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Dry Needling for Low Back Pain

Dry needling to help manage low back pain may include dry needling your glutes instead of your low back.

Strength Training

Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS)

Home » Physical Therapy Blog 01/20/2025 How often and how long should you experience DOMS? Delayed onset muscle soreness aka DOMS, is when you experience muscle soreness 24-72 hours after a workout. It is a breakdown of your muscles, which allows your body to build...

Strength Training

The Best Workout For You

Home » Physical Therapy Blog 01/20/2025 The best workout for you is likely not the one that your friend is doing, or the one the influencer on Tik Tok is doing either. What makes the best workout program? -It is the program you can be consistent with, for the long...

Strength Training

Strength Exercises For Runners

Home » Physical Therapy Blog 05/13/2023 Benefits of strength training exercises for runners: Decreases injury risk Improve speed Improve running economy 3 Strength exercises for runners Side Planks with hip abduction RFE Split Squats SL RDL What volume of the...

Running

The Best Running Sneakers

Home » Physical Therapy Blog 01/20/2025 One of the most common running-related questions I get is “What running sneakers should I buy?”. The internet is loaded with recommendations for all types of runners, and you’ll find a lot of conflicting advice....

Running

The Boston Marathon as a Medical Volunteer

Home » Physical Therapy Blog 04/27/2023 April 17th 2023 My Experience as a Physical Therapist at the Boston Marathon I had the honor of volunteering for the Boston Marathon this year as a medical volunteer. We started our day with check-in at 7 am and wrapped up...