Trinity Physical Therapy Blog
Muscles Move Us
In my last two blogs we established that joints are the place where bones meet and ligaments are what hold them in place. There is a lot of equipment we use to move, as this blog series highlights, but muscles drive the show. Literally. Muscles are the tissue that...
What exactly IS a ligament anyway? And what’s the big deal if I injure one?
I mentioned in my last post that joints are the place where bones meet. But they don’t meet in any random place that varies day to day, they meet at the same place all the time. Your leg does not bend at a different place every day. The reason for this is ligaments....
What are all these parts in here? A primer on the musculoskeletal system.
An important part of our work at Trinity PT is teaching clients how their body works so they can make good decisions to improve their health. Given that we specialize in all things related to movement we spend a lot of time teaching people what the various parts of...
Alexander Technique
Why do we move the way we do? The short answer is - because we choose to. Why we make those choices, however, is the rub. We may move to avoid pain, or because something is weak, or because it feels good, or it is just how our body shape allows us to. Most of all...
Cold Laser Therapy
Cold Laser Therapy can speed up healing time, reduce inflammation and pain, as well as offer relief from chronic tissue injuries and bursitis. Read on to learn how…
What Would It Take to Get You to Change Your Mind?
What Would It Take to Get You to Change Your Mind? They say life is all about change. We are told we need to embrace change, that change is the only constant in life. The clichés go on ad nauseam. Yet we also hear praises for being steady as a rock, being able to stay...
Unraveling the Vagus Nerve: Our Body’s Battle between Fight + Flight & Rest + Digest
Unraveling the Vagus Nerve: Our body’s quiet (or not so quiet) battle between “Fight/Flight’ & “Rest/Digest.”
What is ReTensioning®? How it Helps Pain and Mobility
ReTensioning® is like a special way of helping our bodies move better and work well. It’s a method that looks at how our brains, bodies, and muscles all work together. The idea is to find a good balance between resting and being active, not just in our big movements, but even in the small parts, like our cells.
The Intersection Between Adding More Load and Listening to Our Bodies
I can’t tell you how many times I have heard it. “I started X (new exercise routine/class) and Y started hurting.” Progressive loading is the key to making changes in the function, look and feel of our bodies.