Sweet Magnolias perpetuates the opioid epidemic in season 2 episode 6 by vilifying the conservative management of pain by physical therapy.
The Best Hand and Finger Stretches For Athletes, Gamers, Guitar and Piano Players
This video will help with:
Hand and finger stretches to improve flexibility
Finger sprains that have resulted in decreased mobility
Finger stretches for guitar players and gamers
Finger stretches for trigger finger
Finger stretches for climbers and piano players
Potential relief of hand, wrist and finger pain
Quick Self Massage To Improve Shoulder Flexibility | Shoulder Mobility Self Massage
Have you ever wondered how to improve your shoulder flexibility and mobility? Maybe you've been stretching for what seems like forever and you still can't get your arms over your head.
Did you know that decreases in shoulder flexibility and mobility can increase your risk for shoulder impingement, neck pain, and rotator cuff tears?
This specific technique can help improve your shoulder flexibility in minutes at home without any equipment by releasing the anterior fibers of your serratus anterior muscle. Get ready for your mind to be blown. Perfect for athletes, weekend warriors, people with desk jobs, and circus artists/aerialists.
Pelvic Floor Relaxation Exercise | For Pelvic Pain, Pain With Sex, Incontinence
How To Use A Massage Stick For Neck Pain and Tightness | Tiger Tail Massage Stick Tutorial For Neck
How To Complete Median and Radial Nerve Glides
Here are two nerve glide exercises to decrease shoulder, wrist, hand pain and tingling without surgery. Median and Radial nerve glides are the most common to inflict dysfunction including radiating arm pain, numbness and tingling in the arms to the fingers, aching pain in the forearm, and difficulty raising your arm above 90 degrees.
The radial nerve glide and the median nerve glide can help with carpal tunnel symptoms and often assist individuals in avoiding carpal tunnel surgery.
Abdominal Self Massage For Constipation, Abdominal Discomfort, and Bloating
Here are two techniques to release constipation, abdominal discomfort, and bloating. Abdominal massage for constipation is something that is easy to do on your own with a little bit of knowledge.
Abdominal bloating is something that I have personally struggled with since I was in college. I find that self-massage and myofascial release to the abdominal region increases motility in my gut as well as improves overall comfort and flatness. Abdominal massage for bloating is a really helpful technique to complete on yourself to improve comfort and decrease bloating.
I Wrote A Book On Pediatric Physical Therapy Documentation, Here's How You Can Too
I wrote a book on pediatric physical therapy documentation called, “The Ultimate Guide to Pediatric Physical Therapy Documentation for Student Physical Therapists and PTs Transitioning into Pediatric Practice,” and am convinced more PTs should write books and self-publish them on Amazon. Here is how I did it and how you can too.
5 Ways To Decrease Pelvic Floor Tightness
Pelvic floor tightness is a condition where the muscles of your pelvis, the ones that control your bowel, bladder, and sexual functions become tight. Since they’re muscles, they can become tight or weak just like any other muscle in your body, take for instance your hip flexor muscles (the muscles you use to bring your knee toward your chest in a sitting or standing position). You’ve likely come across tight hip flexors if you’ve experienced back pain, knee pain, or got into a half kneeling position (the “will you marry me?” pose) and then tried to shift your weight forward. It can feel RATHER uncomfortable to experience this tightness, like your muscle magically transformed into a rubber band that is pulled to its max capacity. It’s like that for your pelvic floor muscles too. ..
Physical Therapy Strategy To Decrease Pain With Sex
I want to start this off by telling you what a good Catholic girl I am, that I’m a professional, that I care about how you see me so much that I feel the need to preface the next vulnerable and personal lines of this blog post with accolades & personal stories of how nice I am in real life…
Sex doesn’t have to be painful or uncomfortable. You don’t have to avoid positions because “you just can’t do them,” and wonder why there must be something broken within your body that isn’t allowing you to relax and enjoy something that is so primitive and intimate as sex. You see, sex requires muscles. Those muscles can get tight or weak or spasm or believe that something that once was traumatic (sexual assault) will always result in the same trauma…
I Went To My First Women's Health Physical Therapy Appointment, Here's What Happened
I felt nauseous all day after writing my first blog post about my upcoming women’s health physical therapy appointment on Monday evening. It was at 5:30pm and so that left approximately ten(ish) hours of feeling seen, vulnerable, and afraid. I’m learning it’s not just the fact that my sexual & private area organs need help that I cannot take care of on my own that causes the discomfort, it’s mixed with some weird form of SHAME. I put that word in all caps, because it’s a violent word in the feminine language. It’s a word that may make you want to click off this blog right now, for the sake of your soul though, please don’t.
How I Knew I Needed To See A Pelvic Floor Physical Therapist
5 Things That Help Plantar Fasciitis And Foot Pain
Today, we’re going to chat about five things you can do right now to help address plantar fasciitis & foot pain. In these FIVE videos, you’ll learn:
Video #1: What plantar fasciitis is & how your foot moves using sweet hand motions
Video #2: How to use a pain indicator to determine if your strategy is effective (my fav is the toddler squat) + how to use the toddler squat
Video #3: Stretches that address foot pain & plantar fasciitis
Video #4: Self Massages you can do on your foot to improve flexibility
Video #5: Rolling out your foot muscles to increase flexibility & decrease pain
updated with transcripts of videos October 25, 2021
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