Why Runners Get Slower With Age (and How Strength Training May Help)
Young runners are different from you and me. They have more speed. And to achieve that swiftness, they use certain leg muscles …
ACL Prevention
A study published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine (August 2008) evaluated outcomes of NCAA Division 1 female soccer players who …
Physical Therapist’s Guide to Healthy Running
Role of Physical Therapy Whether a runner’s goal is to improve his or her time, increase speed or stay fit, it’s essential …
Early Physical Therapy Can Be Cost-Effective Treatment for Low Back Pain
“Low back pain is the most common cause of job-related disability and a leading contributor to missed work,” the National Institutes of …
Physical Therapy A Good First Choice Before Surgery for Meniscal Tears and Knee Osteoarthritis
Mild meniscal tears and moderate knee osteoarthritis send some people under the knife, when all they really need is physical therapy. A …
Pregnancy Alters Running Form
A recent study published in The Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy suggests that pregnancy causes biomechanical changes to a runner’s …
Youth Athletes Are Seen In Emergency Departments 1.35 Million Times Per Year
Every 25 seconds a youth athlete suffers an injury severe enough to require a trip to the emergency department, an August 2013 …
Physical Therapy as Effective as Surgery for Degenerative Disk Disease
Before undergoing surgical spinal fusion, patients with degenerative disk disease should first try physical therapy. A study conducted at Thomas Jefferson University …
Back Pain Is Often Over-Treated
Despite abundant evidence and published guidelines calling for conservative initial treatment of most back pain through methods including physical therapy and over-the-counter …
Arthroscopic Surgery for Meniscal Tears May Be Unnecessary in Many Cases
Could 1 of the most popular surgical procedures in the United States be unnecessary many of the approximately 700,000 times it is …