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Hip Bursitis: Triggers, Walking Tips, and Strength Plan
Read More: Hip Bursitis: Triggers, Walking Tips, and Strength PlanHip bursitis can cause pain on the outside of your hip when you walk, climb stairs, stand for a long time, or lie on your side. The pain often comes from irritation around the bursa, one of the small fluid-filled sacs that help reduce friction near the hip joint. The most common type is trochanteric…
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Knee Swelling Without Injury: When to Worry
Read More: Knee Swelling Without Injury: When to WorryA swollen knee without an obvious injury, such as an accident or recent fall, can feel confusing. Sometimes it builds gradually due to conditions such as osteoarthritis, bursitis, gout, or rheumatoid arthritis. Other times, swelling may come from excess fluid in the knee joint or a meniscus problem that developed over time. Knee swelling usually…
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Runner’s Knee: Causes, Key Tests, and Exercise Progression
Read More: Runner’s Knee: Causes, Key Tests, and Exercise ProgressionRunner’s knee, also called patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS), usually causes pain around or behind the kneecap. It often shows up during or after running, on stairs, in squats, or when sitting with your knees bent for a long time. The Journal of Sport and Health Science review found that PFPS was the most common running…
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Chondromalacia Patella: Symptoms, Rehab, and Activity Modifications
Read More: Chondromalacia Patella: Symptoms, Rehab, and Activity ModificationsChondromalacia patella can cause aching at the front of the knee or behind the kneecap, especially with stairs, squats, running, or prolonged bending of the knees. It happens when cartilage on the back of the kneecap becomes irritated or breaks down. Patellofemoral pain is common and often overlaps with chondromalacia patella. A PLOS ONE review…
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From Costs to Timelines: How Prehab Physical Therapy Can Improve Workers’ Compensation Outcomes
Read More: From Costs to Timelines: How Prehab Physical Therapy Can Improve Workers’ Compensation OutcomesWhen surgery is part of a workers’ compensation claim, most people focus on what happens in the operating room and the rehabilitation that follows. That focus makes sense. Surgery often feels like the main event, and the moment everything else hinges on. However, some of the most important recovery work can happen before surgery even…
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What Every PT Wishes Families Knew About Physical Therapy for Dementia and Alzheimer’s
Read More: What Every PT Wishes Families Knew About Physical Therapy for Dementia and Alzheimer’sThere is a quiet truth about Alzheimer’s disease and dementia that families often learn the hard way: Memory is not the only thing that changes. Walking, balance, and standing up from a chair can all start to feel different. Even the route from the bedroom to the bathroom can become more complicated than it used…
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