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Try Physical Therapy First: Physical Therapy Reduces Health Care Cost and Improves Quality of Life

julieadmin | November 22, 2024

By Dr. John R. Mishock, PT, DPT, DC Try Physical Therapy First: Physical Therapy Reduces Health Care Cost and Improves Quality of Life By Dr. John R. Mishock Physical Therapy Reduces Health Care Cost The US has one of the highest healthcare costs in the world. The cost of health care is 17% of [...]

BFR Exercise Part III: Knee Osteoarthritis Reducing Pain and Improving Function through Physical Therapy

julieadmin | August 28, 2024

BFR Exercise Part III: Knee Osteoarthritis Reducing Pain and Improving Function through Physical Therapy By Dr. John R. Mishock, PT, DPT, DC Approximately 14 million people in the US have knee osteoarthritis (OA). By the age of 60, about 10% of men and 13% of women are affected by symptomatic [...]

Try Physical Therapy First! – Seeing a Physical Therapist First for Musculoskeletal Pain Improves Outcomes and Saves Money

julieadmin | May 21, 2024

By Dr. John R. Mishock, PT, DPT, DC Why Should I See a Physical Therapist First Through Direct Access? Musculoskeletal disorders are injuries or disorders affecting the body's movement or the musculoskeletal system, secondary to pain or limited function. These disorders cost the health care system over 800 billion dollars and are the second [...]

Blood Flow Restriction (BFR ) Exercise Part II: Enhancing Strength, Hypertrophy, and Power

julieadmin | January 25, 2024

Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) Can Optimize strength, endurance, motor control, and power whether an individual is focusing on recovering from an injury or training to enhance sports performance. By Dr. John R. Mishock, PT, DPT, DC In Part I of Blood Flow Restriction (BFR), we reviewed the history of the [...]

Blood Flow Restriction (BFR ) Part 1: Accelerating Rehab from Injury & Post-Surgical Recovery

julieadmin | December 18, 2023

Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) can accelerate rehabilitation from injury and from post - surgical recovery. By Dr. John R. Mishock, PT, DPT, DC BFR Exercise Part I: Accelerating Rehabilitation from Injury and Post-Surgical Recovery By Dr. John R. Mishock Aaron Rodgers, the NFL superstar quarterback of the New York Jets, sustained an [...]

Baseball Related Arm Injuries: A Possible Solution

jennaadmin | March 31, 2023

Dr. John R. Mishock, PT, DPT, DC Approximately 40 million children and adolescents between the ages of 4 and 17 begin participating in organized baseball worldwide. Many young athletes develop elbow and shoulder injuries commonly seen in physical therapy clinics and orthopedic surgeons' offices. Despite pitch count rules and guidelines, youth injuries and surgeries are [...]

Diabetes: A Wake-Up Call! We Can Do Better! Part II

Teresa Stockton | February 21, 2023

By Dr. John Mishock, PT, DPT, DC Irrefutable evidence supports the importance of physical activity, exercise, and cardiorespiratory fitness in preventing and treating chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, obesity, type 2 diabetes Mellitus, cognitive decline, and many cancers while enhancing the immune system, health span (years healthy free of disease), longevity, and resilience. Eighty […]

Golf Sports Performance: Functional Exercise Training Improves Ball Accuracy and Flight Distance

Teresa Stockton | January 5, 2023

By Dr. John R. Mishock, PT, DPT, DC Golf is a popular sport in the US, with over 32 million participants annually (National Golf Foundation, 2020). The most critical determinant of golf performance is the resulting combination of ball accuracy and driving distance. A significant amount of skill and deliberate practice is needed to hit […]

Sports Injury Prevention: What are the benefits of single-limb exercise vs. bilateral exercise?

Teresa Stockton | November 1, 2022

Single-limb exercises mean that the individual moves with one limb vs. two limbs—for example, a single-arm curl vs. a double-arm curl. There are many advantages to unilateral exercise training that I will highlight in this article. Benefits of unilateral exercise: 1. Increase motor unit recruitment: There is more significant muscle firing during the unilateral exercise. […]

Injury Prevention: Can Monitoring and Managing Training Load Reduce Injury?

Teresa Stockton | August 25, 2022

By Dr. John R. Mishock In organized sports from youth to pro there are approximately 4-6 million injuries each year. The majority of these injuries occur as sprains and strains of the upper and lower extremity. (Hopkinsmedicine.org) Many of these injuries are preventable with proper exercise training and load management of training/competition volume, which ultimately […]