This was a mind-altering weekend that was spent learning from one of the best in the business! 💥💥
Thank you so much to Mike Cantrell (@mikecantrellprc) & to the Postural Restoration Institute for continuing to advance, elevate & separate our practice from the rest of the pack! 🙌👍 … & to TJ Martino (@the.performance.therapist)for being my co-pilot for the weekend.
Looking forward to using & integrating this material ASAP with all Total-PT patients! 👊😎#movehealchange
Our bodies are amazing 🙌 at compensating for the smallest of deviations. When they do, they will not send you an email to let you know that the correction is taking place. —-😤
Those compensation patterns eventually add up to undue tension and torque . Eventually that leads to your body contacting you with a message … that message is pain. How you answer your body back matters💥 #movehealchange
Clients come to us all the time saying that they’ve been told that they’re ‘out of alignment.’ They’re constantly going back for adjustments & that they work really well – for a while! But they always ‘go out,’ & have to regularly go back to be readjusted!
Adjustments (or REPOSITIONS) are great. If they don’t stay in alignment then that’s not great! 👎What that treatment approach has is a POOR STICKINESS FACTOR! What’s their long term strategy❓ To keep going back❓ Over & over?❓Don’t you think that’s a bit silly⁉️
What YOU WANT . . . Dare we say what YOU NEED is a HIGH STICKINESS FACTOR‼️ What if we not only REPOSITION, but also RETRAIN⁉️Then you can RESTORE your ability to ‘_____.’💥
Now you DON’T need us. You need YOU! Oh . . . .you already own YOU & it’s FREE!🙌 Now that’s a great ROI!💰 #movehealchange
Best of luck to @jakefish33 of PDA Soccer Acadamy as he heads to Rome to compete in the Roma Trials coming up this week 🇮🇹!
Here’s to playing a small part in making your childhood dream come true!
Fingers are crossed! Shout out to @the.performance.therapist for bringing in a few pearls of wisdom along the way🙏 this past weekend. Excited to have Total-PT working together with the #pdasoccer community here at @topcornerbridgewater 💥
#Patterns. #Habits. 🍅. Tomahto. We look @ patterns & try to figure out WHY our clients come in ’stuck’ in certain patterns/habits. Sometimes they come in saying that they don’t know how to not do what you see here!🆘
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patterns of stance✅
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patterns of movement✅
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Some are optimal, but some need a bit of refinement. This ⬆️ pattern is the most common❗️Anterior pelvic tilt &/or forward shift of the hips. Compensatory anterior rib flare. Forward head posture. That’s just a super short list of the sagittal plane. What’s the ripple effect on the shoulders, neck, knee, ankle, foot, etc…?😲☢️
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You can tell someone to just ‘stand up straight’ or to ‘suck in their bellybutton,’ or to ‘put some weight through your heels.’ But that would not be very optimal now would it? I think that would be very 1999!#movehealchange
We are super excited to be working with the PDA Soccer Pro-Trac Boys Squad ⚽️ over the next 2 nights.
Total Physical Therapy will provide a 20 minute complimentary biomechanical evaluation of each athlete. The evaluation is set up to screen for potential markers of injury such as ACL or meniscus tear, hip or groin strains, stress fracture of the lumbar spine or any other soft tissue pathology. If the athlete has a past medical history of injury or is currently injured, this would be an ideal time to undergo the screening.
Parents are highly advised to attend, as the assessing physical therapist will relay the results to you directly and make recommendations as necessary. This screening will take place in our Bridgwater, New Jersey facility inside Top Corner Sports. #movehealchange
Have you had #physicaltherapy like it’s 1999? (sorry @prince)
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Do you start w/ hot packs followed by ultrasound?😕Then you go through a few exercises on your own while no one is watching your form?😟Do you finish up w/ a short massage, ice & e-stim?😩 Do you repeat that 3x/wk for 6-8weeks?Hmmmm . . . . .
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You know that you can do heat and ice @ home for free right? 😠You also know that you can now get an E-stim unit for under $40 on Amazon or CVS & do that at home for free too… right? OK, just sayin’!
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With an average co-pay of $35 – the above course of treatment will run you close to $900 out-of-pocket💰(that’s with a conservative estimate of in-network co-pay pricing folks!) –
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Hmmmm . . . Some of us may have done that too back in 1999, but I heard there are better options out there now!💥 #movehealchange #sundayrant
This is a simple test yet so many people fail it when we assess them. SINGLE LIMB STANCE. This tells us a lot about how you stand and move. Do you see a pattern here? Hips forward & chest back😕
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I can guarantee that most of you know this ‘posture’ or ‘habit’ you see here is not ideal. But WHY?
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Because you’re not generating tension in the appropriate areas & are ‘hanging’ on your spine & hips instead of using appropriate bracing strategies. 👆
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What if …… you could LEARN HOW to do that without even thinking about it (#habit) – just think of the ripple effects that could have when you WALK (single limb stance 85% of the time😲) or RUN (single limb stance 100% of the time!😲) #movehealchange
It doesn’t get more fundamental than the hinge… here are 4 variations that are great for teaching and training the hip hinge
1️⃣ PVC pipe hip hinge cuing neutral spine position
2️⃣ Banded pull through which adds resistance but encourages reaching the hips back and angling the torso down
3️⃣ Single leg hinge or RDL with PVC in the opposite arm as the standing leg to help with balance and also a counter reach forward as the non weight bearing leg reaches back
4️⃣ Single leg RDL with a long foam roller or short PVC as pictured to increase core engagement and tension through the system
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When performing a lunge movement, what are the focus points? Why are you actually doing a lunge? The benefit is multinodal here. First and foremost, we need to understand that the weight-bearing hip has to be ‘centrated,’ or simply put, it needs to be well centered in the socket. This requires that you properly hinge at the hip and NOT the lumbar spine. It also requires that you generate proper tension in the hamstrings as well as the glutes and hip rotators. This should all be happening while your hip, knee and ankle are all in-line with each other. Watch the video for details!