Posts Tagged ‘sports injuries’

Overcome 5 Common Barriers to Starting Your Exercise Program

Another new year is upon us and with it comes the resolution to get in shape, lose weight, or commit…

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Exercise

Calf Muscle Strains:  Exercises for Your Best Recovery

Calf muscle strains are injuries to the muscles on the back of your leg, below your knee.  Two major muscles…

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Calf muscle strain

Knee Pain in Women: 5 Exercises for Less Pain

Nearly 1 in 5 women over the age of 18 have knee pain.  This prevalence of knee pain in women…

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Women with knee pain

6 of the Best Middle Trapezius Exercises

Your trapezius is a large broad muscle spanning your upper back.  It has attachments to your spine, shoulder blade, and…

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Middle trapezius exercises

Low Back Pain in Athletes: Exercises to Get You Back to Sports

Low back pain in athletes occurs at an alarmingly high rate.  Various studies suggest 1/3 to 2/3 of athletes will…

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LBP athletes

Hamstring Strains: 5 Important Exercises for Recovery

Hamstring strains occur at high rates in sports requiring running and sprinting. One of every 3 injuries in soccer is…

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Hamstring Injury

Painful Achilles Tendon? Learn the Right Exercises

Painful Achilles tendon problems are common in people who perform repetitive running and jumping activities.  It is also common in…

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Achilles Exercise

Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome:  How a Physical Therapist Can Help

Patellofemoral pain syndrome refers to pain in the front of the knee or around the kneecap (patella).  It is the…

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Exercise for knee pain

Ankle Impingement Syndromes in Ballet Dancers

What is Ankle Impingement? Overuse injuries account for approximately 68% of injuries in ballet dancers.  Ankle impingement is an overuse…

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Dance injuries

How to Relieve Tennis Elbow Pain

Tennis elbow is a common condition that causes pain and weakness on the outside of your elbow.   It affects thousands…

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Physical therapy for elbow pain