For the love of god stop stretching your IT band!
The iliotibial band, commonly known as the ITband, is a long non-contractile fibrous piece of fascia that runs down the outside of your hip, down your thigh, to the outside of your knee. Think of it as hundreds of layers of saran wrap that are laid on top of each other; it’s flexible and pliable […]
Hypermobility
Have you always been super flexible? During your yoga practice, do certain poses come easy to you where you can see the rest of the class struggling? As a kid, could you give the cirque du soleil acrobats a run for their money? Or maybe your friends or family would tell you must be double […]
Hip Labral Tear
“I’ve torn (fill in the blank), does this mean I need to have surgery?” It’s one of the most frequent questions I get. It’s also a common misconception. If you hear the word “ tear” it’s natural to think something is broken therefore it needs to be surgically repaired, but that’s not necessarily true. I […]
Rose Armstrong joins the FPSPT Team
Rose Armstrong, ATC, CSCS, CKTP Rose Armstrong is a highly experienced Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC), Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), and Certified Kinesio Taping Practitioner (CKTP) with over 30 years of expertise in sports medicine and rehabilitation. A native of Iowa, she earned her degree in Exercise Science from the University of Iowa, where […]
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 […]