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I always say where the site of the pain is often not the source of the problem. But most healthcare providers will go to the site of the pain and only treat that area.. Well that is what happened with this client and after seeing numerous healthcare providers including other physical therapists, she still was not getting results. We are going to talk about this case and share another option that h...

We are so excited to have Natalie come on board with us. Learn her story and why she got into pelvic floor PT. When you google pelvic floor the first thing that pops up for treatment is Kegels and crazy surgeries that I would not wish upon anyone to do. She will be talking about the pelvic floor and some of the myths around that. If you are interested in learning more and want to learn how you can...

I always say where the site of the pain is often not where the source of the problem is located and this is true for the knee. If you are going to a place that only looks at the knee, or only works on strengthening the knee, or only looks at the tissue around the knee, they may be missing the boat.. In this podcast we will go through all the different sources of knee pain based on pain located and...

I can not tell you how many people who are runners, cyclists, drill team dancers, soccer players, and even those that just walk or workout minimally who have tried everything to solve their high hamstring issue without luck. They go to the doctors and they are told they have tendonitis or a labral tear in the hip and their solution is to stretch, strengthen, injections or even surgery. They are to...

I started this business over 6 years ago with a huge mission to change how healthcare was delivered. But Actually when I started this business, I did not want to do much business. I was going to retire seeing a few patients and that was it. That has turned into something bigger to now create a place for other healthcare providers to thrive in with making them a better healthcare provider. And in a...

When you go down with an injury that you know you have torn your muscle and you no longer want to put much weight on a massive calf injury all your fears of how long will this take come into play. Am I going to be able to play sports again? This client was a firefighter, so how long am I going to be out of work. In this episode Shannon shares her story of how shockwave after 2 treatments helped he...

Do you know someone suffering from sleeping issues, jaw pain, neck pain, headaches and fatigue.. Then they are not going to want to miss this podcast with Dr. Genz, DDS and Stefani Crowley, MSPT DIP MDT. We will be talking about: What is a TMJ Dysfunction and how it causes sleep issues, brain fog, and other health issues in the body. How the neck and jaw pain all is connected Finding the root caus...

The biggest thing our healthcare system misses is that we tend to treat the symptom and never put all the pieces together. We had clients come in and go to a different healthcare provider for their shoulder pain. But they also were getting Headaches and TMJ issues. Their shoulder never got better. The doctors wanted to just give her pills for the headache and the dentist wanted to give her a mouth...

There are so many reasons our healthcare is a mess. We get all the time, I have great health insurance so that is what I want to use… And even with great health insurance you still could be going down the path of lots of procedures, testing, and surgeries without getting to the root cause of the problem. We have so many clients that have tried 7-10 healthcare providers without answers before comin...

If you are about to have Rotator Cuff Surgery and want to avoid it at all cost, then you are going to want to hear this story. Steven is a client who literally could not raise his shoulder off of body. He could move his elbow but could not move his arm away from his body. That is how bad of an injury he had. But he also did not want to have surgery as that is a 6-7 month to a year process to get b...

We literally have had amazing results with Shockwave Therapy. From Chronic Back pain, Elbow Pain, Plantar fasciitis, Knee pain; who have gotten results in 3-6 treatments. I love that we have had clients with chronic plantar fasciitis who have tried everything and nothing worked, but with 2 treatments of shockwave she felt 60% better. To another client with Back pain who we were able to help throug...

Meet Dr. Genz who is a Holistic Dentist and Founder of The Whole Tooth Dentistry. What does a Holistic Dentist look like? Well you would be surprised at how our health is related to our teeth and what is going on with our teeth. So getting an understanding of why something is happening in the mouth is key to helping reduce the disease process in our body! Check out Dr Genz’s story and how she star...

Check out Hunter’s Story of having Chronic Back Pain as a Collegiate Swimmer. How trying other physical therapy offices was making him worse and not progressing him. To him feeling like he was not going to be able to swim to his best ability and fearing he was going to have to live with back pain for the rest of his life… In his story as we talk about how other places just went to the site of his...

