by ACE Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Institute | Mar 30, 2017 | Sports injuries |
Tid Bits of Info Tendinopathy is defined as disease of a tendon. Tendons connect muscles to bones and ligaments connect two bones. Tendons have very little contractile properties and are more like leather belts than rubber bands. Severe cases of “jumper’s...
by ACE Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Institute | Mar 23, 2017 | Conditioning |
Tid Bits of Info Some professional basketball players wear different makes and styles of shoes during the same game/practice. Minimalist running shoes can reduce lower extremity injuries if the runner is a mid – forefoot striker and takes enough time to...
by ACE Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Institute | Mar 16, 2017 | Uncategorized |
Tid Bits of Info SLAP: SUPERIOR LABRUM ANTERIOR TO POSTERIOR. Common symptoms: pain, clicking in the shoulder, weakness and catching. Most SLAP tears can be positively diagnosed with a MRI with dye. Rehabilitation of a surgically repaired SLAP tear can take...
by ACE Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Institute | Mar 9, 2017 | Foot & Ankle, Health Conditions, Hip, Knee & Leg |
Tid Bits of Info The most common cause of OA is genetics. The second most common cause of OA is trauma to the joint and not impact activity. Pain in the knees does not always come from OA and in fact many people have arthritic changes that do not even know...
by ACE Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Institute | Mar 2, 2017 | Health Conditions |
Tid Bits of Info 26 million prescriptions of Fluoroquinolones are written yearly in the U.S. Approximately 95% of all tendinopathies associated with Fluoroquinolones occur in the Achilles tendon. The FDA first made a “black box” warning on Fluoroquinolones in...
