Geaux to Physical Therapy

The Combined Sections Meeting of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) kicked off yesterday with a presentation on Healthy People 2020 and how physical therapy can help America achieve its goals in health and wellness.  Healthy People 2020 was developed by the US Department of Health and Human Services as a ten-year plan to improve [...]

Standing on your feet all day can cause tired, sore, and swollen feet.  Whether it be for work, weekends, or a vacation if you’re standing on your feet for most hours of the day, you will probably suffer from these symptoms.  Beyond just foot pain, standing for prolonged periods, especially for an occupation, can also [...]

Most golfers might think that there is no more painful condition than a case of the “shanks.”  In terms of mental anguish and inner turmoil, I have to agree… it hurts.  But if we look at physical, musculoskeletal injuries that plague the game of golf, back pain is the most prevalent and disabling.  Both professional [...]

I recently participated in a runners clinic, where I gave out information about runners stretches, foam rolling massage techniques, and training schedules for running a 5K and half marathon.  Questions about injury prevention usually led down the same path- run less and cross-train.  There are those out there that believe the best way to train [...]

We are almost through February, and I have to say, this Wisconsin winter hasn’t been that bad.  Anything compared to the snowmageddon of the northeast is better, and  I know I’ve been thankful that it hasn’t been as bad as the past two years.  Though I may be from Louisiana, this transplant knows we aren’t out of the woods [...]

Whether ’tis nobler to suffer the strains and pains of prolonged stretching, or to take arms through dynamic warm ups and replace them.  This post will not end as a Shakespearean tragedy, for there is not a plague on either form (static or dynamic) of stretching.  Recently, a group of therapists at our clinic got [...]

Bones are living tissue, constantly breaking down and rebuilding.  They respond to the stresses placed on them, building more bone when there is more demand and breaking down when there isn’t.  Weight-bearing exercise stimulates the bones to rebuild.   When we are sedentary there isn’t demand to build, thus the rate of breaking down bone can [...]