Category : Pain Management
Oakland/Santa Cruz Physical Therapy Office Illuminates Healing Power of Light Therapy
April 2nd, 2012We have seen incredible results from light therapy treatments on our patients and clients at SOL Performance Training and SOL Santa Cruz. Light therapy helps to speed up healing and treat stubborn chronic pain. Learn more about light therapy and the many different ways it can benefit you by clicking here. Sports + Orthopedic [...]
A must read if you or anyone you know has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease. PT & the Alter G can help!
March 14th, 2012If you or anyone you know has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease, Advance for Physical Therapy and Rehab Medicine’s article entitled, “Prevailing over Parkinson’s: Physical Therapy Helps Patients Manage the Degenerative Nature of Parkinson’s Disease” is a must read. The article says, “Patients diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, a chronic illness with known progressive qualities, are left with an [...]
Heel Pain: Hands-on Physical Therapy and Stretching Prove Effective for Treating Heel Pain
March 10th, 2011Do you ever wake up with pain in the heel of your foot first thing in the morning? If so, this article is a must read for you. Learn how physical therapy and stretching prove effective for treating heel pain. Sports + Orthopedic Leaders has clinics located in both Oakland (SOL PT) and Santa Cruz (SOL [...]
Fascia Related Therapeutic Approaches to Treat Soft Tissue Pain & Dysfunction
February 25th, 2011Fascia is the fascinating biological fabric and glue that holds us together. The included pictures show the structure of fascia. The reference is Anatomy Trains by Tom Myers, PhD, which is excellent text to learn about fascia and its important role in the body. There has been an explosion of research on fascia in the last [...]
Do you suffer from a chronic pain condition? If so, this is a must read.
January 20th, 2011Do you suffer from a chronic pain condition? One of the biggest breakthroughs in understanding chronic pain in the last several years is the concept of central sensitization. Persistent, severe or intractable pain can change or modify the way our central nervous system works. People with chronic pain can actually become more sensitive, and experience [...]
