by Rebecca Lingerfelt, DPT If you close your eyes and stand on one leg or stand on a soft surface, how do you still know if you are standing up straight and that you won’t fall down? Your inner ear! Deep inside your ear, you have these small membranes with fluid in them that act…
by David Merson, PT, DPT, ATC With sports medicine, it is often more effective to treat alignment deficiencies as well as localized areas of injury. The human body requires optimal flexibility, optimal strength, and symmetry to function in the most efficient manner. It is apparent that patients develop tendonitis, muscle sprain, or muscle spasm injuries…
by Andrew Provost, PT A review of the literature on the treatment of meniscal tears and knee OA. A recent research study in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) showed that physical therapy is as effective as arthroscopic surgery for treating patients with meniscal tears and osteoarthritis of the knee. This study validated the…
by Evie Ullman, DPT Tennis elbow is not just for tennis players. It can affect anyone who plays racket sports or has a job requiring a lot of gripping and grasping, especially for those who repetitively use hand-held tools throughout their workday. The muscles that extend the wrist and fingers meet at the elbow forming…
by Edward Lockwood, DPT Do you have continuing headaches after a recent or past concussion? Patients who have experienced concussions may have continuing headaches, but it is often assumed that the headache is due to the concussion. However, the lingering headaches may be due to corresponding neck injury from the whiplash that occurred during the…
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by Danielle Clark-Fox Graston is a form of instrument assisted manual therapy; basically your therapist using tools of various materials and edges to assist them in remodeling your muscle/scar tissue/ligament or other tissue. Graston, in particular, uses stainless steel instruments with differing beveled edges to best access the area needing treatment. Graston tools are useful…
First in a planned series about ballet by Katherine Hartsell, PTA Ballet is a form of dance that aims to appear graceful and natural, but masked beneath the beauty of this art form is physically demanding work that requires precision, strength, integrated flexibility and control. Central to it all is a concept called turnout. This…
by Megan Heber As a second year graduate student at Simmons College, on my first long term clinical at Boston Sports Medicine, I am asked quite frequently what I am doing here and whether or not I actually know what I’m doing. The purpose of this post is to discuss what it means to have a…
by Jennifer Mohns, DPT Does your child have a bump on their knee? It is painful to kneel on the ground on play sports? This condition is actually pretty common in children who participate in gymnastics or high impact sports such as soccer, basketball, and volleyball. This pathology is called Osgood-Schlatter disease. Osgood-Schlatter is the…