Swimming is a fascinating sport. It is not a sport where you can simply put your brain on the shelf and just “go.” To excel at the sport you must be in tune with your body, what it is doing, where it is at in space, and anticipate the next movement. You must work with...
NFL Knee Pain – A Case Study
A recent patient is a great example of how good the body is at compensating for biomechanical imbalances. He is a young NFL receiver with a one year history of left knee pain. There was no history of trauma to the knee and he described soreness and pain over the front...
Running Stimuli
Here at Rebound we don’t have the most sophisticated or high tech equipment in the world. No zero gravity treadmill, fancy cameras, or futuristic balance machines. The most high tech we get is usually balloons, Therabands, and often a small rubber ball. Oh, and we do...
A Pain in the Neck
It would seem that technology may be getting the best of us. Years ago businesses and offices at home became filled with modern day computers; creating long hours of staring at monitors and screens that too often were positioned with poor ergonomics. Carpal tunnel...
The Stress Bucket
Athletes who suffer an overuse injury will often ask “How did this happen? My training had been going so well.” They may even point out that seemingly nothing was significantly different with their training leading up to the injury. That’s when we have to pull out the...
Spinning
On my last blog I discussed the effects of running on a treadmill to log our late winter running miles during to this abnormally artic Colorado winter. This encompassed some ideas to stay healthy while running indoors to prepare for outdoor running. What I also...
Spring Cleaning – Beware of Low Back Pain
Spring is right around the corner, and that means cleaning garages, planting gardens and flower beds, yard work and other projects. This can be the “perfect storm” for a lower back injury. In physical therapy there are numerous methodologies and theories...
Recovery Concerns: Lower Body Casts, Boots, and Braces
Many foot, ankle and lower body injuries require a period of immobilization in casts, walking boots or semi-rigid braces. This “off-loading” of forces allows the body to conduct its repair work on bone, tendon, ligament and muscle tissue. Unfortunately in many cases,...
Winter on the Treadmill Part II
It seems like it has been a rough winter in Colorado. I cannot tell if I am becoming more sensitive to the cold as I get older or if Fort Collins has transformed itself into a northern Siberian metropolis. It may be compounded by the fact that I am married to a woman...
Winter on the Treadmill
A winter deep freeze combined with persistent snow on the ground forces many runners to train inside on the treadmill. And, while treadmill designs have improved over the years, it is certainly not the same as running outside. Research suggests it changes your...