2014 January Archive | Professional Physical Therapy & Training, LLC

30 Thu

Soft Tissue Mobilization versus Massage: Are they the same thing?

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Soft Tissue Mobilization versus Massage: Are they the same thing? WRITTEN BY: MICHELLE MILLNER, PT, DPT, OCS I recently overheard a conversation between two women in a coffee shop. One was describing how getting a massage felt so good. The other commented about how she just goes...

28 Tue

Exercise can block out back pain

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Exercise can block out back pain Written by: Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI Yet another article about back pain and exercise. I’ve written about this before. But this one also touches on a point that I’ve gone over with many of my patients: pain can change...

24 Fri

Stairs and Knee Pain

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Stairs and Knee Pain Written by: Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI Today, in the New York Times health section, there was an article about knee pain and stairs. A reader wrote in and asked how to prevent their knees from hurting when they descended stairs. I...

Tags: ankle, exercise, health, hip, kinetic chain, knee, knees, New York Times, pain, Paul Kochoa, stairs

23 Thu

Fight Diabetes with Exercise

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Fight Diabetes with Exercise WRITTEN BY: MICHELLE MILLNER, PT, DPT, OCS Diabetes is a chronic disease that affects approximately 25.8 million people in the United States.¹ Most people know it as a disease relating to sugar. People who have diabetes must take medication (often insulin) to control...

21 Tue

The forgotten core of the neck

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The forgotten core of the neck WRITTEN BY: MICHELLE MILLNER, PT, DPT, OCS Core. We hear that word a lot in the rehab and fitness industry. It’s usually associated with abdominal exercises, crunches, push ups, the list goes on. But did you know that your neck has...

Tags: cervical, core, exercise, injury, Michelle Millner, muscles, neck, spine, stability

16 Thu

Should kids lift weights?

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Should kids lift weights? Written by: Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI You’ll stop growing. Your bones will break. You’ll hurt yourself. You’ll poke your eye out. These are some of the myths associated with weight training for kids and adolescents. Most people believe that because...

Tags: children, Paul Kochoa, pediatrics, weight lifting, weights

14 Tue

Rotation exercise and sports performance

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Rotation exercise and sports performance Written by: Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI Want to crank up your sports performance to a “10”? Try some rotational training. Sports and peak performance require strength and coordination. You can go hit the gym and perform your regular training...

09 Thu

Get the right solution only if you know the right question

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Get the right solution only if you know the right question Written by: Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI Being a medical professional, I always seem to run into people asking me questions about what to do about a certain problem they have. For example, “Can you...

Tags: exercise, fitness, functional, golf, gray cook, movement, Paul Kochoa, screen

07 Tue

Neck pain and the thoracic spine

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Neck pain and the thoracic spine Written by: Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI If you have neck pain, you’re not alone, between 30% and 50% of people in the United States had neck pain last year. We’ve talked about the neck before and how your...

Tags: cervical, manipulation, neck, neck pain, Paul Kochoa, research, spine, study, thoracic

02 Thu

Perfecting your posture

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Perfecting your posture Written by: Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI One thing that physiotherapists look at when you come in for a visit is posture. Your posture can reveal a lot of information about your ability to move and why you have pain or injuries....

Tags: back, mirror test, neck, Paul Kochoa, posture, spine, standing, wall test

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