Leadership Lessons I Learned From Being a Parent
No one warns you that parenting might make you better at your job. They warn you about the sleep deprivation. The messes. The emotional breakdowns over the wrong snack or the wrong color cup. What they don’t mention is that somewhere between morning chaos and bedtime routines, you quietly start learning some of the most […]
How To Keep Your Youth Baseball Player Healthy (Part 1)
Injuries in baseball players are on the rise, there is no arguing that. One of the more alarming things I’ve noticed, however, is that the injuries are now starting at a younger age. In fact, UCL reconstruction (‘Tommy John’ surgery) in athletes ages 15–19 has increased dramatically over the last decade. We are seeing an […]
Your Elbow Isn’t Your Problem Part 3: It’s Your Spine!
If you’ve stuck with me for the first two parts of this blog, you have probably started to pick up on the theme that everything in the body is connected and pain in one area doesn’t necessarily mean that’s the area that is at fault. If you haven’t, go back and read parts 1 and 2 so I don’t […]
How Do I Start Running Without Getting Injured?
As the weather gets nicer and our patients get back to running or start running for the first time, many ask the best ways to prevent an injury. We love this question because we want everyone to be able to do what they love to do. Depending on what research you read, anywhere from ~25-75% […]
Your Elbow Isn’t Your Problem Part 2: It’s Your Shoulder!
In the first part of this series, I talked about the concept of regional interdependence and that pain in one part of the body can usually be traced back to other parts of the body. With elbow pain, one of the common sources of this pain can be the shoulder. With any overhead athlete (i.e. Baseball, Softball, […]
Your Elbow Isn’t Your Problem—Part 1
The weather is getting warmer, and the days are getting longer, which can only mean one thing- spring is on its way. While I’m sure spring brings excitement to everyone for different reasons, the only acceptable reason to be excited about spring is baseball/softball season! With baseball and softball starting to ramp up, I thought it’d […]
How Did My Body End Up this Way?
“How did my body end up this way?” A question that I get asked on a daily basis. Even healthy people who put a lot of effort into their overall health and wellness continue to ask and struggle with this question. They wrestle with the fact that they have pain despite all of their efforts, […]
Age Does Not Determine Your Ability to Play a Pick-up Game
Age Does Not Determine Your Ability to Play a Pick-up Game Basketball. It’s a way of life for many of us in the Tristate. And with March Madness wrapping up this week, it has got me in the mood to play! My love of the game started at a young age playing in our driveway. […]
Aging Doesn’t Have to Be a Pain!
Aging Doesn’t Have to Be a Pain Over the past couple of days, I have had multiple patients ask me if the pain that they are seeking physical therapy for is just supposed to be their “new normal” or if their expectations are too high for how they are supposed to feel at their age. […]
Are You Breathing? No, the Right Way.
Are you breathing? No, the right way. One of my New Year’s resolutions this year was to put as much effort into improving my breathing as I do into improving my health through exercise and trying to eat right… two months without soda, and I’ve only fallen off the wagon in a couple of weak moments! Breathing the right way has many […]