Is Strength Training Safe for Kids? A PT’s Advice for Parents
“Is strength training safe for kids? As a Physical Therapist, I get this question from parents more than any other. Since I was a physical education teacher and coach in 2010, I’ve heard many concerns about strength training and children. Many still worry it could stunt growth or cause injury—but the reality may surprise you. […]
How To Keep Your Youth Baseball Player Healthy (Part 2)
If you missed Part 1, check it out here: https://rehabilitationperformance.com/how-to-keep-your-youth-baseball-player-healthy-part-1/ Part 1 focused primarily on avoiding overuse, which is likely the lowest-hanging fruit when it comes to youth baseball injuries. Now that we’ve covered that, let’s dive deeper into the areas I address daily as a Physical Therapist. Below are ways 3-5 we can keep […]
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 […]
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 […]
Take a Brain Break For Your Body
With the end of the year coming, holidays are right around the corner and I’m sure you all are hoping for a “normal” holiday season as much as I am. Normal has been a hard thing to define this year, and one thing that has been as far from normal as anything else is school. […]
Defining Core Stability
Core stability is a term that you may have heard before, it’s certainly becoming more popular in the same way that “functional movement”, “functional exercise” and “movement patterns” have become more popular in the past few years. The problem is that “core stability”, like the other terms I listed, is a little ambiguous; so, two […]
A Therapist’s Guide to Proper Shoe Selection
“What’s a good shoe?” As physical therapists treating patients returning to exercise following injury or currently dealing with foot and leg pain, this is a question we hear quite often. Since I spent time working in a running-specialty shoe store, this is a question I’ve heard a lot over the years and will still frequently […]
My $200 Home Gym
I really enjoy endurance sports because they don’t require much equipment* *Apart from the initial bike purchase. Followed by the second bike purchase which is always an upgrade and then all of the cycling jerseys, a helmet, sunglasses, shoes, a bike computer, an indoor trainer and a Zwift membership.” Like I said, you can just lace […]