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Category Archives: Injury Prevention

15 Sat

Snow, Ice, Falls… and a FOOSH?

What’s a FOOSH? Written by: Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI   Snow, ice, slips, falls… These terms go hand in hand.  With cold, foul weather, there’s inevitably a rise in a thing called FOOSH.  What’s a FOOSH?  It’s medical shorthand for a Fall On OutStretched Hand.  It’s...
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11 Tue

What is the Graston Technique?

What is the Graston Technique? Written by:  Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI I’ve heard it called many things: the knife, the scraper, “the really painful thing that I don’t enjoy”…  Usually it’s goes like, “Hey, what’s that metal thingy that you scrape on my leg?”  It’s...
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04 Tue

Running posture and knee pain

Running posture and knee pain Written by: Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI So perhaps research and science is catching up to all those fancy running theories that all those running gurus have been teaching for years.  Your running posture affects your knees.  Recently, I came across...
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30 Thu

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

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...
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23 Thu

Fight Diabetes with Exercise

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...
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