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07 Wed

How your warm up can save your knees

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How your warm up can save your knees Written by: Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, CKTP, CGFI To continue with a previous post, how you warm up can really help protect your knees from injury. An article in the New York Times outlines how a specific warm up program...

Tags: ACL, agility, athlete, athletes, injury, knee, knees, pain, Paul Kochoa, plyometric, sports, strengthening, stretching

05 Mon

Running shoe technology does not reduce your risk of injury

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Running shoe technology does not reduce your risk of injury Written by: Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI We’ve written about running to this blog many times before. To prevent injury for such a repetitive sport, we touched on the style of running, exercises to hit the...

Tags: injury, Paul Kochoa, running, Shoe, shoes

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

08 Tue

From walking to jogging

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From walking to jogging Written by: Michelle Millner, PT, DPT, OCS How many times have you tried to turn into a runner and failed because of an injury or fatigue? How many times have you gotten so frustrated with running, that you just gave up? While running...

29 Thu

How to make a homemade gel pack

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How to make a homemade gel pack Written by: Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI Just a quick post today about how to make homemade gel pack instead of just using ice for your bumps and bruises. I’ve written about using heat or ice before on this...

Tags: gel, ice, injury, pack, pain, Paul Kochoa

05 Mon

The changing face of Physical Therapy

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The changing face of physical therapy Written by: Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI Most people think that physical therapy is just for the injured or the disabled. This is true, but physiotherapists do more than you think. Physiotherapists are the medical specialists that doctors usually refer...

30 Tue

How to avoid luggage overload

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How to avoid luggage overload. Written by: MICHELLE MILLNER, PT, DPT, OCS Backs and necks are often particularly at risk when traveling because of all the lifting, pushing, pulling and carrying done during a vacation. Between getting bags up and down stairs, in and out of cars, and...

23 Tue

What’s the best running style?

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What’s the best running style? Written by: Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI In the New York Times, there was an article I read about barefoot running. It was similar to an older article back in March about barefoot running. They both covered the trend of running style...

Tags: barefoot, feet, foot, heel strike, injury, Paul Kochoa, running

12 Fri

Heat or Ice?

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Heat or Ice? Written by: Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI My patients will often times ask me, “My [insert body part here] hurts. What should I put on it? Heat or ice?” Well, my answer is that it depends on the type of injury. First, let’s...

Tags: acute, chronic, heat, ice, injuries, injury, pain, Paul Kochoa

14 Fri

Barefoot Running

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Barefoot Running Written by: Dr. Michelle Millner, PT, DPT Barefoot running seems to be the newest fad in fitness to which many runners and fitness enthusiasts are flocking. Many claim its the answer to injury free running, stating that it encourages more natural running form, encourages efficiency,...

Tags: barefoot, foot, injury, Michelle Millner, running

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