With Opening Day right around the corner, I think we should all take a moment to reflect on the Chicago Cubs’ most epic, mythical, reality-bending, mind-boggling run in baseball history. I am talking, of course, about Henry Rowengartner and his…
Before your workouts, especially lower-body ones, foam-roll your inner thighs and try an activation warm-up to strengthen your external rotators—you need them for 360-degree movement, says physical therapist David Reavy, CEO of React Physical Therapy in Chicago.
As humans, we use our hands for a multitude of tasks every day, from work to sport to daily to everything in between. Our hands and wrists are a complicated interface of bones, muscles and tendons that are called on…
As a physical therapist, the most common thing I hear from my new patients is: “I wish I would have received PT sooner.” Over the years, PT has continued to evolve from a passive medical field to a dynamic field…
Most people attribute their pain to their neck or their low back, forgetting the important section of their spine in the middle, the thoracic spine. Got back pain? If you do, you are among the almost 80% of American people…
When was the last time you sat down (or, stood up) and assessed the mobility of your big toe? It’s just a toe right? The only time most people even think about their big toe is when a) they are…
Do you ever hop out of bed in the morning and get the spins? Does turning your head or rolling over in bed cause you to feel off balance and being pulled in one direction? If so, you may be…
