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Like most people, I’m right-handed.  So when I switched my mouse yesterday to click using my left hand, naturally it felt well, UNnatural.  Using a mouse with your non-dominant hand is about as frustrating as not being able to buy “You’re the Best” for your ipod unless you buy the entire Karate Kid soundtrack or […]

Today I helped a high school athlete return to competing in a cross country meet and not only that, meet a personal best and without knee pain.  In just 2 short sessions.  Ok, so I know I’m  bragging, but I was really proud of this accomplishment, which was 75% the effort of my patient and […]

Most golfers might think that there is no more painful condition than a case of the “shanks.”  In terms of mental anguish and inner turmoil, I have to agree… it hurts.  But if we look at physical, musculoskeletal injuries that plague the game of golf, back pain is the most prevalent and disabling.  Both professional […]

I will ride 150 miles on my bike this weekend for the WI Multiple Sclerosis Society.  What I learned in PT school about multiple sclerosis, or MS, is that there are a lot of question marks.  Question marks that for those afflicted with this disease can be frustrating.  Multiple sclerosis is a neurologic disease of […]

“Getting old isn’t for sissies.” This bit of wisdom has been told to me more than once by clients following joint replacement surgery and many of them prove the statement to be true.  Dealing with the movement impairments related to aging takes its toll, physicaly and mentally.  As we get older there are certain things […]

For centuries we have tried to escape the inevitable: aging.  There may be Botox, but there is no fountain of youth that can stop all of the effects of gravity and time.  Luckily for our joints and muscles, we do have exercise.  I’m not simply proposing that any random activity or exercise will combat aging […]

I recently coordinated continuing education on treatment of the shoulder for physical and occupational therapists at HealthReach Rehab.  My final contribution to the courses was evidence-based treatment of rotator cuff tears.  The rotator cuff is a group of four muscles at the shoulder, named supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, and subscapularis.  The most commonly torn muscle […]