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...
by Impact Physical Therapy of Hillsboro | Apr 2, 2015 | Education, Injury Prevention, Keeping Kids in the Game, Sports
During a time when child obesity is high and programs are telling our kids “Let’s Move,” an increasing number of children and teens are bucking the trend of inactivity by competing in organized sports. Youth participation in sports, in fact, is on the rise, according...
by Impact Physical Therapy of Hillsboro | Mar 2, 2015 | Education, Injury Prevention, Keeping Kids in the Game
In an era of specialization in sports involving athletes of all ages, medical experts largely agree that the incidence of overuse injuries in youth athletics has risen to epidemic levels. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), overuse...
