Below is an article summary on injury prevention for those who do most of their activity on the weekends. For the full article, please visit: https://ppsapta.org/marketing/blog/browse.cfm?recID=7C1EE359-5056-A04E-37336C4FEB24Fa63 With the many responsibilities we have during the week, it is understandable why weekend warriors maximize their physical activity over the weekend. However, this pattern of five days of little to no activity followed…

Happy Mother’s Day! We hope you are all feeling appreciated and pampered by loved ones! Perhaps even more importantly, don’t forget to take care of yourselves! The mental and physical work of a Mother never ends, leaving us little “me” time, but consider the easy tips listed below. And remember, if we spend a little time focusing on ourselves we’ll…

Article review of “How physical therapists can aid COVID-19 patients’ recovery after ICU”. We are all living in very uncertain times with the COVID-19 outbreak. Most people understand the initial signs and symptoms of COVID-19, and many know that with severe cases people may end up on ventilators in the ICU. What is more unknown is what happens when people…

Since COVID-19 and the closure of businesses, there has been a spike in people enjoying the outdoors and taking up physical activities. Good awareness of activity is important, otherwise it can be very easy to over train and injure yourself. Signs and symptoms of over training can be more than just a musculoskeletal injury; they can also include loss of…

The beginning of May is often filled with Mother’s Day related celebration. To Mothers everywhere, we hope loved ones are telling you how much they appreciate you. As most of you know, the mental and physical work of a Mother never ends. We have little time to reflect on how we are doing and take care of ourselves. Although most…

As a physical therapist who specializes in pelvic floor disorders, I hear about urinary and bowel leakage a lot.  What still surprises me are the number of athletes, often runners and Cross Fitters, who have trouble with incontinence while exercising.  This is usually due to a dysfunctional pelvic floor, and at times core weakness. Yes, even the strongest, toughest athletes…

Great article about pelvic floor physical therapy. At HOPE Physical Therapy and Wellness, we offer free consultations if you ever just want to come in an chat with our Women’s Health PT. In this article, Rachel Tavel states that most people relate physical therapy with sports injuries or post-op rehab.  But there is more that physical therapy can do for…

Not all therapy or therapists are created equal.  At HOPE Physical Therapy we believe in treating the patient with the modality that will provide the best path of recovery.  If needed, our therapist can perform trigger point dry needling to reduce pain and improve movement. In a recent article published by the APTA’s Move Forward PT community page, trigger point…

Do you have a pain in the neck? (not including your children) Did you know that our physical therapists at HOPE Physical Therapy and Wellness, specialize in treating neck stiffness and pain? We have great success helping folks with neck pain and headaches using hands on manual therapy techniques. Contact Us, for your FREE consultation and to see how we…

HOPE Physical Therapy has trained therapist that can apply the same level support that Kinesio taping gives these elite athletes. We use Kinesio Tape at HOPE Physical Therapy along with these SERVICES. IT'S HAPPENING. ?Tune in now on @NBCSN: Home of the @olympicchannel NOW to watch #WorkingOutWithTeamUSA presented by @KTTape! pic.twitter.com/qKLZCL6Cfe — U.S. Olympic Team (@TeamUSA) August 14, 2017 Kinesio…