Category Archive for "Exercise" | Professional Physical Therapy & Training, LLC

13 Thu

Proper core bracing sequence

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Proper core bracing sequence Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI So I finally bought this book that I’ve been meaning to read for over a year now. It’s called “Becoming a Supple Leopard: The ultimate guide to resolving pain, preventing injury, and optimizing athletic performance”, written...

30 Thu

Music makes your workout better

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Music makes your workout better Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI The New York Times posted an article last week regarding music and your workout. A study out of Canada found that listening to music made strenuous exercise more effective. In particular, this is in relation...

14 Tue

New word of the day: Mechanotransduction!

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New word of the day: Mechanotransduction! Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI It’s a mouthful, a word you don’t see everyday: mechanotransduction. It’s basically when a cell in your body receives some type of mechanical stimulus and converts it to some electrical signal for other cellular...

01 Wed

Crossfit for kids

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Crossfit for kids Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI The New York Times came out with an article today about Crossfit for kids. I’ve written about Crossfit before, and the importance of exercise with kids. Now, Crossfit for kids is gaining popularity. Started back in 2001,...

30 Tue

Trigger points treatment

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Trigger points treatment Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI What’s a trigger point? Well, a trigger point is a gnarly place in a muscle or soft tissue region of the body that totally elicits pain, localized or referred, when it gets pressed. It can present itself...

Tags: band, knot, muscle, Paul Kochoa, tight, tissue, trigger point

23 Tue

Five things your physiotherapist shouldn’t be doing

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Five things your physiotherapist shouldn’t be doing Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI I’m sure you’ve seen this, thanks to the American Physical Therapy Association, it’s been covered in the media before. It’s the five things that your physiotherapist should not be doing. These treatments are...

Tags: cold, cold pack, exercise, heat, hot, hot pack, Paul Kochoa, physical therapy

16 Tue

The “why”, the “how”, and the “what”.

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The “why”, the “how”, and the “what”. Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI Physical therapy and medicine are all about asking the right questions. “How are you doing today?” “Where does it hurt?” “When did your pain start?” Stuff like that. But keep in mind, some...

Tags: diagnosis, dysfunction, pain, Paul Kochoa, tests

11 Thu

New exercise of the day! The ER Press.

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New exercise of the day! The ER Press. Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI Mike Reinold is a physiotherapist who has a website and blog that great for physiotherapists, trainers, or any other medical professional. It really has a lot of great information, I read...

Tags: overhead, pain, Paul Kochoa, posture, scapula, shoulder, shoulder blade, stability

09 Tue

Back Pain and Tiger Woods

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Back Pain and Tiger Woods Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI I’ve been following the news reports about Tiger Woods and his back pain. I recently read an article by another physiotherapist who wrote about his treatment and the media coverage that followed. Interviews were done...

Tags: back, back pain, disc, golf, MRI, Paul Kochoa, sports, surgery, Tiger Woods

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....

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