Newsletter About Your Health and Caring for Your Body by Choice Physical Therapy
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KICK AWAY YOUR KNEE AND HIP PAIN!
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KICK AWAY YOUR KNEE AND HIP PAIN!
DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU (K)NEED TO BE DOING FOR YOUR KNEE PAIN?! I think we all remember singing the song, “your hip bone’s connected to your, thigh bone. Your thigh bone’s connected to your, knee bone. Your knee bone’s connected to your, shin bone….” you get the idea. There’s a lot of truth behind those lyrics and it’s quite common that compensations in one area of your body can place more stress on another area. The fancy term for this theory is Regional Interdependence (there will be a quiz later). The concept of Regional Interdependence applies to many areas of the body, but possibly the most common area is the knee joint. My first year out of PT school, I heard a more experienced PT say: “the knee is really a stupid joint, it just listens to what the hip and ankle tell it to do.” Research study after research study confirms that if your hip or ankle aren’t working the way they should be, your knee is going to try and pick up the slack. Imagine you have 3 employees that all have the same job duties. All three show up to work, but two of them just kick back and take a nap while the third is trying to do all the work. That hard worker will be able to sneak by carrying the extra load for a period of time but eventually will become overworked, burnt out, and cranky. Many times your knee joint is that hard working employee trying its best to make up for inefficiencies at the hip and/or ankle. Enter meniscus injury, ACL injury, early arthritic changes, tendonitis, bursitis, and even dislocations. Your program should address both the injured, painful structure as well as the underlying issues that caused that structure to become painful in the first place. If you’re struggling with knee pain, remember that song we used to sing as kids, you could be only a few simple hip strengthening and ankle stretching exercises away from a much happier knee! As always, let me know if you have any questions, we’re here to help in any way we can! Have a great month, Joe
INSIDE: • Congratulations Corner • What You Need To Be Doing For Your Knee Pain
• In The Community • #choose2giveback
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CONGRATULATIONS CORNER
Dr. Jillian!! We are so happy for you! Congrats on passing your boards!! Time to celebrate the amazing PT you are.
We were so blessed to have worked with this amazing lady, Mackenna, at our Speigletown location!! Thank you for the weeks of fun and laughter! We will miss you and we are cheering for you!
IN THE COMMUNITY
WE HAVE CLINICAL POSITIONS AVAILABLE!
Physical Therapists, either experienced or just getting started, reach out and let us know what your professional goals are. Interested in becoming board certified? Interested in direct mentorship? Interested in joining a team to help guide you through difficult patient cases? Interested in our hybrid residency program? Interested in growth opportunities in clinical education or management? Let us know! We have variable schedules and can meet you where you are. Apply through our website at www.choiceptny.com/team
8 YEARS IN BUSINESS!
A ROUND OF APPLAUSE!
We were happy to have Drew as a student with us in our Wynantskill location for the past few weeks also! Thank you Drew Trobridge for a fun few weeks! Come back soon!
Congrats and thank you for the 8 years of hard work and dedication, Anne! In August we celebrate our team member Anne for not only being AMAZING, but also for being here since the beginning of Choice Physical Therapy! Anne helps us in so many ways in all three of our clinics and if you’ve ever run into her in any of our locations, you know how loved she is by our team and patients!! THANKS ANNE, YOU ROCK! Cheers to 8 years!!
#CHOOSE2GIVEBACK Choice Physical
Therapy’s 8th Annual School Supply Drive! We are collecting donations at each of our locations for school supplies for our 8th annual school supply drive! Each location picks a local school to help each year and this is one of our favorite #Choose2GiveBack events we do! Please stop by your Choice location to see how you could help out your local school! :)
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