Physical Therapy Blog Orlando

Hip Joint Mobility - Prevent Total Hip Replacement!

How much do you challenge your hip motion/mobility past sitting in a chair? Your body is indeed very "use it or lose it" and what...

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Driving Posture/Driving Position

How do YOU sit in the car? We are stuck in traffic often and long enough for this to matter! How often does your head/upper back actually...

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Cervicothoracic Junction [The infamous Dowager's Hump region]

Let's make sure to keep this area mobile and prevent it from deviating into so much flexion that there is no turning back! I think we've...

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Hip hinging for squat, sit to stand, & deadlift!

What do squat, dead lift, and sit-to-stand-to-sit have in common? The bending/folding over motion it requires at the hip>back! If you...

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Hip Joint Mobilization at your Desk!

Hip mobilizations at the desk? YES! If you are going to be tethered to your desk for work, may as well work on keeping those hip joints...

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Best Desk Chair

Is there a one-size-fits-all chair? Not in a world of varying body types, desk situations, keyboard trays vs laptops, etc. Are there...

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Stiff Neck?

Using that theragun-type tool on your upper traps? Getting massages and you still feel super tight around the neck? Here are some self...

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Cracking/Popping in the Body... Is it normal???

Example of a 1-sided habit that affects mechanics - standing into a leg [Is standing on one leg bad? No!!!! Only if you never switch...

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AM & PM recommended stretches

Keeping our bodies lengthened with joints fully mobile prevents us from drifting into the posture pictured on the right! Symmetry and...

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SIJ dysfunction, Hip mobility/FAI, and how it's all connected to your pain!

Great interview-learning with Marc Robinson, founder of Evercore and Active Atoms for how hip joint mobility lends to hip FAI, SI Joint...

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Stretches/Releases at the Desk or Driving

If you can work stretches and muscle/fascia releases into your day, it makes it easier than coming home to do "homework" for the body! ...

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HABIT CHANGE #5 - Bending

The final habit change to address and implement to save your back! Are you bending or hinging? You may be bending over more often than...

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Habit Change 4 of 5: Sitting w/ Legs Crossed

HABIT CHANGE 4 of 5: Which is your favorite leg to cross when sitting? Right now, which leg is crossed or are you sitting upon? Do you...

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Habit Change 3 of 5: Standing!

Which leg do you love to stand on? We all have a favorite leg to put our weight upon when we are standing in line, chatting with someone,...

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Habit Change 2 of 5 to implement now!

We all have our favorite sides we lean towards! Step 1 is to figure out which is your favorite side. Step 2, you need to put forth...

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Is Paying Out-of-Pocket Worth it for PT?

If it is 1:1 care for your full session AND they are a manual therapy specialist, YES. Physical Therapy (or physiotherapy) in Orlando...

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HABIT CHANGE 1 of 5 to implement now!

Forward tilted pelvis This is the usual position we have to learn to get out of! We tend to lock our knees, compress our low backs, and...

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Pinched Nerve or Thoracic Outlet?

Numbness/Tingling and fatigue/heaviness in the arms? We have been stuck doing desk work at our dinner tables since COVID and it hasn't...

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Desk Ergonomics

Who is 'stuck' at their desk for 1 or more hours per day? If you know you have 20minutes or more at the station/desk you will be working...

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Carpal Tunnel

Is it really Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS)? Do your hands tend to "fall asleep"? They sort of feel numb and tingly, usually worse at...

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