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Hiking: Reduce Your Risk of Injury
With the warmer weather and hopefully dying down winds, now is the time to dust off those hiking boots. There are many benefits to hiking such as building strength in your core and lower extremity muscles, improving balance and bone density, as well as lowering your risk of heart disease and improving blood pressure levels. […]
The Importance of Proper Gait
Walking properly can save a lot of extra stress on all your joints, especially ankles, knees and hips, but even into your back. How is this possible? Well, the whole body is one big chain. If one part of the chain is the “weak link” then the rest of the chain becomes unstable. If we […]
Splish and Splash Your Way to a Pain Free Summer!
Hydrotherapy is a great way to cool off from the hot New Mexico sun and relieve pain, increase strength, balance, and coordination, while in a fun, no stress environment. Chronic pain, acute pain, weakness, balance restrictions, swelling? Hydrotherapy has something for everyone. Sometimes everyday activities like walking or simply moving your arm against the force […]
Paradigm showing our support at South Valley Pride Day 2022
I had a great time, at the 2022 South Valley Pride Day, meeting new friends and sharing what makes Paradigm both unique and effective in the art and science of physical therapy! Thank you for stopping by and saying hello. South Valley YOU ROCK! Donald Sanchez – Owner & PT
Diaphragm: Center of the body and key factor for dysfunction and pain
The human body is extremely intricate, and each year we are learning more but one consistent truth is how intertwined the systems are. More complex than just your knee affecting your hip, but that changes in your organs can change how you hold yourself upright, which then affects the back. This is where holistic (full-body) […]