We have many patients that ask if it is safe to exercise with back pain and if they should rest until the back pain is gone, or what they can do to help alleviate the pain they are experiencing. While rest can help in some cases, we recommend staying active and moving as much as you can to help reduce the pain and strengthen the muscles that are important to you being pain-free.
This blog outlines what many of us do during setup that causes a problem during the golf swing, resulting in back discomfort and troubles after playing. There is a simple remedy that might greatly reduce your back discomfort when playing golf.
Golf is a sport that puts a lot of strain on different parts of the body. The torque, speed, and rotation needed to play the sport can put stress on the back, knees, shoulders & wrists.
Dr. Eric Wallace sits down with Derek LaBonte, owner of Packerland CrossFit in Green Bay. They discuss the role of sleep, nutrition, mindset, and working out/crossfit in living an active lifestyle. You’d be surprised to find out you maybe shouldn’t focus on simply one aspect.
This blog covers how to go about discovering your baseline swing speed for golf and how to increase your swing speed. There are 4 major swing speed assessments that you can complete anywhere and with anyone to get a good idea of where you are at. The significance of each test in correlation with swing speed will be revealed throughout the blog.
Haley Hestekin sits down to talk with Motus Rx Physical Therapy about her experience as a collegiate athlete, the importance of physical preparation, strength training, and mental health. Haley gives some rock-solid advice to any junior athlete looking to compete at the next level.
What is the difference between block practice and random practice? Why does it matter how I practice for golf? In order to achieve your golf goals this offseason, it is crucial you have a high-level understanding of how block practice and random practice can help you. It’s not a one or the other thing, you need both.
If you are somebody who likes to run, or walk often for that matter, you may experience knee pain from time to time. Knee pain when you are an avid runner is a severe limitation to continuing to do what you love…running. Find out how you can prevent knee flare ups, pain with running, and continue to hit your times!
Ever wonder if you actually need knee surgery to relieve your knee pain? But then you are curious if there even is another option to rid your knee pain without surgery. Motus Rx Physical Therapy’s Dr. Eric Wallace openly discusses this matter and all of your options to resolve your frustrations
Today we are coming in hot talking about back pain. Specifically, why your back pain is not improving OR why you have gotten back pain AGAIN for a 2nd, 3rd, or 4th time. Really, I am talking about back pain because this is going to be the kick off of our topic for the month of July! Although this blog is specifically for back pain, this can apply to any type of pain.
