What’s Causing Your Anterior Shoulder Pain? Cindy Molina, PT, MSPT, CMPT |April 11, 2019 What is Shoulder Impingement? The most common cause of anterior shoulder pain is pinching or impingement of the biceps tendon or the rotator cuff, specifically, the supraspinatus muscle. The tendons of these two muscles lie under the acromion, a bony protuberance Read more…
Physical Therapy As Effective As Surgery for Non-Traumatic Rotator Cuff Tears Cindy Molina, PT, MSPT, CMPT | March 1, 2019 A recent study published in the Bone and Joint Journal, demonstrated that when it comes to treatment of non-traumatic rotator cuff tears, physical therapy alone produces results equal to those of arthroscopic Read more…
Strengthen Your Core: Do Planks Instead of Sit Ups Cindy Molina, PT, MSPT, CMPT | May 18, 2019 Sit ups were once a very popular exercise to improve your waistline, but sit ups cause a large compression force onto the discs and vertebrae of our lumbar spine. Sit ups overuse Read more…
What to do About Your Back Pain Cindy Molina, PT, MSPT, CMPT | March 22, 2019 Experts estimate that up to 80% of the population will experience back pain at some time in their lives and back pain affects people of all ages. Most back pain is not serious and Read more…
5 Tips to Decrease Back Pain Caused by Wearing High Heels Cindy Molina, PT, MSPT, CMPT | May 16, 2019 How Wearing High Heels Affects Your Body Wearing high heels throws your body out of alignment by shifting your center of gravity forward. This causes excess arching of your low Read more…
BPPV Diagnosis and Treatment Cindy Molina, PT, CMPT, MSPT | May 18, 2019 What is BPPV? BPPV or benign paroxysmal positional vertigo is the most common form of vestibular dysfunction. It is also the easiest to treat, when properly diagnosed. BPPV is a condition that causes dizziness with change of Read more…
Plantar Fasciitis Cindy Molina, PT, CMPT, MSPT | November 12, 2019 What is Plantar Fasciitis? Plantar fasciitis is one of the most common causes of pain on the bottom of the foot. Plantar fasciitis it the inflammation of the ligament that runs along the arch of the foot. Many people Read more…
Treat Your Jaw Pain Cindy Molina, PT, CMPT, MSPT | April 2, 2019 What is TMJ Pain? The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) or the jaw is the joint on the side of your face that connects your jaw to your skull. When this joint is damaged or injured, it can lead to a disorder called temporomandibular joint syndrome Read more…
Outer Knee Pain: You Might Have Iliotibial Band Syndrome Cindy Molina, PT, MSPT, CMPT| November 19, 2019 What is Iliotibial Band Syndrome? The iliotibial band (ITB) is a thick tissue that runs from the outside of your hip to the outside of your shin bone. ITB syndrome is caused by Read more…
Try Physical Therapy Before Getting Your Next Hip Injection Cindy Molina, PT, MSPT, CMPT| April 3, 2019 What is hip bursitis? The trochanteric bursa is a sack filled with fluid designed to protect soft tissue from rubbing against a bone and causing damage. Trochanteric bursitis occurs when the sack becomes Read more…