by Impact Physical Therapy | Aug 13, 2020 | Back Pain, Balance, Education, Healthy Living, Injury Prevention, Neck Pain, Pain Relief, Uncategorized
We all know strengthening our core is an important part of maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Many of our patients at Impact come with questions about the best ways to improve their core or ways to avoid injuring themselves with their core workouts. A common concept to...
by Impact Physical Therapy of Hillsboro | Sep 1, 2019 | Back Pain, Neck Pain, Pain Relief
During a time when health care professionals and researchers are seriously reevaluating the effectiveness and safety of prescription drug use for chronic pain, Hillsboro physical therapist Marissa Loosli, DPT, emphasizes that physical therapy has long been considered...
by Impact Physical Therapy of Hillsboro | Mar 7, 2017 | Back Pain, Injury Prevention, Neck Pain, Pain Relief
There’s soreness, and then there’s pain. It’s important to not confuse the two, says local physical therapist Kent Bond, owner of Impact Physical Therapy of Hillsboro. To active people in general and athletes at all levels, the inability to recognize the differences...
by Impact Physical Therapy of Hillsboro | May 3, 2016 | Back Pain, Injury Prevention, Neck Pain
While injuries such as tendonitis, carpal tunnel syndrome and tennis elbow — known as repetitive stress injuries (RSIs) — are often linked to an occupation or some type of sports or recreation activity, Hillsboro physical therapist Marissa Loosli, DPT, points out that...
by Impact Physical Therapy of Hillsboro | Jul 1, 2015 | Education, Neck Pain
You’ve been having some tingling in your hand and your doctor orders an MRI. The results showed you have several bulging discs in your neck! Things must be pretty bad, right?! Not necessarily, and decisions on treatment should never be based on MRI results alone. In a...
