Welcoming a new life into the world is a beautiful and transformative experience, but it also comes with its challenges.

Among the many considerations during this time, breastfeeding is often a top priority for new moms. However, the journey of breastfeeding and postpartum recovery can be complex, and for some mothers, the path of breastfeeding intersects with another complex issue: relative energy deficiency or (RED-S).

We’re excited to share key guidelines that underscore the importance of physical activity for adults, contributing to improved overall health and well-being. These guidelines aim to encourage individuals to move more and sit less throughout the day, emphasizing that any amount of physical activity is beneficial.

Let’s talk about Overcoming Ageism in order to “Age Well”

When we think about aging often, we think of the most negative aspects of “growing old”, words such as frail, sick, confused, slow, and weak dominate our ideas of what it means to age. Our society has placed limitations on the older population by constructing “acceptable” tasks a person in their 60’s, 70’s and 80’s should safely be performing.

Unwrapping the Impact of Sugar on Pain During the Holidays

In this newsletter, we'll delve into the factors behind this phenomenon and how physical therapy can help you find relief and restore optimal hip function.

Dear valued patients,

We are excited to announce that Progressive Physical Therapy has expanded our services to a new location in midtown!

Our new office is located at 2221 Northern Lights Blvd in the Charter College Building, at the intersection of Lake Otis.

Acute and Persistent Concussion Syndrome. Erin Newton PT, DPT recently brought our clinical focus to concussion management after completing a comprehensive course on the most current research and management of people who have sustained a concussion. Her timing on the topic is apropos with high school sports ramping up as students return to school, and the looming change of seasons which has most of us dusting off our skis and HELMETS!

YES!! Physical therapy can help with almost all types of headaches. Headaches are multifactorial and can be contributed to by many factors including: Stress, Sleep disturbance, Menstration, Food intolerances, Genetic predisposition, Neck and jaw pain…

Wondering why treatment hasn’t helped in the past? There are 4 different types of neck pain which respond to unique combinations of treatments to achieve optimal outcomes.

That's right! Did you know that up until now we didn't have any studies on C-section scar mobilization?! CRAZY especially considering its the go-to rehab strategy after Cesarean. This was a pre-post study design (no control group) that shows some initial thoughts on mechanical properties that change after completing scar mobilization.

3 out of 4 runners will sustain a running related injury. These injuries typically develop slowly over a couple of weeks although may not become painful or limiting until tissue damage has occurred. Injuries to the runner are primarily due to the imbalance between a load capacity (resiliency of runners tissues) and a load force (runners ability to control forces applied to the lower limb with each stride of gait). 

Did you know that how much sleep you get directly affects pain levels? Let us help you!

As our bodies move into perimenopause and then finally become post-menopausal we often see our bodies start out looking a certain way, and end up changing in ways that feel very different than what we are comfortable with. Considering the contributions to this metamorphosis helps us focus our efforts on the life style changes we can control, to mitigate the changes that impact our physical and mental health most significantly. 

In this video we will demonstrate 3 techniques to help strengthen your feet and reduce foot pain for ski season:

1. ) Toe Yoga 2. )Foot Doming 3.)Foot Doming and Stabilization

There has been a lot of hype recently regarding a new method for weight training and for good reason. Blood flow restriction training, also known as BFR is a research-backed resistance training technique that aids in building muscle strength and hypertrophy with lower weight.

3 exercises that help prevent lower back pain. Features exercises to strengthen lumbo-pelvic region. Helpful for those with instability of the hips, pelvis, low-back.

Do you have problems with ankle mobility after an injury? Here are some simple tips to help you stretch your ankle joint from Alisa Carroll, one of our amazing PTs here at Progressive.