2014 August Archive | Professional Physical Therapy & Training, LLC

28 Thu

Play me now, pay me later

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Play me now, pay me later Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI Ugh, for some, this time of the year is great, for others, it really stinks. I’m talking about going back to school. With return to school comes return to sports. If you haven’t been...

Tags: dysfunction, injury, injury prevention, movement, pain, Paul Kochoa, sport, sports

26 Tue

Tips to avoid shoulder pain at the gym

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Tips to avoid shoulder pain at the gym Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI I’ve written about shoulder exercises and pain before, but going to the gym and working out with weights can still cause injury and pain to the shoulder joint. Weight training or resistance...

Tags: exercise, gym, pain, Paul Kochoa, shoulder, weight lifting

21 Thu

Exercise can increase your tolerance to pain

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Exercise can increase your tolerance to pain Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI How about a dose of exercise-induced hypoalgesia? It’s a fancy term. Basically it means that during exercise, the body releases opiates, endorphins, and other substances that dull pain. But did you also know...

Tags: chronic pain, exercise, hypoalgesia, pain, Paul Kochoa

19 Tue

Beware the treatment hype

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Beware the treatment hype Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI Beware the sports/orthopedic treatment hype triad: famous athlete, famous doctor, and untested treatment. This is a line from an article in the New York Times regarding sports medicine and the popularity of unproven treatments for athletes....

14 Thu

How many times should I do this?

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How many times should I do this? Written by: Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI It never fails. Everytime I perform an evaluation on a new patient, the question always comes up: “So how many times a day should I do this?” It inevitably gets asked...

Tags: correction, corrective exercise, exercise, pain, Paul Kochoa, posture, reps

14 Thu

Fascia: New age voodoo or scientific structure

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Fascia: New age voodoo or scientific structure Written by: Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI I recently read an article about a “mysterious” tissue that is present everywhere in the body but is mostly ignored by medical professionals. It’s called fascia. Based on your philosophy of...

12 Tue

Fist bump for the workplace

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Fist bump for the workplace Written by: Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI After reading this, you might want to rethink your business handshake and change it to a business fist bump. A New York Times article wrote about a study in the American Journal of Infection...

Tags: bacteria, fist, fist bump, handshake, illness, infection, journal, Paul Kochoa, study, virus

07 Thu

Horray! Add years to your life with just 5 minutes a day!

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Horray! Add years to your life with just 5 minutes a day! Written by: Paul Kochoa, PT, DPT, OCS, CKTP, CGFI A recent article in the New York Times cited a new study from the Journal of American College of Cardiology claiming that just as little as...

Tags: exercise, health, New York Times, Paul Kochoa, running, study

05 Tue

How can Visceral Manipulation help you?

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How can Visceral Manipulation help you? Written by: Yuchin Chang, PT, DPT, OCS, CMTPT I’ve learned a couple of Visceral Manipulation (VM) techniques from my fellow therapists, but I was never formally introduced to it. This year, I had an opportunity to attend a VM course, which was so...

Tags: abdominal, fascia, injury, pain, treatment, visceral manipulation, Yuchin Chang

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