Category : Repetitive Stress Injuries

How Active Release Therapy Helped One Injured Athlete Train for the Olympics

February 18th, 2011

Do you have a muscle, tendon or part of your body that is recurrently tight or painful and does not respond well to stretching?  You may be a candidate for Active Release Techniques® (ART).  ART is a fast-acting, highly effective soft tissue technique that breaks up adhesions or scar tissue, whether from trauma or repetitive [...]

Computer Health Tips

August 12th, 2010

We hope that you are enjoying your summer.  We wanted to present some useful information to prevent injuries when using the computer.  We find that many of our patients have lower back, neck or repetitive stress injuries to the arms due to poor ergonomics and not enough movement throughout the day.  Although we hope that [...]

New Treatments for Carpal Tunnel and Repetitive Stress Injuries

May 7th, 2010

Facing possible hand surgery for a nerve injury or carpal tunnel syndrome and perhaps you want to try Physical Therapy First? I am posting a five year old article to inform, to educate and hopefully avoid others the surgical knife. This is not to discount those that have a surgical need and I am grateful [...]