PhysioWorks, physical therapist, in Huntsville Alabama, Andrew Walker suffered a calf strain while running 😢 Learn from this video why it happened, and how he rehabilitated it using blood flow restriction training (BFR), heart rate variability and a polarized approach...
Runners Need Strength Training! Or Do They?! Table of Contents Sometimes the blogs I write take quite a lot of research to do… hence, there can sometimes be quite a time between the blog posts! Longer than I would like, but I’m a human and not just buying canned...
The Female Athlete Triad Table of Contents Female Specific Research – The Gap Is Narrowing Right to work, right to vote, and in many other ways, women have not always been treated as equal to males. This has also been true in medical care with research...
Table of Contents Have you noticed how many people are given a boot to treat stress fractures? If you’ve had to wear one you’ll know they’re pretty uncomfortable (not to mention expensive!!!). Perhaps you didn’t have the fun experience of a boot but were put on a knee...
Blood Flow Restriction Training Table of Contents Why should we lift? Living an active life requires certain levels of strength. For example, when we walk we put 3.5 x bodyweight through our calf (soleus), whereas when we run this increases to 6.5-8x bodyweight1-2. We...
Not all tendons and tendon pain should be treated the same. For example, we tend to consider Achilles tendon pain as wither insertional or mid-substance. When it is insertional we need to consider compression of the tendon against bone that occurs for example when you...
Coming up on 12-years in business, we have made the decision to close PhysioWorks. It has been my great pleasure to serve the community, and if you have been a patient, I am thankful for you. Thankfully, this is not due to a lack of success, but is due to wanting to focus on the homeschooling of my children at this time in their lives. The website will remain live for a while longer if you are interested in any of the previous blog articles.
If you have been a patient and wish to get a copy of your records, please contact me at andrew.walker@physioworkshsv.com, or call me at 256-529-7395.
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