When people hear “physical therapy” their minds generally go right to treatment after an injury or pain. And that is the majority of what currently fills our schedule. But it’s not all we can do. Physical therapy can also include prehabilitation. No, we promise we didn’t just make that up. Prehabilitation, or “prehab,” may be therapy to avoid injury or pain or therapy to prepare for a surgery. It can address limitations in strength, stability, range of motion, balance, and overall function—all of the same things we may address after…

What Is TMD?: Temporomandibular Dysfunction is a collection of symptoms that involve the mouth, jaw and supporting structures. While not typically associated with physical therapy, these symptoms can affect eating, talking, yawning and singing which can make a large impact in daily life! TMD can often send referral patterns, or different areas of pain, all throughout the head, neck and face and sometimes cause headaches. Below are some important things to consider when faced with symptoms surrounding jaw dysfunction. Team Approach: It is incredibly important to have a team approach…

We’ve all been there. You took a little too much time off from exercising and now that you’ve finally made your triumphant return to the gym (or track or treadmill or field etc). You wake up the next day wishing you had an escalator to get downstairs.  Figuring out how much is too much can be hard enough for the average gym goer, but when you’re a patient rehabilitating from an injury it can be very challenging to know how hard to push yourself while performing your home exercise program.…