Reading Time: 5 minutes What is Little League Elbow? Little League Elbow is a common overuse injury typically seen in young baseball pitchers, aged 8 to 14, caused by repetitive throwing motions and incorrect techniques, resulting in inflammation or damage to the elbow’s growth plate. This stress leads to pain, swelling, and limited movement. Recovering from little league elbow takes …
Reading Time: 3 minutes Knee pain can be an incredibly debilitating issue, often stemming from injuries affecting the meniscus, a crucial cartilage-type structure nestled between the knee bones. While sudden twisting or cutting motions represent the most common causes of meniscus injury, prolonged stress on the knee joint can also gradually lead to such injuries, varying in severity from …
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Reading Time: 9 minutes Starting a physical therapy journey can be a life-changing experience, with the promise of increased mobility, strength, and general well-being. In order for physical therapy to be successful, patients themselves must actively participate and be committed. We’ll explore the crucial actions and strategies people can take to make sure their physical therapy experience is successful. …
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Reading Time: 3 minutes When a new year rolls around, people typically set goals and resolutions to improve their lives in the coming year. However, by February, many people have fallen off the wagon, becoming discouraged about accomplishing these initiatives they set for themselves. We see this a lot in PT, with patients setting large goals that just aren’t …
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Reading Time: 2 minutes How Logan Wadle Finished Strong One thing we want all of our patients to know is just because they’ve suffered an injury, it doesn’t mean their athletic career is over. Don’t just take it from us; take it from Logan Wadle, a high school wrestler who became one of our patients after a shoulder injury. …
Reading Time: 4 minutes THE SYMPTOMS OF CHRONIC STRESS Sometimes, the patients we see report suffering from more than a physical injury. There are feelings of brain fog, the inability to fall asleep, loss of body hair, unexplained weight loss, lack of motivation, nervousness, and ongoing fatigue that just won’t go away. These symptoms fall under the umbrella of …
Reading Time: 3 minutes How Ryan McPherson Beat Tendinitis Myokinetix is for everyone, and we mean it when we say that. Myokinetix is not just a place for injured athletes but where people in our community can come together and work on becoming their best selves. This includes those who keep our community safe, like firefighter Ryan McPherson. Before …
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Reading Time: 2 minutes One of our patients, Katie Siverson, was injured in a winter league lacrosse game during her senior year of high school. Katie was hurt when another player slammed into her side, causing her to fall. The fall severely injured Katie’s knee and tore her ACL. This was Katie’s first encounter with a severe sports injury. …
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Reading Time: 2 minutes JOIN US FOR RECOVERY SATURDAYS Do you often feel burnt out or fatigued after a long week? Are the stressors from your job or family piling up? If this sounds like you, we invite you to participate in our Recovery Saturdays! At Myokinetix, your overall wellness is our priority, so much so that we typically …
Reading Time: 3 minutes Decisions Today Make a Healthier Tomorrow Most people know the importance of investing their money for a future payoff. You take a little out of your paycheck today to take care of yourself later when you retire. This thought process is standard in the financial industry, that giving up a little money now is worth …
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