Covid cases around the country are on the decline and things finally seem to be getting back to normal. Now is the time to take care of those aches and pains you have been dealing with over the past few years.
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Believe it or not, New Year’s is just around the corner. Every year we get several patients who come to us having injured themselves while working out after making a New Year’s resolution to get in better shape. When we talk to these patients during their initial evaluation most report they have had some lingering pain, soreness, or tightness they were experiencing prior to their injury.
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Are you suffering from nagging aches and pains but haven’t had the time to go see your doctor? Well save yourself time and come see us first at either our Lowell or Tewksbury locations!
Feel better….Complete Game Physical Therapy is here to help.
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Complete Game Physical Therapy is excited to introduce our Patient of the Month, Anthony. Anthony is a right-handed pitcher for Georgetown University Hoyas baseball and came to us after developing pain. “Around three weeks into summer ball I started to develop elbow and foreman tightness which eventually led to pain,” Anthony explained, “After being diagnosed with tendonitis on both sides of the right elbow, I was shut down for the summer and was instructed to go rehab.”
The late summer and fall is a popular time for road races and local walking/running events. Lots of people took up outdoor exercise as a hobby over the last year or so, when gyms and wellness cent
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Complete Game is excited to feature Wendy as our Patient of the Month! Wendy is a runner and is the Race Director for Bernas Great Legs 5K, which is happening in person on August 19th. She is also a member of Greater Lowell Road Runners and will be running in the Baystate Marathon.
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Have you heard of dry needling, but aren’t sure what it is exactly, or if it is right for you? You aren’t alone. While the term may sound intimidating, dry needling itself isn’t.
Stretching is an essential part of the daily and weekly routine for dancers. We use stretching to warm-up, to cool down, to kill time, to improve flexibility, and to relieve stress. There is no doubt that stretching has always been and will continue to be an important element to becoming a better dancer. That said, I would encourage all dancers to think more critically about why and how they stretch.
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As the COVID vaccine becomes more widely available and more people are getting vaccinated (hooray!), some folks are experiencing mild side effects from the vaccine. The CDC notes that these side effects usually subside within a few days, but they can be annoying. One of the more common side effects is soreness in the shoulder of the arm that received the injection. The CDC recommends light exercise as a way to help reduce any pain and discomfort experienced after this vaccination. Here are a few gentle exercises that may help.
Runners like to run and cyclists like to ride their bikes but when you begin to discuss strength training they become less enthusiastic. Now take a recreational athlete who has limited time to devote to their sport, it’s even harder for them to take some that time to work on strength training vs getting out on the trail or the road.
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Because of the closures of physician's offices, stoppages of elective surgeries, and social distancing guidelines resulting from COVID-19, many people with pain or joint issues have had appointments or surgeries delayed. If you're one of them and you haven't seen your PT yet, you should. Here are some reasons why:
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Virtual physical therapy has quickly moved from a niche offering to the mainstream. Having more options is great, but it can also complicate decision making. Having an understanding of the benefits of both can help make clear which one would best help you meet your goals.
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Schedules are crazy these days. With schools moving to remote or hybrid learning, and many folks working from home, the regular 9-5 workday or typical school day is, at least for now, a thing of the past.
There is a silver lining, however. If you no longer need to commute to work or drive your children to practice, you may have more flexibility in your schedule. Why not use this time to take care of that back or neck that has been sore from increased screen time, that ankle that has been bothering you since you hurt it in college, or that shoulder pain that wakes you up at night?
Here at Complete Game Physical Therapy, we post a lot about our clients who are athletes and play youth sports. While they are a portion of the people we work with, we welcome and work with all active individuals. Our Patient of the Month, Elaine, is one of those active individuals.
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With Major League Baseball starting up and youth baseball and softball in full swing, I thought it would be timely to provide a review of the resistance band exercises that have become an increasingly popular part of warm ups in baseball and softball. Unfortunately, when we treat youth athletes in our physical therapy clinic and review their band exercises with them, we often see that they are performing them improperly.
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During the Covid-19 crisis, Complete Game Physical Therapy has been dedicated to providing expert care to our clients via telehealth virtual appointments.This benefit has served our patients well and even though we have now reopened under under the guidelines in Massachusetts Phased Reopening Plan, we continue to offer telehealth appointments to both new and established patients.
Sharing her experience with this service, we present Rochelle. We normally have a Patient of the Month and she is our first Telehealth Patient of the Month.
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Information is rapidly changing and I wanted to get the latest information we have out to you ASAP. Insurance companies have waived all out of pocket expenses for telehealth physical therapy.
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