It Take Me To Recover From Surgery?
    • Brachial Plexus Injuries, What Imaging Techniques Should We Use? Part 1
    • What Pharmacological Options Do We Have for Tennis Elbow? Part 3
    • What Pharmacological Options Do We Have for Tennis Elbow? Part 2
    • What Pharmacological Options Do We Have for Tennis Elbow? Part 1
    • Ruling Out Alternative Causes Of Spinal Pain
    • Five Holistic Strategies for Managing Pain
    • Meniscal Transplant: Janaye Is “Over This”
    • Importance of Seeking Medical Attention After a Head Concussion
    • Turf Toe: A Therapist’s Personal Experience with Injury
    • Janaye’s Meniscal Transplant: Weight Bearing & Dynamic Balance Training!
    • Why ACL Tears Happen
    • Janaye’s Meniscus Transplant Saga Continues
    • Meniscal Replacement Surgery
    • Meniscal Transplant, Part 2
    • Review of Specialized Sleeping Pillow
    • Janaye’s Final Meniscal Blog Update!
    • Rosie’s Rink Story 1
  • Category: Patient Stories
    • Rosie’s Rink Story 5
    • Rosie’s Rink Story 4
    • Rosie’s Rink Story 3
    • Rosie’s Rink Story 2
  • Category: Physical Therapy
    • Why Do I Have a Forward Head?
    • Physical Therapist Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
    • Why Won’t My Elbow Straighten?
    • What Is Functional Dry Needling?
    • How is Cystic Fibrosis Properly Imaged?
    • My Experience in a Cryosauna
    • Rotator Cuff or Rotator Cup?
    • How is Cystic Fibrosis Properly Imaged? Part 3
    • How is Cystic Fibrosis Properly Imaged? Part 2
    • Drawing: A Tool For Learning Anatomy
    • Post-Traumatic Elbow Contractures: Etiology & Therapeutic Interventions
    • What is Cupping and Does It Work?
    • A Genetic Link to Back Pain?
  • Category: Videos
    • Ankle Stability Exercises for a Soccer Player (Video)

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Most Popular Articles

  • 1. Why Won’t My Elbow Straighten?
  • 2. Why Are My Ring Finger & Pinky Finger Numb?
  • 3. Shoulder Surgery: When Can I Get Rid of My Shoulder Sling?
  • 4. When Can I Start Working Out After Shoulder Surgery?
  • 5. How to Sleep Comfortably after Shoulder Surgery
  • 6. Post-Surgical Ankle Boot? Please Get a Lift For Your Other Shoe!
  • 7. Managing Expectations When Recovering from Labral Repair
  • 8. Why Won't My Shoulder Rotate
  • 9. Do Your Ribs Move?
  • 10. Proper Foot Care for Dancers
  • 11. Physical Therapy Related Medical Abbreviations
  • 12. Why Are My Shoulder Blades Not Even?
  • 13. I Can’t Open My Hand All the Way: Dupuytren’s Disease
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  • Sleeping Comfort after Shoulder Surgery
  • Foam Rolling for the ITB: Why Am I Doing This Again?
  • Why Do I Have a Forward Head?

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