Physical Therapy Blog Orlando

Why Your Knees Hurt!

Continued from previous educational videos... If you don't have isolated hip joint mobility and motion, your knees will have more torque...

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Treatment is uncomfortable... should it be?

We know that the mechanical shifts of your levers and pulleys (muscles and tendons) happened over years and years. We didn't necessarily...

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Are you "just tight" or is it lack of joint mobility?

Firstly, let's assess if you're in a 'neutral resting position'. Meaning, if you were to glance in the mirror while sitting/standing in...

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Latissimus Dorsi tension and stretch

The Latissimus Dorsi (Lats) are depressors and internal rotators of the shoulders. When they are shortened or 'too tight', they can...

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Squat Symmetry

Squat/Sit-to-stand mechanics.... What do you look like? Look down at your thighs, knees, ankles, and feet next time you go to stand or...

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EXTENSION Hip Joint Mobility - Prevent Total Hip Replacement!

How much do you challenge your hip motion/mobility into EXTENSION? We live our lives in flexed positions (sit, bend, drive, etc.) and we...

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Target areas to relieve low back pain!

Tensor Fascia Latae (TFL), Rectus Femoris (quads), Adductor Magnus What position should my back/pelvis be in to prevent worsening back...

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What to do for knee pain

Not all knee pains are the same! Here are some structures to consider if your pain is more to the inside or back of the knee. Above is...

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Tennis Elbow!!

Let me guess.... You've tried the compression band, injections, ice/heat, Graston, massage, etc. Have you addressed the elbow joint...

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Hip Joint Mobility - Prevent Total Hip Replacement!

How much do you challenge your hip motion/mobility past sitting in a chair? Your body is indeed very "use it or lose it" and what...

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Driving Posture/Driving Position

How do YOU sit in the car? We are stuck in traffic often and long enough for this to matter! How often does your head/upper back actually...

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Cervicothoracic Junction [The infamous Dowager's Hump region]

Let's make sure to keep this area mobile and prevent it from deviating into so much flexion that there is no turning back! I think we've...

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Hip hinging for squat, sit to stand, & deadlift!

What do squat, dead lift, and sit-to-stand-to-sit have in common? The bending/folding over motion it requires at the hip>back! If you...

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Hip Joint Mobilization at your Desk!

Hip mobilizations at the desk? YES! If you are going to be tethered to your desk for work, may as well work on keeping those hip joints...

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Best Desk Chair

Is there a one-size-fits-all chair? Not in a world of varying body types, desk situations, keyboard trays vs laptops, etc. Are there...

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Stiff Neck?

Using that theragun-type tool on your upper traps? Getting massages and you still feel super tight around the neck? Here are some self...

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Cracking/Popping in the Body... Is it normal???

Example of a 1-sided habit that affects mechanics - standing into a leg [Is standing on one leg bad? No!!!! Only if you never switch...

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AM & PM recommended stretches

Keeping our bodies lengthened with joints fully mobile prevents us from drifting into the posture pictured on the right! Symmetry and...

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SIJ dysfunction, Hip mobility/FAI, and how it's all connected to your pain!

Great interview-learning with Marc Robinson, founder of Evercore and Active Atoms for how hip joint mobility lends to hip FAI, SI Joint...

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Stretches/Releases at the Desk or Driving

If you can work stretches and muscle/fascia releases into your day, it makes it easier than coming home to do "homework" for the body! ...

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