Daily in my physical therapy practice based in Lee’s Summit I see patients that ultimately end up with me due to dehydration. Older adults are

Plantar Fasciitis Plantar fasciitis… I keep hearing these commercials on the radio making it seem like some special (and very expen$ive, like $1000 and up)

Hip Bursitis… Most people hear about this at some point, if they don’t experience it themselves. I would like to describe what it actually is,

So you did it… you finally committed to getting a knee replacement after months or years of pain, physical therapy, injections, and suffering. If you

 Which exercises should I avoid after 50? You probably were hoping to find some inherently dangerous exercises to avoid as you age here. Well, you

If I was pushed, I would say the most common thing I treat in my Lee’s Summit Physical Therapy clinic is back pain and sciatica.

This week, a new patient from Lee’s Summit asked me if physical therapy and exercise were really going to be safe, considering his extreme back

I will explain a little about why the pain in your leg with sciatica has little to nothing to do with an actual problem in

  It’s a question I get almost daily, whether I think a patient should ice or heat. The short answer is usually “whichever makes it

A recent study (news article link) “suggests that if people who suffer from things like lower back pain choose to do physical therapy, rather than