Stay Active & Avoid Injury

Wellness Expert Newsletter

• Avoid Injury • Exercise Essentials • Patient Results • Staff Highlight • Winter Check Up

Whether you just like to play weekend sports, walk for exercise or are an avid athlete, injuries can happen from time to time. Most injuries are from overusing muscles, tendons and ligaments, which may feel like soreness, especially the next day. At the microscopic level, when muscles, tendons and ligaments are over-stretched, little tears form in the tissues. Your body normally heals quickly from this. However, the severity of the injury determines the extent of time needed to recover. Sprains and Strains Sprains are over-stretching injuries to the tendons and ligaments while strains are over- stretching injuries to the muscles. These can range from mild to severe. Realize, that for even mild sprains, the body can take about 6 weeks to heal the soft tissue. That means adequate rest and rehabilitation is needed to fully recover from this type of injury. Severe sprains and strains may at times require braces and even surgical repair. The recovery from this can be longer, 8 weeks or more and it is wise to have proper physical therapy rehabilitation to recover. Even old sprains and strains can stay around to haunt you if they have not been properly rehabilitated.

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Why Choose Canyon Sports Therapy? • Expertly trained therapists • Focused on achieving fast results • We take the time to listen to you • We spend time educating you on your problem and how to solve it Tendonitis Tendonitis is an inflammation of the tendons from overuse. This can be for a variety of reasons, but typically, that body part is taking the strain due to poor movement of other areas. For example, tendonitis in the shoulder or elbow is typically from poor posture of the neck and upper back. This causes an altered movement in the shoulder and arm, increasing strain on the tendons. Physical therapy helps by relieving the inflammation and pain while restoring normal motion and posture. If you suffer from aches, pains or would just like to move better than you use to, call us today to learn more about our different programs and how we can help you be active and pain-free!

• Friendly, courteous staff • On time appointments • Doctor recommended

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I am getting ready for ski season! “I tore my ACL skiing in February 2016 up in Alta. The first few weeks were extremely challenging and quite frankly depressing. My old PT clinic shuffled patients in and out. When I saw a patient with a completely different injury doing the same, exact exercise as me, I knew I had to find a different PT. Not to mention that I saw my PT for 15 minutes and they didn’t even know my name! After many recommendations, I came to Canyon Sports Therapy. From day one, Andrea was encouraging, yet challenged me in my recovery. Her demeanor was the perfect mix you strive for in a PT. I felt at times like I wouldn’t be able to walk, let alone ski again. However, here I am less than 6 months later getting ready for the ski season. I couldn’t have done it without Andrea’s support and guidance.” - E.F. PATIENT RESULTS WINTER CHECK UP Summer’s Gone...Fall Into Winter. Is Your Body Ready?

Fall is here signaling it’s time for us to begin preparing our equipment and our bodies for the significant demands of our favorite Winter Sport. Finding yourself sidelined early in the season facing a long recovery from low back or other joint pains in many cases can be avoided by implementing a simple Physical

Therapy program. Don’t wait. Call Canyon Sports Therapy to have one of our highly trained sports specialists evaluate your body’s winter readiness and any of your nagging pains. We have experience getting both world class athletes and Wasatch Mountain Warriors of all ages back on the mountain exploring the limits of their abilities without pain or fear of injury. Let us uncover and treat your underlying restrictions and then implement a specific training program designed for you to get you back in the mountains at your very best. Also consider having us evaluate your ski boots effectiveness. We can assess as well as adjust how well your boots fit in our orthotic and ski boot Lab. www.canyonsportstherapy.com

STAFF HIGHLIGHT

Brad, Danny, John & Andrea are dedicated to getting you back exploring the limits of your abilities without pain or fear of injury.

BRAD MILAM, DPT, OCS I am driven by the opportunity to make a direct impact daily on people’s physical and athletic abilities through the integration of manual techniques, specific exercise, and knowledge of physiology and biomechanics. DANNY HANSEN, DPT, CSCS Dedicated to improving impairment and pain through an in depth physical evaluation, followed by an organized treatment plan, while using quick interpersonal connection and humor, and pulling from personal and professional experience, to create the ultimate healing experience. JOHN W. FEIG, PT, CEO John’s vision is to provide Wasatch Front athletes with the ultimate rehabilitative environment. His goal is to push the boundaries of presently available therapy. To provide the most precise biomechanical testing available with the ability to measure and then correct movement impairments which had been underlying your injury and continue to put you at risk once you return to your sport. ANDREA CAMPIAN, DPT, CFMT Dedicated to helping you understand the body and improve its performance.

DO I NEED A PRESCRIPTION TO START PHYSICAL THERAPY?

NO, you don’t. Although we see many patients sent directly by their physician, in the state of Utah, a licensed physical therapist may begin the physical therapy process by performing a full physical therapy evaluation. We will verify benefits for you so that you can get started right away. YOU CAN START NOW CALL TODAY!

Exercise Essentials Try this simple exercise to keep you moving...

Always consult your physical therapist or physician before starting exercises you are unsure of doing.

HAMSTRING STRETCH - SUPINE Helps relieve tight muscles While lying on your back, raise up your leg and hold the back of your knee until a stretch is felt. Repeat 8 times.

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Who do you know that needs our help?

If you know someone suffering with aches and pains give the gift of health. Refer them to Canyon Sports Therapy today. Pass along this newsletter or have them call us directly to schedule an appointment. Do You Have Friends or Family Unable to Do The Following?

• Move without pain • Bend and move freely

• Balance confidently and securely • Sit for long periods comfortably • Walk for long distances • Live an active and healthy lifestyle

Call Today! (801) 944-1209 Fax: (801) 274-1180

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