Injury Prevention: Should your high school student be in the weight room? Many parents wonder whether or not their adolescent should be weight lifting while training for their sport of choice. The better answer to this question is that your adolescent athlete, male or female, should be participating in a strengthening program to go along…
Exercising During Pregnancy: Good or Bad? This a question we hear a lot working a women’s health physical therapist. The quick and easy answer is, GOOD! Women who are pregnant are encouraged to participate in 30-60 minutes of light to moderate exercise per day 5-7 days per week. However, according to an article from the…
by Justin Wu, DPT Why warm up? Warming up allows the body to be used to and be ready for full speed exercises with decreased chances of injury. In all sports, athletes usually arrive to the athletic facility or event at least an hour prior to start time. They not only utilize this hour to…
by Katherine Hartsell, PTA If you have been a patient at Boston Sports Medicine, you have likely noticed that we regularly utilize our full-length mirrors for various assessments and during therapeutic exercise. On a fairly frequent basis, patients will interact with the visual support reluctantly, or sometimes avoid it all together. Having trained rigorously in…
by David Merson, PT, DPT, ATC Hip strength, mobility, and flexibility need to work together in order for your body to be at its peak daily function and athletic performance. Looking at the hip region is important for many reasons. The hip has functions in multi-directions (similar to the shoulder), connects the lower extremity…
by Katherine Hartsell, PTA Service Your Stride: The Runner’s Edition The Starting Line As human beings, we each have our own idiosyncratic movement profiles shaped by years of activities and habits that our tissues have adapted around. You can note these personal flares through the observation of various runners. But look past these personalized expressions,…
By Evie Ullman DPT, CSCS A set is a group of repetitions, aka reps, of a weight lifting or strength training exercise. When a set ends, the exerciser rests for a given period, then he or she begins another set of reps, and so on and so forth. Sets and repetitions of a strengthening exercise…
by David Merson, DPT, ATC Travel is an inevitable part of life. Whether a short car drive or a long plane ride, for business or pleasure, traveling is almost sure to come with some discomforts. And if you’re in the middle of recovering from an injury, it is especially important to take some extra steps…
by Sara Bresnick, PT Sad to say, the summer is coming to an end. Fall is a great time to be outside, but daylight is starting to noticeably dwindle. I find that this is a time when many of my clients are having difficulty with motivation. It is getting cooler, and darker, and people start…
by Evie Ullman, DPT Many of you avid exercisers out there complain of muscle soreness post workout and blame it on lactic acid hanging around in the muscles. “I need a massage to clear out the lactic acid,” you may say. This is actually a myth. I will give you the scoop on lactic acid.…