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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....

02 Tue

The butt wink

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The butt wink Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI The butt wink. What is it? It’s not as lascivious as you might think. It really is a mark of poor squatting form. I’ve written about squatting before. It’s a functional movement that is important in everyday...

Tags: back, butt, hips, knees, legs, movement, Paul Kochoa, pelvis, squat

28 Thu

Play me now, pay me later

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Play me now, pay me later Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI Ugh, for some, this time of the year is great, for others, it really stinks. I’m talking about going back to school. With return to school comes return to sports. If you haven’t been...

Tags: dysfunction, injury, injury prevention, movement, pain, Paul Kochoa, sport, sports

26 Tue

Tips to avoid shoulder pain at the gym

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Tips to avoid shoulder pain at the gym Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI I’ve written about shoulder exercises and pain before, but going to the gym and working out with weights can still cause injury and pain to the shoulder joint. Weight training or resistance...

Tags: exercise, gym, pain, Paul Kochoa, shoulder, weight lifting

21 Thu

Exercise can increase your tolerance to pain

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Exercise can increase your tolerance to pain Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI How about a dose of exercise-induced hypoalgesia? It’s a fancy term. Basically it means that during exercise, the body releases opiates, endorphins, and other substances that dull pain. But did you also know...

Tags: chronic pain, exercise, hypoalgesia, pain, Paul Kochoa

19 Tue

Beware the treatment hype

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Beware the treatment hype Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI Beware the sports/orthopedic treatment hype triad: famous athlete, famous doctor, and untested treatment. This is a line from an article in the New York Times regarding sports medicine and the popularity of unproven treatments for athletes....

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