Author: PP
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Basketball Injuries 101
Basketball is intense and fast-paced. It demands that the athlete demonstrate a significant amount of force, speed, strength, and endurance. Players are constantly sprinting, jumping, cutting, and absorbing physical contact, which makes them highly susceptible to injuries. While injuries are a reality in all sports, basketball players face unique risks due to the sport’s high-impact…
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What Else Should We Be Tracking throughout Rehab and Recovery?
Our staff and athletes have been pushing the limits and boundaries of staying on the field. We have been using every piece of data to analyze health and performance. Our latest interest has been blood biomarkers and how they can affect health and recovery. Blood biomarkers provide objective insights into how well your body is…
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Is Strength Training Bad for Women?
Mike Valerio CSCS | Taylor Bracy SPT | Nick Petroski DPT There is a great misconception about women and strength training. The thought is if women strength train they are at a heightened risk of injury and also getting too bulky. These perceptions ruin weight training for women and ultimately make them reluctant to strength…
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Understanding Ankle Sprains as an Athlete
By Nick Petroski DPT, and Mike Valerio CSCS While some injuries can be considered ‘sport specific’, think UCL injuries in baseball, ankle sprains are anything but that. Ankle injuries occur in all sports, and ankle sprains are by far the most common injury. Ligament injuries occur when ligaments are overloaded or exposed to demands greater…
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Creating a Vision for Your Physical Therapy Journey and Beyond
Progressing through a rehab or physical therapy plan can be a daunting task. Hyper awareness to the area of injury and spending parts of every day focused on the injury can be both mentally and physically grueling. Like JFK had with landing a man on the moon, the rehab process must begin with a vision…
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Why Runners Get Injured?
Why Do Runners Get Injured? Most running injuries occur as a result of the runner possessing multiple risk factors and then participating in running over prolonged periods. Risk factors include inexperience, excessive training duration and/or intensity over long periods, low focus on recovery, decreased ankle mobility and decreased strength. Injury-prone running typically occurs under…