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24 Tue

The lacrosse ball is my new friend

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The lacrosse ball is my new friend Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CGFI Muscular soreness is common after an intense exercise routine, but it can also happen after a relatively easy exercise, especially if the muscles are particularly weak. Along with the soreness comes immobility and...

Tags: lacrosse ball, mobilization, muscle, Paul Kochoa, soreness, stretch, tissue

13 Tue

Re-thinking foam rolling

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Re-thinking foam rolling Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CGFI Two years ago, I wrote about how the foam roller is your friend. They’re ubiquitous at fitness centers, gyms, and physiotherapy clinics. I’ve advised my patients to use them as well. But I’ve come across some new...

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...

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

20 Thu

Don’t depend on massage

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Don’t depend on massage Written by: Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI Massage may not be the answer to your pain problem. I had a patient come in the other day asking for a massage to alleviate her pain. She had a muscular strain that limited her...

Tag Archives: tissue

The lacrosse ball is my new friend

Re-thinking foam rolling

New word of the day: Mechanotransduction!

Trigger points treatment

Don’t depend on massage