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Medial Collateral Ligament (MCL) Rehab

January 4th, 2015

Physical Therapy for Medial Collateral Ligament Injury Medial collateral ligament (MCL) knee sprains can be a painful and debilitating injury to deal with.  After an MCL sprain, depending on severity, the knee loses some of its’ side-to-side stability and the knee feels like it “buckles” or is unstable.  Furthermore, range of motion can be painful

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Ankle Sprains: Tape or Brace?

December 26th, 2014

Ankle Tape v. Ankle Braces for Ankle Sprains Ankle sprains are common at SSOR.   They can happen in sports and during benign activities like stepping awkwardly off a curb or on stairs.  They are painful and can cause gait dysfunction.  The problem is that once you sprain an ankle, you are almost 20 times

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Shoulder Pain Symptoms

December 19th, 2014

Shoulder Pains: What They Mean At SSOR, we see a ton of people that have shoulder pain.  Shoulder pain affects people across the lifespan and across all activity levels.  We’re your first choice for shoulder pain – we have the only knee/shoulder fellowship-trained physical therapist in Overland Park and Kansas City metro.  The physical therapists

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