Running biomechanics:  stride length or stride frequency?

Running biomechanics: stride length or stride frequency?

Being a runner for the past 30+ years and treating runners for the past 20+ years, I’ve studied running biomechanics from both angles; both to improve my running and to figure it out for my clients. And, I’ve found some interesting things. What I found was...

Motor Vehicle Accident Injuries – Primary Problem Spot and Treatment

by: Danielle Emhof, MPT Motor vehicle accidents are a very common reason for referral to physical therapy.  More often than not, patients complain of neck pain. In my early years as a PT, I would of course go directly to the area of pain for treatment. This often...
A Safer Alternative to NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs)

A Safer Alternative to NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs)

by: Sally Skurdahl, MPT Most people have heard the term “inflammation” and associate this phenomenon with pain and injury. Inflammation is the human body’s reaction to injury or infection. This involves an influx of chemicals/ specific cells to the...

Common Causes of Knee Pain ? and an Integrative Manual Therapy viewpoint on Knee Pain.

With a diagnosis of knee pain there are many things to consider. I?m going to go over some of the more basic things first and expand from there to a more detailed and whole-body assessment in looking at the knee. One of the basic ideas in physical therapy in general...

Gluten and Inflammation

Over the 22 years I have been treating people with chronic pain, I have noticed an interesting phenomenon. About 2 years ago I noticed an alarming trend. More and more of our patients were showing signs of gluten sensitivity. Where as in the past some people needed to...

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