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ASTYM® to Prevent Golf Injuries
Sports

ASTYM® to Prevent Golf Injuries

By Nicole Mallory, PT, DPT, MS, ATC, CSCS, Sports Resident, Birmingham Grandview Center Golf is one of America’s most popular sports, played year-round by millions...

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Fitness

How to Make Your Own Ice Pack

By Stephanie Bingham, MS, LAT, ATC Ice is a great form of cold therapy to help with the symptoms that can come from bumps and...

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Fitness

5 Steps to Safely Start Running

By: Kelley Zimbelman PT, DPT, Claremore, OK Center Summer is a common time for people to start getting back into shape. Because it is a high...

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Sports

Improving Performance and Preventing Injury in Adolescent Athletes

By: Marla Ranieri PT, DPT, OCS, Flanders, NJ Center Your child is passionate about a sport. He or she trains long hours and dreams of...

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Injury Prevention

ACL Injury Prevention in Young Female Athletes

By Shelby Troyer, PT, DPT, MS Full-time PT and Sports Resident If you have a teenage daughter, perhaps she or one of her peers has...

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Fitness

Multiple Poses: Yoga and MS

By: Marielle Bertram PT, DPT, Quarles Court Virginia Center Multiple sclerosis has become more prevalent within the past decade, affecting more than 2.3 million people...

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Sports

A Dynamic Approach To Your Pre-Game Warm-Up

By Stephanie Bingham, MS, LAT If you have ever watched athletes before a sporting event, you may have noticed them spending a large chunk of...

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Injury Prevention

Fall Prevention Tips to Make Your Home Safer

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), three million people are treated for fall injuries in emergency departments across the country every...

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Fitness

6 Exercises to Improve Balance & Stability

Poor balance can have a significantly negative effect on an individual’s quality of life — even limiting independence — whether it is the result of...

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Fitness

Should You Exercise (Cough) When You Have A Cold?

By Amy Morlock, DPT – Bel Air, Maryland Center It’s that time of year when everyone around you is sick. Despite your best efforts to stay...

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Injury Prevention

Balance and Fall Prevention for Seniors

Life is all about balance–literally. And the longer we live, balance and fall prevention for seniors become critical as we become more challenged to stay...

Inside Or Outside, Here’s How To Keep Running During The Winter
Fitness

Inside Or Outside, Here’s How To Keep Running During The Winter

Winter is here, but your training doesn’t have to take a break just because the weather has gotten colder and snow is on the ground....

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