Attention Golfers, learn how PT can improve your game.
Are your tight hips or achy back adding strokes to your round? Golf is one of the few sports people can play their entire lives. And Arizona is a golfer’s paradise. But golf can also take a toll on your body because, like many sports, the physical motions are repetitive and over time can lead […]
What is Manual Therapy?
When I meet new people and they find out I’m a physical therapist, they nearly always work up to a story of a previous injury that is starting to affect their day to day life. Then, I hear ‘what are some stretches I can do to make it go away?’ If only the answer could […]
What does PT, DPT, FAAOMPT, DN Cert mean?
Oftentimes, when I introduce myself to patients for the first time, I see a flash of panic go across their faces…‘Wait, what was her name again? How am I ever going to remember that?’. Don’t worry, I don’t offend easily and it’s why most patients know me as ‘Dr. G’ or just ‘G’. The second […]
The Forward Performance Difference
Let me start with two scenarios I hear frequently from my patients. ‘I was kind of hoping it’d just go away with rest’ or ‘when I took some ibuprofen, that usually did the trick’. But here they were, 4-6 weeks later and not only had their symptoms continued, but now they’re getting worse and starting […]
Clinic Opening
It’s finally happening! This has been a long time coming and something I’ve been dreaming about doing for the past 11 years. I’ve wanted to open my own physical therapy clinic since I graduated PT school, but the overly practical part of me said ‘you don’t know enough __’ people, doctors, patients, etc; you fill […]