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Physical Therapy is the FIRST Defense Against Pain

Posted on by Athletico
According to the International Association for the Study of Pain, pain is “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage.” This means that pain is an experience that encompasses so much more than the physical aspect typically associated with it.1 Pain can affect how we sleep, work, focus and manage our relationships on a daily basis. It affects our stress levels and impacts how we manage anxiety. Whether we are aware of it or not, pain changes how our brain processes information and thus, can affect every aspect of our life. (more…)

Athletico Fantasy Football Injury Report 2019: Week 1

Posted on by Athletico
Week 1 of the professional football season starts tonight, which means that Fantasy Football players need to finalize their starting lineups before kickoff. To help you make decisions on who to sit and who to start, Athletico’s Brandon Bowers, PT, DPT, is providing tips via the Athletico Fantasy Football Injury Report. This report provides information about significant player injuries, as well as provides recommendations to help you get the most out of your Fantasy Football team. (more…)

Best of Luck: Recovering from Injury and Retiring at 29

Posted on by Brandon Bowers, PT, DPT, Astym Cert.
The sports world was caught off guard last Saturday night when news broke that Indianapolis’ quarterback Andrew Luck was retiring effective immediately from professional football. What made the situation even more interesting was Indianapolis was in the middle of their third preseason game against Chicago when reports of Luck’s retirement surfaced. The 29-year-old signal caller addressed the media after the game citing his health and quality of life as the reasons for his decision to call it quits on his football career. (more…)

Best Exercises for Tennis Players

Posted on by Athletico
Injury risk is a reality of any sport, and tennis is no different. More than 41 percent of elite tennis players lose time from play and practice due to injuries related to the sport. Adolescent tennis players are at greater risk of injury when there has been a previous injury sustained.5,6 Overall, two-thirds of tennis injuries are caused by overuse. (more…)

Athletico Fantasy Football Injury Report 2019: Draft

Posted on by Athletico
We are just a couple of weeks away from the start of the 2019 football season, which means that many Fantasy Football players are still assembling their teams. To help those who still need to draft their players or finalize their starting lineups, Athletico’s Brandon Bowers, PT, DPT, is providing tips via the Athletico Fantasy Football Injury Report. This report, which will be available weekly throughout the 2019 season, highlights significant player injuries and provides recommendations on which players you should consider starting (or sitting) each week. (more…)

Could Your Smartphone Be Causing Your Neck Ache?

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Look around as you sit at the café or as you walk into work. How many heads do you see angled down at their smartphones? The human head weighs about 12 lbs, but as the head angles forward and down the force on the neck begins to increase exponentially. At a 15 degree angle the head weighs 27lbs., 30 degrees 40lbs, 45 degrees 49lbs, and 60 degrees 60lbs.1 (more…)

Athletic Training and a SAFER Approach to Crisis Management

Posted on by Christine Shebelski, ATC
One of Athletico’s core values is continuous improvement, which is something that is important to me as an athletic trainer who is always trying to improve upon my skillset and profession. Recently I attended a workshop on the topic “assisting individuals in crisis” in South Carolina put on by ATs Care. If you have not heard about ATs Care, it is a peer-to-peer support system comprised of athletic trainers to help assist other athletic trainers who have experienced a critical incident. It is a committee that is sponsored by the National Athletic Training Association (NATA). There are peer-support/CISM (critical incident stress management) teams at the district and/or state levels. To be clear, crisis intervention is NOT psychotherapy. Critical incident stress management is a comprehensive, phase sensitive and multi-component approach to crisis/disaster intervention. (more…)

How Can Physical Therapy Help My Back Pain?

Posted on by Tony Matoska PT, DPT, CMPT
At some point in our lives, most of us will experience back pain1 in some form. Back pain is complicated because there are numerous factors that can contribute to the start of it. Factors such as type of injury, age, activity level, medical history, and even socioeconomic status can have an effect on the cause and severity of your back pain. It can have an enormous impact on your personal life, family life, job performance and ability to participate in recreational activity. There can also be extreme financial implications2 that come with back pain, including time off work due to injury, doctor’s appointments, imaging such as MRIs or CT scans, and prescription medication costs. (more…)
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