If you’ve made it through a full swim season, you know that shoulder pain is incredibly common among competitive swimmers. With practices occurring 5-7 days per week, sometimes 2x per day, and athletes swimming around 6-8 miles per day, it is no surprise that shoulder pain is the most frequent musculoskeletal issue for competitive swimmers. In fact, studies report that somewhere between 40-91% of swimmers experience what is termed ‘swimmer’s shoulder’ at some point in their careers.

Every year, athletes of all different sports practice, exercise, or train outside through the summer months. This high volume of aspiring and hopeful athletes training in intense temperatures can lead to disaster if people supervising the activities are not adequately prepared to identify and address signs and symptoms of possible Exertional Heat Illness (EHI).

Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) and Combat sports are slowly taking over the athletic world. With the meteoric rise of the UFC and international superstars like Conor Mcgregor, it has never been a better time to start training! Chances are you know somebody who trains or who at the very least talks about wanting to learn. Martial arts provide a variety of benefits including exercise, stress relief, and a sense of community. However, like all sports it comes with risks of injury.

Attention wrestlers, coaches, and parents! Wrestling season comes with intense preparation, humbling hardships, grueling victories, and unfortunately, injuries. If you’re reading this blog, maybe you’re the devoted parent of a wrestler or you’re a wrestler yourself looking for ways to improve your skills while reducing your risk of injury. Regardless, look no further than this blog as we’ll be taking you through a top to bottom informational read about some of the most common injuries in wrestlers and how to avoid them through diligent preventative exercise. Let’s take down these injuries so we can take down our opponents!

Having persistent hip or groin pain that just won’t go away? Already tried exercises specifically for these areas without seeing much improvement? Looking for ways to find the source of the pain and get rid of it for good? Take a look at the back!

Patient centered care is an essential piece of the physical therapy profession. Not only is it important to guide the patient in recovering from their injury or source of pain, but helping them become stronger, faster, and better than they were before is the key in sports rehab.

Knee pain is one of the most common reasons why our young athletes seek medical care. With increased participation in sports, and increased intensity of both boys and girls athletics means that incidence of knee pain may likely rise. There are many reasons why anterior knee pain can occur, ranging from severe ligamentous damage to “nonspecific” anterior knee pain caused by overuse or other factors.

Most athletes are accustomed to following some sort of training schedule (preseason, in season, championship season, off season, etc.) and knowing the goals of each of those seasons is important for maximizing benefits as well as for mentally preparing yourself. In ACL rehab, these phases are typically referred to as early phase (6-8 weeks), middle phase (6-12 weeks), and late phase (12 weeks-return to sport) with return to sport occurring typically between 9 months and 1year++ (research supports increasing time to return to sport in order to decrease re-tear risk). These time frames are dependent on numerous factors including patient readiness, surgeon, graft type, concomitant involvement of other tissues, pain/swelling, and strength, just to name a few.

Most people may not know that PTs can be an integral part of the team when managing concussions. PTs work with Athletic Trainers, Physicians, and Coaches to ensure that we are safely getting the athlete back on the field!

Are you struggling to gain power and speed with your serve? Many tennis players don’t know what to focus on to improve the speed and power of their serve. Serving requires several muscles from your legs, hip, shoulders, and arm. Serving in tennis is one of the most complex movements in regards to mechanics, and thus requires effort from several muscles in the legs, hips, shoulders, and arms.

The sport of volleyball is a very physically demanding sport, regardless of what position you play. Across all positions, there are 4 common injuries that volleyball players suffer from. They are lateral ankle sprains, muscle strains, patellar tendinopathy or “Jumper’s Knee”, and shoulder overuse injuries. The positions that are at the highest risk of injuries are outside hitter, followed by middle blocker, libero, setter, then opposite. Most injuries occur without contact from another person and overuse injuries.

Are you training, but not seeing the results you want? Do you train despite injury or decreased performance because you want to “Push through” and keep progressing? Does it feel like you are doing everything you should be doing to see the best results, but they aren’t there? Well, maybe it's time to re-think the common mindset of “no pain no gain”, and address some other reasons why your performance may be suffering.

Running is one of the most accessible and beneficial exercises, not just for our cardiovascular health but also our mental health. In 2020, due to the Covid-19 pandemic closing many fitness centers, many people have shifted gears to incorporate more running into their routines. While running has a number of great benefits, it is important to recognize that there is more that goes into our training than just running.

Physical Therapy can and will improve your Sports Performance! Oftentimes we think of PT as simply a means to get back on the field. And while of course, this is the main objective for most athletes who attend PT, there are many more benefits to pursuing physical therapy than simply a return to play! If you choose the right sports centric rehab center, your game can reap the benefits! Read on to find out how.

How do you know what type of shoes to pick? With so many styles and brands, it can be very daunting to make a selection, and you might be worried about picking the “Correct” or “Perfect” shoe. Fear not! This blog is here to help (and make the selection a little simpler). 

Ouch! That feeling again when you get another knot in your back. Why do those come around to bother me? What are they? Why do I get knots in my back? What can I do to get rid of them? These knots are also known as “tender points” or “trigger points” and will be the focus of this narrative.

How do we combat the ACL Epidemic?

First, if you are a youth athlete make sure you play different sports challenging different muscle groups/joints…DO NOT SPECIALIZE UNTIL YOU ARE OLDER aka COLLEGE!

Despite the short hiatus we had in sports due to COVID, the athletic world continues to get faster, stronger, and more competitive with every year that goes by. This is great for all of us as we continue to be dazzled and amazed at what athletes can do every single game that is played. As a result of that, physical human achievement records get broken every single year, with no stopping in sight. However, a record that no one wants to see broken is the amount of Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) tears that occur every year in America.

If you follow us on social media, you have probably heard us mention residency training and fellowship training at one time or another. We understand the importance of furthering our education, but what does it mean to YOU?

Sports are back and we couldn’t be more excited! As you return to practice/games it’s important to consider the strategies