A Pillow Belongs Too: Vacation Self Help Kit Part 4 MICHELLE MILLNER, PT, DPT, OCS Have you ever had a sore neck from sleeping at a hotel or at someone else’s house? If we calculate that the average person sleeps for 7-8 hours a night, then approximately...
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How to keep your posture while driving Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CGFI I’ve got a couple patients that I see that have long commutes to work. They drive and then come in to see me complaining of increased neck or back pain. We always go over how...
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16 Tue
How to fix that “Text Neck”
How to fix that “Text Neck” Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP It never fails, we used to have “Wii elbow” or “Blackberry thumb”, or more commonly, we hear about “Tennis elbow”. Now we have “Text neck”. But basically they all are repetitive stress disorders. Anytime that...
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25 Tue
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving! Don’t let pain crash the party. Matthew Riordian, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS There’s a lot of information out eating healthy on Thanksgiving, but not much is about Thanksgiving Day injuries. Although this is a day set aside to take a break from the day to day busy routine to relax and give...
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10 Tue
Quick fix for neck pain
Quick fix for neck pain Written by: Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI Stop right there. Take a look at your posture. You’re sitting at your computer, reading this article. You may have some neck pain, you may not, but the odds are that some time...
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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...
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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...
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02 Thu
Perfecting your posture
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....
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Thanksgiving is here! Don’t let pain crash the party. Written by: Matthew Riordian, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS There is much information out eating healthy on Thanksgiving, but little is discussed about Thanksgiving Day injuries. Although this is a day set aside to take a breath from the...
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14 Thu
Exercise for office workers
Exercise for office workers Written by: Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI Sitting is pretty much killing us. We sit too much. But for most of us, our occupations require us to sit and perform tasks at a desk or workstation. If you’ve been following this...
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