by Impact Physical Therapy | Aug 17, 2022 | Education, Injury Prevention, Keeping Kids in the Game, Sports
Start Slow and Build Up Sprains/Strains can happen if the volume of training is increased too much too fast. I know I did this as a kid with no pre-training for my sports seasons. Too Much training too fast can lead to tendonitis/osis or inflammation of a tendon,...
by Impact Physical Therapy | Mar 19, 2021 | Education, Keeping Kids in the Game, Sports
Ready or not, high school sports have returned to most Oregon school districts. It’s going to be a season unlike any other for many reasons. Pre-seasons were shorter than usual if even existent. Games are being played in quick succession in a shortened season format....
by Impact Physical Therapy | Oct 21, 2020 | Injury Prevention, Keeping Kids in the Game, Sports
Michael Jordan was a good baseball player and a great basketball player. Tim Tebow won a National Football Championship with the Florida Gators and then pursued a professional career in baseball. Some of our world’s best athletes demonstrate how a solid base of...
by Impact Physical Therapy of Hillsboro | Mar 2, 2018 | Keeping Kids in the Game
In an era of specialization in sports involving athletes of all ages, Hillsboro physical therapist Kent Bond joins most medical experts in agreeing that young athletes generally remain mentally and physically healthier, achieve greater...
by Impact Physical Therapy of Hillsboro | Aug 3, 2016 | Injury Prevention, Keeping Kids in the Game
As student-athletes head back to the practice fields late this summer, injuries are going to happen. Despite concerted efforts to reduce and prevent sports injuries, Hillsboro physical therapist Kent Bond, PT pointed out that it’s impossible to eliminate them from...
by Impact Physical Therapy of Hillsboro | Jun 4, 2015 | Keeping Kids in the Game, Pain Relief
I recently had the opportunity to take a Kinesiotaping (KT) course and am finding it very useful in clinic. You may at some point have seen an athlete on TV sporting funky patterns of brightly-colored tape, and thought, “What’s that supposed to do?” There are pages...
