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Knee Pain Relief With 2 Simple Home Exercises

Cursory bending or kneeling shouldn’t’ ever mean you need to live with knee pain. If you are between visits to your physical therapist and you want to stretch out your knees, here are two home exercises you can try. Remember if you are or have been under the care of a physical therapist you should clear any exercises that you

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Understanding Your Calf Muscle

Many people believe that something like your calf muscle is simply that.  However like so much in your body, the calf muscle isn’t quite so simple. The calf muscle is made up of several muscles. The gastrocnemius (gastroc) and the soleus are what usually cause pain. Deeper than these two are the tibialis posterior, flexor digitorum and flexor hallucis longus, along

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Cardiac Rehab With Physical Therapy Saves Lives

Something that we all deal with is that there is never enough time.  For everything. Time is fleeting but so is our time on this earth. So when an article like the one in The Washington Post the other day comes out, it’s a stark reminder of these two conflicting facts. Yes, there is never enough time in the day to do

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Palpation and Training for Transverse Adbominis

Need Physical Therapy near Midtown? Learn more about Miccass PT. In our last piece we talked about the transverse abdominis (TA) what it was, and how it could be impacting your life. So now that you know a little more about the TA let’s talk about an exercise that you can do to strengthen it. Palpation and Training for TA:

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Lower Back Pain May Not Need Pills, New Study Suggests

Lower back pain (LBP) is a pretty common ailment that many people deal with. Some skeptics believe that a needle and a pill bottle are always the answer to anything and everything involving pain. However there is evidence to question these beliefs for individuals suffering from LBP. A new study from the American College of Physicians (ACP) suggests that LBP will for

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