"Prehabilitation" Before Knee Surgery

May 3rd, 2015

Exercises Before Knee Surgery We see many people before knee surgery for what we like to call “prehab,” or rehab exercises to prepare you for surgery.  It’s interesting how there is a discrepancy even among physicians about whether or not it’s necessary to do prehabilitation before knee surgery.  So what does the data tell us?

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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Are You Sure?

April 25th, 2015

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Note: This post is courtesy of a collaborative effort between Dan and his current PT student, Trent Salo, out of the University of St. Augustine in Florida.  Way to go Trent!  The physical therapists at SSOR are skilled at evaluation of orthopedic and sports diagnoses that come through our doors.  It’s not

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Training on Sand and Beach Running

April 19th, 2015

Is There a Benefit to Training on Sand? The physical therapists at SSOR get asked regularly about our thoughts on training methods and “fads” in training.  Fly-by-night methods are continually in the media promising better strength, speed, and performance.  One of the things we’ve been asked about recently is training on sand for increase sprint

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