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You may have heard the term “foam rolling” but you may not know exactly what it is. Wether you are an athlete, dancer, like to walk a lot or a commuter taking a lot of subway stairs every day, it is important to roll out your muscles. Foam rolling is a way of...
Records of the healing power of the human touch and massage date back to the Egyptians in 2000+ BC. Massage has been used through the centuries to treat ailments. Since the 1900’s developments in all areas of soft tissue have helped to make this evidence-based...
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...
There is a pretty famous saying for those in the physical therapy and fitness world: There should be “no knees past toes” when you are stretching. This includes squats and lunges and this is for both athletes and for regular folks who are recovering from injury using...
There was a sobering statistic in the March issue of The American Physical Therapy Association’s newsletter PT in Motion about knee related movement pain that all people should be aware of. 8.5% is the number and you may even find yourself in this group. In 2014 8.5%...
Now that we have learned just what the calf muscle is, it’s important to know how to stretch the two parts of the calf muscle when you are not in your physical therapists office. Of course you should always follow whatever course of therapy your physical therapist...
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....
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....
Need Physical Therapy near Midtown? Learn more about Miccass PT.As a physical therapy patient you may only have a vague understanding of why you are seeking out these particular treatments. Physical therapy is great but so much of what goes on in a PT office happens...
If you have been out on the slopes this winter then the chances are you may have done some damage to your body. Of course none of us likes to admit that the mountain has conquered us, but more often than not there are several common, lingering issues which can plague...