EXERCISE OF THE WEEK: STAR DRILL! Is knee pain limiting your squatting, kneeling, standing from the floor, or going up/down stairs? The Star Drill is for you! This exercise is great for improving patellar tracking, knee mechanics, and quadriceps strength and control! Instructions: Imagine yourself standing in the middle of a star. Stand on one […]
Whether you’re kneeling and lifting a little one up from the ground all day long, or pregnant and packing on the baby pounds, or feeling the effects of osteoarthritis, knees are joints that commonly talk to us with pain. Luckily, there are a few things we can do to improve this pain! Improve Your Patellar
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EXERCISE OF THE WEEK: TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS CONTRACTIONS! The transversus abdominis is a muscle that lies deep in your abdomen and acts as a corset to support and stabilize your trunk. This is one of the very important core muscles that help to maintain your trunk stability during daily activities including lifting, reaching, carrying, bending, twisting,
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Diastasis Recti is scary term that simply means a separation in your rectus abdominis muscle, or that “6-pack” muscle on the front of our abdomen. This condition is extremely common toward the end of pregnancy and early post-partum but can last for some women for months or even years. Research is still being done to
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Low back and hips feeling stiff in the morning or tired after a long day? Do you often carry baby on one side all day long? Do you sit at a desk all day or have a long commute to work? Then this is the perfect mobility exercise for you! This mobility matrix provides a
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Yoga improves strength, stability, flexibility, and balance in one workout Yoga is the ultimate well-rounded workout. Most people think of yoga an exercise to work on increasing flexibility, but it does oh so much more. In fact, my favorite aspect of yoga is for those who don’t need to work on flexibility at all. For
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The bridge is a common exercise for gluteus maximus strengthening, but it is one of my favorite exercises to work on core, pelvic floor, and gluteal engagement. This simple exercise can help you to learn to activate the pelvic floor and deep core musculature and utilize these muscles during body movement. The bridge also serves
Although physical therapy has been around for many years, I find people are still not familiar with the profession or the MANY benefits that physical therapy can bring to one’s life. Today I want to address a few of the most common misconceptions about physical therapy so you have a better idea of what I
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The squat is one of the most well known exercises. It is a great exercise for improving hip and leg strength, and it is super functional considering this is the movement we use to get up/down from chairs, get up/down from the floor, lift our kids, etc. The sumo squat is a variation of the