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Physical Therapy Exercises for Shoulder Pain

Repeated shoulder extension is a physical therapy exercise for shoulder pain.

My favorite part of working in physical therapy is teaching my patients how to use exercise reduce and avoid pain. One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned regarding pain is that typically stretching exercises reduce pain, and strengthening exercises prevent pain. In this post I share 2 stretching exercises to help you reduce your shoulder pain and 2 strengthening exercises to help you prevent shoulder pain in the future.

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Physical Therapy Exercises for Neck Pain

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Cervical extension is a physical therapy exercise for neck pain.

Neck pain is a common complaint that brings people to physical therapy. Not only are the causes of neck pain difficult to understand, but just how to get rid of this nagging pain is even more confusing. In this post, I share 4 exercises to reduce neck pain. The biggest perk, they can all be done sitting at your desk!

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Physical Therapy Exercises for Plantar Fasciitis

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The calf stretch is an exercise that can be used to decrease plantar fasciitis.

Plantar fasciitis can be debilitating, but these 6 exercises can help reduce your pain and get you back to walking and running. Plantar fasciitis causes pain in the bottom of your foot. This pain sometimes wraps around your heel and up into the back of your ankle and can last for months. Today I’ll share 6 physical therapy exercises to help you get rid of this pain faster.

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Physical Therapy Posture Tips for Back Pain

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Physical therapy tips for posture sitting.

If you can’t get rid of your ongoing back pain, you may be missing the posture piece. Focusing on proper posture while bending and sitting can significantly reduce your back pain. The best part about these physical therapy posture tips is that they are easy to implement into your day. Keep reading to learn these simple tips!

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Physical Therapy Core Exercises for Back Pain

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Physical therapy exercise for back pain. Squat Press.

Research shows that core exercises can reduce back pain. In this post I share the 3 different types of physical therapy core exercises I use when treating patients for back pain. Read through for pictures and a video!

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Physical Therapy Stretches for Back Pain

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Low back physical therapy stretch for back pain.

After 9 years working in physical therapy, I’ve learned that I love treating back pain. Below are some of the stretches that I’ve found to be most effective for reducing and avoiding back pain. Each exercise targets the 3 most important areas, the upper back, lower back, and hips. Read to the end for stretching parameters and a video!

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Physical Therapy Tips for Back Pain

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If you are one of the 40% of people who have suffered from back pain in the past year, these physical therapy tips for back pain will help you reduce your pain and avoid it in the future.

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Quad and Hamstring Exercises for knee pain

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If you’ve been struggling with knee pain while squatting, your quad and hamstring muscles may be to blame. Use these isolated quad and hamstring strength exercises to build their capacity to bear the load of squatting and reduce your knee pain.

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Modify your squat

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Do you have knee pain while squatting or after squatting? It may be time to modify your squat. While needing to modify your squat may feel defeating, these changes are temporary. Here are my top 3 strategies to modify your squat and reduce knee pain.

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Exercises for Glute and Core Strength

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Author performing a banded kick glute exercise.

Do you have enough glute and core strength to squat properly? If not, you’ll likely develop knee pain. Today we’ll talk about why glute and core strength is important how to strengthen your glute and core muscles with proper exercises.

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