Geaux to Physical Therapy℠

Everyone by now has heard the term “core strength” and about how it’s so important to have it.  The core consists of abdominal, back, shoulder blade, hip, and glute muscles, in other words, the muscles in your trunk that support the spine.  Core strength helps to prevent and recover from a host of injuries, not […]

We are almost through February, and I have to say, this Wisconsin winter hasn’t been that bad.  Anything compared to the snowmageddon of the northeast is better, and  I know I’ve been thankful that it hasn’t been as bad as the past two years.  Though I may be from Louisiana, this transplant knows we aren’t out of the woods […]

You may not like following, talking, or even the thought of politics.  I know there was a time when the government’s affairs were not interesting to me.  Why do I want to waste my time watching people constantly fighting and remaining stubborn about working together and compromising?  FACT is: politics affects us all.  If we […]

Whether ’tis nobler to suffer the strains and pains of prolonged stretching, or to take arms through dynamic warm ups and replace them.  This post will not end as a Shakespearean tragedy, for there is not a plague on either form (static or dynamic) of stretching.  Recently, a group of therapists at our clinic got […]

Most of my patients come in to their first physical therapy appointment with their prescription- a scribbling of jargon they may or may not understand- and no idea what to expect.  They may have known someone who has gone through physical therapy before, or perhaps heard about it as an option, but never really knew […]

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and happy new year!  Your Geaux 2 PT was having a jolly good time in Great Britain and is refreshed and ready to write about some very important subjects.   I’m starting 2010’s blog with a topic that is near and dear to me: preventing falls in […]

“Tobacco use, particularly cigarette smoking, is the leading cause of preventable illness and death in the United States” – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Everyone has heard about the negative effects of smoke, second-hand smoke, and now even third-hand smoke.  How does smoking impact physical therapy?  Smokers actually take longer to heal than nonsmokers, […]