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06 Wed

Do you have full shoulder range of motion?

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Do you have full shoulder range of motion? Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CGFI The other day, I had a young athlete come in complaining of shoulder pain. She had pain with overhead movements at her end range of motion. Her sport requires that she have pretty...

Tags: flexibility, joint, pain, Paul Kochoa, posture, range of motion, shoulder, tightness

18 Thu

Using a Voodoo Band to restore motion

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Using a Voodoo Band to restore motion Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI I’ve written about the Graston Technique before. Recently, I’ve added The Voodoo Band, to my treatment arsenal. Manual treatment is our forte at Professional Physical Therapy and Training. Soft tissue mobilization is a...

04 Thu

Fix your pelvis

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Fix your pelvis Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI A couple weeks ago, I posted Check your Pelvis. Today, I’m going to talk about how to fix it. To review, the pelvis is a ring made up of three bones. When that ring is disrupted because...

Tags: back, hip, hips, joint, pain, Paul Kochoa, pelvic, pelvis, pubic, SI joint

20 Thu

Your lumbar spine: Avoid the pooping dog or pooping duck

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Your lumbar spine: Avoid the pooping dog or pooping duck Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI I read a lot websites, one of my new favorites is Movement-Rx. Recently they, featured a post about how to maintain a neutral spine position with weight training. They used...

Tags: facet, joint, lumbar, lumbar spine, nerve, Paul Kochoa, pelvis, radiating, spine

18 Tue

Check your pelvis

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Check your pelvis Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI Recently, I’ve had a run of patients complaining of low back pain. For the most part, the pain was centralized to the very lower part of their back with no referring symptom or radiating pain. We checked...

Tags: back, bone, hip, innominate, joint, pain, Paul Kochoa, pelvis, sacroiliac, SI joint

04 Thu

Mobilizations and repeated motion

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Mobilizations and repeated motion Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI Here at Professional Physical Therapy and Training, one of our cornerstones of treatment is our hands-on approach, the joint mobilizations and soft tissue mobilizations that we perform on the majority of our patients with musculoskeletal issues....

29 Tue

The peanut butter and jelly of the hip joint

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The peanut butter and jelly of the hip joint Written by: Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI Two great tastes that taste great together. Peanut butter and jelly, bacon and eggs, peanut butter and chocolate, Captain and Tennille… Two things that work great together. In the past...

05 Thu

When to return to sports after ACL surgery

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When to return to sports after ACL surgery Written by: Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI Many times I’ve been asked by a patient that’s had reconstructive surgery for their ACL: “When can I go back to playing ______?” I tell them that returning to sports after...

27 Tue

Eccentric muscle rehabilitation for athletes

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Eccentric muscle rehabilitation for athletes Written by: Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, CKTP, CGFI Stability and mobility are key components to athletic movement. Joints need to move through the proper range of motion, but still be able to accept and control the amount of force that is placed...

Tags: contraction, eccentric, joint, knee, ligament, muscle, Paul Kochoa, shoulder, sports, tendon, training

01 Tue

Back pain that’s not from the back

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Back pain that’s not from the back Written by: Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI A recent article on CNN.com outlined a problem that I’ve run into a few times with my patients. It’s the back pain that most surgeons will not find… They don’t find it...

Tags: back, back pain, joint, lumbar, pain, Paul Kochoa, sacroiliac, sacrum, SI joint, vertebrae

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