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Apr10th 2021Did You Know Physical Therapy Could Help Improve Your Sports Performance? Sports physical therapy is an ever-growing field of focus. In fact, according to the International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy, “The specialty niche of sports physical therapy has grown at a significant rate over the past 40 years.” So, what does a sports physical
Nov20th 2020To stay as healthy as possible it’s important to lead an active lifestyle. Becoming more active isn’t difficult. It’s just a matter of finding activities you enjoy that you can take part in on a regular basis. Call Austin Manual Therapy Associates to find out how a physical therapy program can help you maintain maximum
Jun22nd 2020Can’t Live Life on Your Own Terms? Turn to Physical Therapy for Help That oil painting you started way back when still awaits the finishing touches. You bought a guitar last year, but you can’t stand the thought of trying to play it. Your golf friends wonder if you’re ever going to join them for
Nov4th 2019“Motion is Lotion” is a phrase I use in the clinic on a daily basis. I wanted to take a moment to explain to everyone why “motion is lotion” and the importance of appropriate movement to help our bodies heal when our tissues are inflamed. There are 3 phases of tissue healing. Inflammatory Response Repair
Aug6th 2019Unfortunately, very few truly understand what orthopedic physical therapy is, and those that think they do, rarely agree. I hear it all the time: “What stretches should I do?” “Do you do trigger point release?” “Will dry needling fix my problem?” “My other clinic used ultrasound and E-stem, do you even have a theragun?” I
May1st 2019Are your “hamstrings tight”? Is stretching making your symptoms worse? Did you know that it might not actually be your hamstrings limiting your flexibility or causing pain? There is a big nerve running down the back of your thigh alongside the hamstring muscle group called the sciatic nerve. It can get irritated with trauma, repeated
On a daily basis, the few questions I get asked more often than “How old are you?” or “How long have you been doing this?” are, “Should I get a steroid injection?” or more frequently, “Why did the steroid injections not help with my ____ pain?” The utilization of corticosteroid injections for musculoskeletal pain management
