Health & Wellness The Newsletter About Your Health And Caring For Your Body
February, 2019
DEALINGWITH TENDINITIS “Who Says You Can’t Workout Like A Trainer?”
INSIDE: • What Is Tendinitis?
• FREE Back Pain Workshop • Patient Success Spotlight • Winter Recipe
Athletes are naturally at an increased risk for experiencing injuries. This is not as a result of any particular health issue that athletes typically have in common. Instead, it isasimpleexposureequation.The more frequently you push yourself to try new things, to engage in physical activity, or to push yourself to reach a new goal, the more you are going to increase yourriskforpotential injury.Onmoredays thannot, the injury won’t happen, but as every athlete knows, it only takes one bad day — one day when fatigue throws off your form just enough to cause your gait to be off, for you to feela littledistractedandnot realizeanobstacle is coming up, or just a fluke of a moment in which somethinggoeswrongandyougodown.Whatmakes matters worse is the fact that many athletes attempt to push past the pain of their initial injuries, which often leads to those injuries becoming more severe. Workingwithaphysicaltherapist isespecially important for athletes for this reason. A physical therapist can help identifypotential issueswithpostureor form that may increaseyour risk for injury,help identifypotential injuriesas theydevelop,andassess theseverityofand best treatment options for those injuries as soon as
possible, so you always know exactly what your body needs to feel at its best. Understanding Tendinitis. While there are some sports injuries that happen after a bad day, there are others that develop over time. Tendinitis is an incredibly common issue that causes pain to develop in the joints. This can impact the hips, knees, elbows or shoulders. Pain caused by tendinitis can impact everyday activities, making it exceedingly difficult to remain comfortable day to day or to remain active. Tendinitis can make simple activities such as picking up a gallon of milk or attempting to put something away on a shelf over your head incredibly painful and challenging.Unfortunately,when tendinitisdevelops, it often sticks around.This means that pain that begins asfrustratingandseeminglyminorcanquicklybecome chronicand incrediblypainful.Workingwithaphysical therapist is thebestway toaddress tendinitispainearly on, to improve rangeofmotionand reduce theseverity ofyourpainwithouthaving to turn topainmedications. Call us today for more information!
Now I’m back to lifting! "I came to Peak Motion in April, after starting a barbell strength training program in January. I had progressed too aggressively while lifting, and could not comfortably squat an empty barbell without pain. I had also developed tennis elbow and lifting a coffee cup was painful. Mike and Jonathan helped explain what had happened, answering all my questions along the way, and put together a plan to systematically address the various issues. I truly felt everyone at Peak Motion cared about my treatment personally and provided excellent resources. Now I’m back to lifting and setting PRs in all my lifts with nopain.Thankyouverymuch!” - Jeff D. Patient Success SPOTLIGHT
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