By now, if you have been dealing with chronic hip pain or had an acute onset of pain related to an injury, you likely have heard of the hip labrum. And perhaps have wondered if you have a labral...
LABRAL TEARS OF THE HIP
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Working from home and your computer set-up is the pits? Pain with working from your home computer set-up? Get answers to the 5 most common questions about workstation set-up. Download our FREE...
BONE HEALTH & OSTEOPOROSIS
We were taught from a young age how important it is to have strong, healthy bones. In fact, almost 90% of your bone mass is gained by the time you are 18. And max density is reached by the late...
THE GOOD AND THE BAD OF SPORTS SPECIALIZATION
Sports participation has the benefits of physical activity, developing physical skills, socialization, learning teamwork, self-regulation ability, leadership skills, self-esteem, building memories,...
THE ALTERG® ANTI-GRAVITY TREADMILL AT ROSE CITY PHYSICAL THERAPY
The term anti-gravity can lead to thoughts of space. Dr. Robert Whalen, a NASA engineer worked to develop technology to help astronauts exercise in space to counteract the effects which lead to bone...
SHOULDER PROBLEMS VARY ACROSS THE LIFESPAN
The shoulder complex. A few bones and joints, 17 different muscles acting on each shoulder, some cartilage, capsules, nine identified bursa, a multitude of ligaments, and other connective tissue...
PAIN EDUCATION 101: MANAGING PAIN THROUGH MINDFULNESS
In recent years, mindfulness and meditation have crept into the mainstream. Not too long ago, we thought of this practice as religious or mystic. It was either inaccessible or too scary for most of...
PAIN EDUCATION 101: PAIN SCIENCE MADE EASY
As children, we would sometimes fall and scrape our knee. Maybe it was bleeding; certainly it was painful. We thought the pain was caused by something at the site of the injury and it was sending a...
AGGRESSIVE SPORTS INJURY MANAGEMENT
There’s one question that is on the top every athlete’s list when they sustain an injury – when can I play or race again? It’s a question that I usually answer with another question; when do you...
GET READY FOR SKI SEASON! 4 TIPS FOR PREVENTING ACL TEARS IN WOMEN
How to foil a common but preventable injury. “It is very common for women — four to eight times more common than it is for men — to tear their ACL,” says sports medicine expert and orthopaedic...
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