With spring sports winding down, it’s time to start thinking about summer sports. There seem to be endless options, including camps, town and travel leagues, and college showcases, and it can be challenging to figure out the best option for your youth athlete.
Read MoreWe are showcasing a dynamic duo as our Patients of the Month!
Sean and Peg are a mother and son team that both ran the Boston Marathon together. They came to see us at Complete Game with the goal of being race day ready!
Overuse injuries are common in sports, recreation and daily activity. With the inactivity due to COVID that some athletes had to deal with and the inactivity in the population in general, we are seeing more overuse injuries as people get back into sports and to regular exercise.
Read MoreAt Complete Game Physical Therapy, we are back up and running seeing patients in our clinic. We have enhanced safety procedures and are following all the latest guidelines from the CDC and local board of health to ensure the safety of patients, families and staff. We have adjusted our schedule to help accommodate proper social distancing as well as to provide convenient appointment times for our patients.
Read MoreBecause 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 a PT yet, we welcome you to see us at Complete Game first. Here are some reasons why:
Read MoreAt Complete Game Physical Therapy, our number one priority is always the health and well-being of our patients, staff and families. To help our patients and support our healthcare colleagues in the primary care, orthopedic and emergency room settings, we are reopening our clinic on a modified basis. We have begun our re-opening this week; next week, we will operate on a modified basis with our therapists working regularly scheduled hours.
Read MoreThe COVID 19 pandemic has forced the vast majority of hospitals and medical centers in our region to temporarily put elective surgeries on hold. This leaves many who are awaiting knee surgeries, shoulder surgeries or joint replacements having to postpone their procedures. Though you may be stuck at home awaiting a surgery date, a preoperative exercise program will not only help you feel better in the short term but also improve your postoperative outcome.
Read MoreHistorically, pitching instruction has followed a pattern of coaches trying to teach players “proper mechanics” without truly understanding what each individual’s proper mechanics are. Limitations in individual mobility or stability will make moving into certain positions in the delivery difficult or even impossible.
Read MoreWe want to stay in touch with all of our wonderful current and former patients and let you know that we miss you! We hope that you, your family and loved ones are all doing well. Every day we are reminded by news reports that the COVID-19 outbreak is an expanding global pandemic. During this unprecedented time, it is extremely important that each of us do our part to social distance and flatten the curve. This action, which may seem small, significantly decreases the spread of the virus and keeps people healthy.
Read MoreAt Complete Game Physical Therapy we are dedicated to not only providing excellent care to athletes and active individuals following injury or surgery but also to helping reduce the likelihood injury occurring in the first place. We are currently working to help identify and address injury risk factors associated with adolescent baseball pitchers.
Read MoreThe start of the year inevitably brings on the New Year’s fitness resolutions. Great intentions of “This being the year I’m going to get in shape!” often turn into individuals ending up in our PT clinic due to injury. Today I wanted to go over a few simple tips to stay healthy and keep up with those New Year’s resolutions.
Read MoreAs we close out 2019, it is the perfect time to express how thankful we are to be a small business in the Lowell, MA area. We have an interested and engaged community and when we are out meeting the people that make up this area, we enjoy talking and sharing our knowledge of physical therapy. We are taking the time, also, to wish you all a very Happy New Year!
Read MoreThis month Complete Game Physical Therapy features this wonderful duo as our Patients of the Month. Introducing Nicole and Jim, a grandfather/granddaughter duo who were treated here at Complete Game with different injuries.
Complete Game Physical Therapy is committed to providing the best physical therapy services to the Lowell, Massachusetts area. As part of this commitment, we make it a point to be a good neighbor and get out into the community to teach injury prevention, proper body mechanics, and information about our clinic and services.
Read MoreFall will be here before you know it and with it comes the start of a new sports season. Soccer has become one of the most popular youth and high school sports and, as with all popular sports, injuries do occur. Several different kinds of injuries are common in soccer, from concussion to ACL tears to ankle sprains.
Read MoreHere at Complete Game Physical Therapy we have the pleasure to work with athletes who play sports from across the spectrum. Who remembers playing dodgeball at recess and in PE? Did you know that there is a Team USA Dodgeball Team?
Read MoreIn overhead athletes that come to us with arm trouble, for example, we consistently find restrictions in thoracic spine mobility. Today’s blog is dedicated to one method we use to assess thoracic spine rotation mobility and a treatment we would use for thoracic restrictions.
Read MoreImproving posture is one simple way to help reduce injury risk, especially in overhead athletes. In this blog, I will explain why having poor posture is so bad for throwing and a couple of simple ways to improve posture.
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