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Posted on December 31, 2021 by Athletico
If you’re like us, you may find it hard to believe we have reached the end of the year! Like 2020, this past year was heavily influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic. Vaccines were rolled out globally, and a few significant events, like the 2020 Summer Olympics, were hosted to make up for the year prior.
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Posted on December 30, 2021 by Athletico
For running backs, players must have great balance, agility, and vision and know where to run. An injury can be detrimental to the player’s strength, explosion, and playing speed. In this edition of the Athletico Injury Report, we highlight injuries impacting a few critical running backs in the league.
Athletico’s Brandon Bowers, PT, DPT, ASTYM Cert. is helping fantasy players decide who to sit and who to start as we head into the final week of 2021 Fantasy Football, highlighting notable player injuries that may impact your team.
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Posted on December 27, 2021 by Tom McDevitt PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT
What better time of year than the New Year to start fresh with a few weight loss and fitness goals, right? You are excited, motivated, and ready to make changes. Day one comes, and you put in a great workout. You head home, eat a good dinner, and get to bed excited to get back to the gym the next day. However, as you wake up and take your first step out of bed, you notice your knee hurts and feels a bit swollen. This is odd because you don’t remember your knee hurting yesterday, and you become concerned. Should you be worried? Well, it’s a bit more complicated than that, and the reality is most pain that we experience will disappear and how we label the pain or feel about our pain can affect the outcome.
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Posted on December 23, 2021 by Athletico
COVID-19 has again taken center stage with a surge in cases in the United States and across the professional football league. With COVID-19 cases and injuries affecting more players than ever, your Fantasy Football lineups can change at any moment.
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Posted on December 22, 2021 by Paige Gibbens, PT, DPT, MHA
Physical therapy is sometimes misunderstood. Physical therapy can help with various injuries, illnesses, diseases, and diagnoses. Curious if physical therapy could be right for you? Take our quiz to see if you may be a good candidate for physical therapy.
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Posted on December 16, 2021 by Athletico
The 2021 football season is moving full steam ahead as teams begin to clinch their division titles. For Fantasy Football players, this also means playoffs are underway in most leagues.
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Posted on December 15, 2021 by Tanner Neuberger, PT, DPT, TDN Level 1
The Athletico blog has many resources available to its readers about mitigating and finding relief for back pain. I intend to provide a few more ways to help manage back pain in this blog. This blog will give you a framework to help manage your symptoms and get some form of relief to allow you to live your life with less pain and give you a sense of self-efficacy to help manage your back pain symptoms.
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Posted on December 13, 2021 by Tara Hackney, PT, DPT, OCS, KTTP
The holiday season is a joyous time of year to spend quality time with family and friends. This time of the year can be tough on the body, however. Whether you are spending more time cooking, cleaning, putting up lights, or even shoveling, it’s a good idea to remember to stretch.
Stretching can help reduce stress and improve aches and pains that may be brought on by the holidays. Here are 12 stretches you can do daily for a happy and healthy holiday season.
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