Listen to Emily’s Story of where she had knee pain for over 3 years and going to multiple PT offices without results. How her doctors told her it was her back that was the problem which can definitely cause knee pain, but that was not where the source of her problem was coming from. This is often the case we find. If you do not get to the source of the problem, you are treating the symptoms. While...

88% of people with knee arthritis are 45 or older. The incidence of knee arthritis is highest between 55 and 64 years old. Knee Arthritis is a common diagnosis, yet is that really where your pain is coming from. In this episode we will talk about 4 common causes of knee pain that mimic arthritis and what you can do about them. We will learn in the Podcast: Is arthritis really where your pain is co...

We partnered with Dr Reddy who is a Rheumatologist but also is Fellowship Trained in Integrative Medicine and Board Certified in Lifestyle Medicine! This event is for you if: You want to stay active and healthy as you age! To not have to slow down, or fear you cannot travel, do gardening, play with your kids or grandkids. You want to keep those Aches and Pains away- you are probably moving and str...

Knee Pain affects 25% of the population. Most of the time you are told that is just what happens as we age. Or it is due to overuse because as we age we do not recover as fast. Either way, most of the time you can avoid surgery and injections if you get to the right place that can look at the whole body and not just the symptoms around the knee. So this talk is about the Mistakes Healthcare provid...

We see this all the time. You go to a doctor because you have been hurting and they “say are some medications and just rest for the next month..” So you do that and 1 month later you are still hurting… You are frustrated and think this must be serious. Am I going to be able to stay active, or travel, or play with my kids or grandkids without hurting myself. Is my life going to be over.. Yes your b...

Tracy is one of our patients who started hurting 2 years ago. He liked to fix bikes and was in these really bad flexed positions for long periods of time. He started hurting and his pain got worse over the years. Not sure what to do, he tried to stay active doing yoga and biking, using Dr google for exercises, but that was not helping his pain go away.. He went to a chiropractor and continued to g...

This one thing I find healthcare providers miss in helping their patients get back to living their life. It often leads people down the path of having surgery. It is also why you have, for example, back surgery. You feel great after surgery, but 1 year down the road your pain returns. So you end up going in for another surgery. Why does this happen? Well doctors will blame that you are getting old...

Did you know that over 50% of all shoulder Pain comes from the Spine.. Yet healthcare professionals will just go to the site of the pain and do an MRI on the shoulder to “find out what is wrong.” Physical therapist will go to the shoulder and do strengthening exercises… And you wonder why you are not getting better. We get lots of clients with low grade headaches that also are having shoulder pain...

Did you know that over 50% of shoulder Pain comes from the Spine?? Yup, it comes from the Neck or the thoracic spine! So if you are only looking at the shoulder pain as the issues, you may be missing a huge piece of the puzzle leading you down the path of unnecessary treatments that will not work and years of frustration! You have to understand how the body is connected in figuring out where the s...

Headaches are exhausting. You literally have no life if you have chronic headache pain. You basically are living to work and are too exhausted due to the pain to spend time with your family and friends. There are many types of headaches and if you get the wrong category which often happens, you will be treating a symptom. So what are those categories? And how do they present? What can you do for t...

Check out this Patient’s story to give you hope that it is possible to get resolution to hip pain. This client was supposed to travel with a friend to Italy but wanted to back out. Her hip has been bothering her and it was getting worse. She was having a hard time walking around and did not want to travel in the exhausted state she was in because it would not be fun! She had been going to a chirop...

Back pain is a billion dollar business without great results. Clients often lose hope that they are just going to have to live this way for the rest of their life. Or they wonder why their back pain keeps on returning and getting worse. We have clients all the time come into our office after seeing 7-10 healthcare providers for their back pain without results, but are able to get results in our of...