Protect Your Knees: A Look At The Three Most Meniscus Injury Causes

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Protect Your Knees: A Look At The Three Most Meniscus Injury Causes

Meniscus tears can be a painful and debilitating injury that may limit a person’s mobility and quality of life. Fortunately, physical therapy and chiropractic care can be an effective treatment option, especially when combined with hyperbaric oxygen therapy treatment. Meniscus tears will present different symptoms for each person, and having a healthcare professional assess your injury will help determine the treatment plan.

When it comes to suffering from a meniscus tear, there are a number of factors that can impact the severity of the injury. The Top 3 Common Reasons for meniscus tears that are seen at HealthFit are related to Sports Injuries, Traumatic Injuries, Age & Wear and Tear.

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Why is Breathing Important for Physical Therapy and Chiropractic Treatment?  

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Why is Breathing Important for Physical Therapy and Chiropractic Treatment?  

The most basic, yet vital aspect of your everyday life begins with your breath. Your respiration determines how the rest of your body gets important nutrients that are essential for optimal health. Breathing properly to maximize oxygen in the body can promote better mental clarity, improve sleeping habits, maximize digestion capabilities, reduce stress levels, and even improve your immune system.

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My X-Ray and MRI Shows “Damage”… Now What?

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My X-Ray and MRI Shows “Damage”… Now What?

If you have ever been to the doctor for back pain, you may know the usual routine…X-ray images, MRI’s scans, and worse, the report you get back may be a bit confusing or worrying with terms such as ‘disc herniations’, ‘disc protrusion’, or ‘degenerative disc disease’…

What if I told you that these images could be potentially do more harm than good?

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Are You Taking 23,000 Incorrect Breaths A Day?

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Are You Taking 23,000 Incorrect Breaths A Day?

Do you suffer from chronic neck, shoulder, or low back pain?

If so, have you paid attention to how you breathe? 

As you’re reading this blog, do a simple exercise.  Place one hand on your chest and the other on your stomach, and take a deep breath in.  If the hand on your chest moved upward and the one on your belly doesn't move at all, you are probably not breathing as efficient as you can.

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Do You Have Knee Pain And Your Foot Turns Out?

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Do You Have Knee Pain And Your Foot Turns Out?

When you squat, it is extremely difficult for you to keep your feet parallel?

When jog or run, does your foot tend to whip outwards every time you push off? 

Knee pain, especially around the kneecap and inside portion of the joint are very common areas of discomfort for many. You may been given a medical diagnosis of patellofemoral pain, meniscal pain, or plain general arthritis. But what does this mean? 

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Do You Have Hip Pain With Squats?

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Do You Have Hip Pain With Squats?

We often get clients complaining of hip and back pain when squatting in the gym, especially when under significant load. When it gets really flared up, it becomes a constant pain that gets even more irritable in positions such as sitting which involves a great amount of hip flexion. 

When assessing any client either complaining of pain or just wanting a strength and conditioning program, it's important to look at technique as well as address side to side asymmetries.

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Case Study: How This Active Woman Finally Cured Her Back Pain

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Case Study: How This Active Woman Finally Cured Her Back Pain

Our amazing 42 year old client, Erin had been dealing with lower back pain on and off for the past 10 years. She loves to be active but feels like the small of her back and occasional numbness down her leg hold her away from the things she loves. On top of that, it is hard enough to find the time to be active since she is quite busy taking care of her children, ages 9 and 12. 

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Does Your Back Hurt During A Plank?

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Does Your Back Hurt During A Plank?

It has become very common that exercises are a great tool when trying to recover from an injury. There is the exact opposite as well, where exercises have either caused or been a factor in your injury. More often than not injuries are from poor form and or too much weight. 

When we are working with someone that has low back pain a common exercise that may be given is the plank. On occasion people already “know-how to do” a plank and is a part of their normal exercise routine. Form, especially with the plank, is essential to not causing back pain. 

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Why Can Sitting Cause My Back Pain?

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Why Can Sitting Cause My Back Pain?

Low back pain is one of the most common reasons why people end up having to miss work. Depending on what your job is, it might be contributing to your low back problems.

Generally people sit for long periods of time at their job regardless if you're a lawyer, admin, or UBER driver. Sitting is a normal thing that our bodies can do, the problem becomes how you sit and for how long you are sitting for.

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But My Doctor Told Me Not To Squat?!

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But My Doctor Told Me Not To Squat?!

Our advice to most is, “I agree… Don’t squat WRONG… You should learn how to squat CORRECTLY.” 

If you think about it, squatting is a fundamental movement we have to do in everyday life. Whether it is getting off the toilet or going up the stairs, you have to perform a squat motion in order to even get through life. 

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