Arlington: Effective Hip & Knee Pain Relief

Health &Wellness The Newsletter About Your Health And Caring For Your Body

EFFECTIVE HIP & KNEE PAIN RELIEF Take Off To A Pain Free Journey!

Put the Spring Back in Your Step

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INSIDE: • Effective Hip & Knee Pain Relief • Find out If You Are Moving Like You Should • Free Knee Pain Consultation • Patient Success Spotlight

Health & Wellness The Newsletter About Your Health And Caring For Your Body

EFFECTIVE HIP & KNEE PAIN RELIEF “Prepare For Your Daily Run Without Fear Of Injury!”

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The Remedy The simple solution is to put the spring back in your step. This is accomplished by first analyzing how you walk. There are slight changes in the way that you walk and move, that our trained medical experts can pick up on. This analysis tells us just what joints or muscles are stiff, stuck or weak. By pinpointing the exact areas of your body that are not moving as they should, we can make a plan to increase motion, strength and improve coordination.

Think of your body as a big spring that stores and releases energy with every step. The efficiency of your walk comes from the effectiveness of your flexibility, strength and balance. When any one of these is off, it affects your ability to walk efficiently and takes a lot of energy.This results in strain to different joints and makes muscles work much harder than they need to. This leads to possible pain in the back, hips and knees. It also causes fatigue after walking, even for a little while. If you are experiencing pain again after therapy, it might be because muscles or joints have tightened or become weak again.

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FIND OUT IF YOU ARE MOVING LIKE YOU SHOULD

Can you do these simple tests to see if your hips and legs are as flexible and strong as they should be? Try them for yourself and let us know how you did. Use caution and common sense when attempting these tests; do not continue if they cause pain or discomfort.  Do not attempt if you have had a hip replacement. • From standing, can you touch your toes? This indicates hip and low back flexibility. • In sitting can you comfortably cross your legs so that your ankle is resting on the other knee? Does one knee go further down than the other? This indicates hip flexibility. If one hip is tighter than the other, it can wreak havoc with your walking and even cause knee pain. • Keeping your feet flat on the floor and holding onto something solid, how far can you squat down? You should be able to squat all the way down so your buttocks almost touch your heels. Don’t let your heels pop up! If you favor movement to one side, you probably have hip weakness on that side or limited motion in the hip joint. • Standing near a counter top put one foot in front of the other so that you are touching heel to toe. Without putting your hands down, see if you can balance for 10 seconds, keeping yourself steady. If you cannot, then you have trouble with the coordination of your balance from the nerve endings in your hip, knees, ankles and feet. Restoring Normal Pain Free Motion. Restoring normal motion is key to alleviating pain and allowing you to do the activities you love to do safely. Physical therapy is the key to restoring normal joint and muscle motion. Our medical experts pinpoint the key problem areas that you may not even

be aware of and focus on a custom treatment plan that will restore your normal pain-free motion. Performing at Your Best. Whether you are just out for a walk or an avid athlete, we can help you walk, run and play better. With our motion analysis, strength testing, coordination testing and more, we can spot your muscles and joints thatneedflexibility,strengthorcoordination.Aspecific trainingand treatment plan is then put together to help you reach your peak movement with the least effort. Discover how our Spine Program transforms your back pain from a pressing problem, to a distant memory, allowing you to live a happy, active and pain-free life.

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GAIN PAIN RELIEF WITH OUR MASSAGE THERAPIST KRISTY TAYLOR, LMT

Difficulty With Joint Pain?

Kristy has experienced a 14 year career specializing in:

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• Deep Tissue Massage • Myofascial Release • Trigger Point Massage • Active Release • Reflexology • Prenatal Massage

Patients consider her an amazing massage therapist to call on. She has done a wonderful job reducing pain and restoring mobility with our patients. We are excited to have Kristy on board with the Arlington PT team!

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Patient Success Spotlight Impressed with how much I have been able to accomplish in just a short amount of time!

Think PT First

Why You Need To Come Back In For A Tune-Up:

“The reason I came to physical therapy was that I tore my knee up playing soccer in 2016. A friend of mine from church suggested Arlington Physical Therapy. Matt Connell has been very hands-on, he is very focused on what I need. My surgeon is very impressed with how much I have been able to accomplish, in just a short amount of time. It is because of the physical therapy I have received at Arlington Physical Therapy! - Chat R.

� Sit for long periods comfortably

� Move without pain � Bend and move freely � Balance confidently and securely

� Walk for long distances � Live an active and healthy lifestyle

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What is a good Running Pattern • Running up right and stable • Do not let feet cross midline when you are running. • Mid foot striking is optimal. To much heel strike can increase incidence of injury. Dysfunctional Pattern • When your body learns a less optimal pattern to perform a task either from injury, pain, mobility deficits, strength loss, or changes that happen when you fatigue. • Dysfunctional Pattern increases risk of injury and wears your body down. Contributing Factors • Quadricep weakness: which can cause extra pressure between the patella and femur during flexion • Hamstring tightness: which places more posterior force on the knee PFJ • Hamstring weakness: which puts more stress on knee • Hip musculature weakness: which results in medial rotation of the knee (rolls inward) and a valgus position (knock knees) IMPROVEYOURRUNNING AND PERFORMANCE

• Core Weakness • An excessive ‘Q’ angle: ( > 20 degrees) • Patella Alta or decreased patellar mobility • Unequal leg length: (mostly due to pelvic dysfunction) • Foot over-pronation • Excessive or sudden increase in frequency, duration or intensity of training

• Increased downhill running • Worn or improper footwear

Attention Pain Sufferers 2 NEWWORKSHOPS IN APRIL 2018

Join us for this FREE Running And Performance Workshop in which you will learn: ü How to prevent the most common injuries with runners. ü Proper running form is important. ü Recovery strategies and ways to improve speed and agility. ü How to cross train and stretch properly. RUNNING & PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP APRIL 8TH 4:00PM-5:00PM

Join us for this FREE Shoulder Pain & Rotator Cuff Workshop in which you will learn: ü Some of the causes of shoulder pain. ü How to prevent pain and keep your shoulder pain from worsening. ü The single most important thing you should not do in dealing with shoulder pain. ü Great information for all clients and especially for overhead throwing and running athletes. SHOULDER PAIN & ROTATOR CUFF WORKSHOP APRIL 26TH 5:30PM-6:30PM

Workshops are free but seats are limited. Only 20 spots available. Don’t delay, register today by calling now! Register online at www.aptworkshops.com or call our office at 901-317-7054 and ask for Melissa! We Want To Help You Get Better & Improve Your Performance! Great Information For All Clients and Especially For Spring Season Athletes!

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