Labrum tears affect the cartilage in your ball-and-socket joints, the hips and shoulders. If the tear is severe, surgery is required. Physical therapy can play an important role in preparing for surgery and recovering from it. Learn more here.
Physical therapy and other noninvasive treatments can address severe shoulder pain and immobility, but they aren’t always enough. If you need shoulder replacement surgery, physical therapy can help prepare you for and recover from the procedure.
Although a host of effective treatments exist for the painful foot condition plantar fasciitis, switching to the proper shoes is one of the simplest and most effective. Learn more about the condition, its symptoms, and treatments here.
Lower back pain from an injury can lead to chronic pain, a loss of mobility, and other discomforts. Learn about lower back injury symptoms and how physical therapy can put you on the road to recovery quickly.
Chronic shoulder pain stems from many conditions. It's painful, limits your mobility, and eventually affects your mood. Learn about the part that physical therapy plays in restoring your mobility and freeing you from pain.
Don’t automatically assume that your joint pain stems from arthritis. Though the condition is responsible for many symptoms, many other problems lead to joint pain. Learn about some of them here and effective treatments.
You might think that gout, a painful type of inflammatory arthritis, only attacks the big toe, but it can wreak havoc on your knee. Learn about what causes gout, why it’s agonizing, and treatments that work.
Your tendons do important work. In conjunction with your muscles, they allow you to move your limbs and be active. When tendonitis strikes, you not only hurt, but your movement is limited. Learn about common types and treatments that can help.
If you’re plagued by post-workout leg pain, swelling, and muscle fatigue, or you’ve suffered an injury, learn about an innovative treatment that improves blood circulation, relieves discomfort, and builds strength: NormaTecⓇ compression boots.
Plantar fasciitis causes excruciating pain and swelling in your heel and arch that limits your mobility and quality of life as it progresses. Learn who’s at higher risk for the condition and what treatments offer relief.
Back pain can be a nuisance, but when it turns into agony, it’s life-limiting. Learn why you may be suffering with serious back pain and how physical therapy can rid you of pain, increase your flexibility, and restore your mobility.
Physical therapists depend on the Functional Movement Screen™ test to reveal a patient’s stability and flexibility, balance abilities, and pain issues. Learn about the seven components of FMS and how they help your PT create a treatment plan.
Have you ever felt like a faceless entity when receiving care from a physical therapist? What if you could get individualized care and attention from a PT practice that keeps its patient volume low? Now you can.
We all know baseball is as American as apple pie, but digging into a slice of pie involves much less risk than pitching and running around the baseball diamond. Learn about the most common baseball-related injuries and how they can be treated.
You may think your knee pain isn't a big concern, but failing to seek treatment could put you at risk for worse discomfort, injury, and even surgery. Here’s why you should be proactive about knee pain and which treatments could help.
Whether you’re a solo runner or happily playing on your local adult soccer team, you’re more prone to certain injuries if you’re a woman. Learn what those injuries are, how to prevent them, and how a physical therapist can treat them.
ACL injuries are very common and cause significant pain, swelling, and life-altering mobility problems. Seek treatment if you have one, but if not, we offer some preventive strategies you can easily adopt. Learn more here.
Tendinitis isn’t a one-size-fits-all condition. You have over 1,300 tendons, the connective fibers that tie bone to muscle, and any can be damaged by wear-and-tear and injury. Learn about the most common types here and how they’re treated.
Did you know that building a strong core — the muscles that make up the central support of your body — is pivotal to preventing back pain? Learn why and exactly how physical therapy and at-home exercise can help.
Knee pain’s origins are many, but no matter how it starts, it can be excruciating and cause swelling and severely limited mobility. Physical therapy treatments can get you back to your old pain-free, active self.
There’s a secret weapon you can use to fight the onset of arthritis, or its pain and stiffness if you already have the disease. That weapon is physical exercise. Learn why exercise is critical and what movements are safest for you.
If you can’t stand the burning, stabbing pain in the bottom of your feet anymore, get help for your plantar fasciitis. There are a wide range of treatments available, and all are safe and noninvasive. Never fear putting weight on your heel again.
Playing sports isn’t the only thing that leads to back pain. It’s the everyday movements and habits that can trip you up. Read on to learn tips you can put into practice to prevent problems or worsening pain.
What if you had a crystal ball that could reveal your body’s vulnerabilities so you could avoid injury and boost your performance? Read on to learn about a screening assessment that does this very thing.
The scourge of low back pain affects an astonishing 80% of our country’s population at some time in their lives, but did you know that there are quite a few preventive steps you can take to keep it at bay?
Whether you want better training results, faster recovery from injury or surgery, or increased strength while living with a chronic condition, blood flow restriction training and rehabilitation treatment may be the answer. Learn why here.
Telemedicine — or virtual care — is now crucial in our city, which has been hit so hard by COVID-19. Learn about how we can still provide the same high level of care you’ve grown to appreciate, but deliver it differently.
By taking proper precautions, there’s much you can do to prevent injuries as you enter the spring sports season. Whether your first love is soccer or baseball, learn what you can do to fly high and avoid getting benched by overuse or injury.
You may think that joint pain and damage is inevitable, but there is a host of activities you can do to support your joints. Best of all, they’re not difficult to incorporate into your routine and can help you feel better all the time.
Tired of having neck pain? Whether your pain is from a sprain or a slipped disc, physical therapy can help you get rid of your neck pain. Find out how.
Physical therapy is an effective way to deal with an injury. Physical therapists are known for helping restore your body’s function in the aftermath of injury or disease. Physical therapy can also be used to improve balance and flexibility as you age.
ACL tears occur up to eight times more often in female athletes than their male counterparts. But you don’t have to hang up your tennis shoes to avoid an injury. Understanding what increases your risk of ACL injuries can help prevent them.
Rotator cuff injuries can be painful and, in some cases, progressive. Physical therapy can help improve your range of motion and strengthen your shoulder either as a stand-alone treatment or following surgery.
Every day, 25,000 people sprain their ankle in the United States. It’s a common injury, and once you’ve had one – you’re at risk of another and another. Strengthen your ankle after a sprain to reduce the likelihood that you suffer a repeat injury.
Prolonged pain in your knees comes from many causes. If you're not careful, you could be making your knee pain worse without knowing it. Learn more about the potential causes of knee pain.
Do you suffer from unexplained shoulder pain, even though your doctor can’t find any cause for it? As it turns out, your neck might be the real culprit, and your brain is just confused.
If plantar fasciitis is making those first few steps an agonizing experience, it’s no stretch to say that some easy stretches can help remedy your pain. Find out how to do each one, and watch your pain go away!
The tingling, numbness, and pain from a pinched sciatic nerve interfere with your everyday life. Take steps at home to help find relief. These strategies complement those offered by the team at Empire Physical Therapy & Athletic Rehabilitation, PC.
While the results of a total hip replacement may be exciting, it takes some time to recover. While you’ll say goodbye to chronic pain and mobility limitations, recovering from the surgical procedure needs a balance of rest and physical therapy.
It’s the first question everyone asks: When can I get back in the game? Recovering from an ACL injury takes time and patience, but you’ll be rewarded with a healthy knee that will carry you to victory.
If you’re one of the 54 million Americans living with arthritis, you know just how painful and debilitating it can be. Find out how physical therapy can help ease arthritis-related discomfort, decrease joint stiffness, and keep you moving.