Our glute muscles are a key component to good balance, preventing back strain, and better body mechanics with our everyday activities. Here are a few variations on one of the most common glute strengthening exercise: the Bridge.
If you have low back pain, strengthening your core can be a big key to feeling and moving better. Here are some of my favorite functional core strengthening exercises that don’t involve laying down. If you’re having low back pain, PT can help! Call our clinics to schedule an evaluation.
There are so many factors that contribute to bone health and the risks of osteoporosis. Fortunately, May is the Bone Health Month and a great time to educate yourself about bone health just before you begin a busy and active summer. For your convenience Paradigm Physical Therapy & Wellness has gathered a whole host of […]
Oct. 20th of each year is World Osteoporosis Day and we are sharing this post to raise awareness of the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis. Did you know? Osteoporosis is an underlying cause of debilitating, painful and potentially life-threatening broken bones. Osteoporosis is a growing problem: As observed worldwide, fractures in women and men […]
In recent years, there has been a strong uptick in interest surrounding the use of cupping therapy. This has been in large part to the rise of visibility of the cupping application from the characteristic circular “bruises” on many celebrities and high-profile athletes. With so many high-level athletes supporting the use of this intervention, more […]
Two topics that have been talked about a lot in the past couple years are Covid-19 (no surprise there!) and a physical therapy treatment called Dry Needling. If you’ve never heard of it, Dry Needling is a technique that involves inserting a thin needle into a tender or painful spot within a muscle (termed myofascial […]
Do you know what to expect when you attend your initial visit to physical therapy? Well, here at Paradigm Physical Therapy & Wellness, you’ll get a one-hour evaluation. This includes listening to you about your pain and limitation. Then we provide a comprehensive evaluation of special tests and measurements to get to the source of […]
Did you know that when your doctor refers you for Physical Therapy, you have a choice of where to attend? So why travel the extra miles when Paradigm has State of the art facilities with excellent physical therapists near you. Paradigm Physical Therapy and Wellness has 3 convenient locations to serve you. Los Lunas, Belen […]
With October being Physical Therapy Month we thought it important to remind patients about how critical preoperative physical therapy can be. In 2018, I wrote an article regarding regional interdependence in the human musculoskeletal system. You can read that article here: Regional Interdependence, The Right Hip’s Connected to the Left Knee . The concept is […]
In recent years popular sports programs, and most notably the recent Olympic games, have popularized Kinesiology taping. Although there are many different brands and techniques that exist today the core principles are shared. Kinesiology tape is often referred to as K-tape. Although there are many brands and they can be slightly different, they all consist […]