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Herniated Disc
A herniated disc happens when the cushion the separates the vertebrae from one another and is pushed outside its normal position. The word herniated itself means “to bulge or stick out”. People who suffer from lower back pain, lower body weakening, or shooting leg pains may have a herniated … [Read More...]
Knee Injury Causes
Most people can remember a time when they have had minor knee issues. Since your knees bear the brunt of everyday activities, and are easily twisted and “tweaked”, it isn’t any wonder that knee injuries can affect all demographics of people. From the weekend gardener to the professional … [Read More...]
Pilates Rehabilitation for Football Injuries
Pilates Rehabilitation for Football Injuries When searching for a list of potential injuries that playing football potentially holds, you don’t have to look far. From the more minor of injuries like muscle cramps, sprains, hamstring pulls and whip lash, to the more intermediate of injuries like … [Read More...]
The History of Pilates
In America today over ten million people practice Pilates, but its inception began with just one man. In 1914, German-born Joseph Humbertus Pilates, began developing his unconventional approach to “mind-body fitness”. He was a sickly child and struggled with asthma. It was his early adversity … [Read More...]
Pilates Physical Therapy
Pilates Physical Therapy Pilates-Based Physical Therapy finds its methodology to be in the same family of framework as physical therapy, but different psychological approaches sets them apart. Pilates based physical therapy sees whole-body wellness as the cure to injury as well as the key to … [Read More...]
Knee Injury Treatments
For initial relief from a knee injury the best approach is what physical therapists and physicians refer to as R.I.C.E. This stands for rest, ice, compression, and elevation. Inflammation will be the first symptom of the injury that will need to be treated. Rest is also a bid factor in knee injury … [Read More...]