by Impact Physical Therapy | Jan 15, 2021 | Aging & Active, Back Pain, Healthy Living, Injury Prevention, Neck Pain, Pain Relief
Because You Need to be Stronger! 2020 has finally come and gone. But that nagging shoulder or back pain is now getting in the way of your New Year’s resolution to be more active. You may have thought the past 6+ months of rest allowed the injury to heal and let the...
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 | May 13, 2020 | Aging & Active, Education, Healthy Living, Injury Prevention, Pain Relief, Sports
As a runner, consider this all-too-familiar situation: Halfway into a run, you feel a gradual ache begin to develop somewhere in one of your legs. Often, we runners tell ourselves, “It will go away in the next mile or two.” And so, we keep running. But after two more...
by Impact Physical Therapy | Mar 13, 2020 | Pain Relief, Running, Sports
Race Season has Arrived Runners everywhere are taking to the streets logging their miles in order to get ready for upcoming races. But have you been warming up properly? If you haven’t been warming up at all, or just do a few static stretches you may be doing...
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 | Apr 3, 2019 | Healthy Living, Joint Replacement, Pain Relief, Sports, Uncategorized
Despite the reasons someone gets into running – to improve fitness, lose weight, relieve stress or to compete – 65 percent of runners will experience injuries, says Hillsboro physical therapist Laura Perry. But whether you’re working toward that half-marathon or...
