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Articles from Western Slope Rehab and Performance on pain, injury, movement and recovery.
Dry Needling for a Shoulder Injury: A Look at Soft Tissue Recovery
Dry Needling for a Shoulder Injury: A Look at Soft Tissue Recovery
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Beyond the Surface: How Dry Needling Tackles Back Pain
Chronic or recurring back pain can take a major toll on everyday life, limiting how you move, sit, sleep, and work.
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Bicep Tendonitis Treatment Options for Shoulder Conditions
Shoulder pain can disrupt everything from reaching overhead to lifting light objects.
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The Best Treatment for Plantar Fasciitis Pain
Have you ever taken that first morning step, only to be greeted by a sharp pain in your heel?
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From Tension to Relief: Dry Needling for Migraine Sufferers
Recurring migraines can make everyday life feel overwhelming.
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How to Manage Shoulder Pain at Home
Shoulder pain can interfere with your ability to work, sleep, and enjoy your daily routine.
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Rehabilitation After an Injury: Empowering Yourself for Long-Term Wellness
Rehabilitation After an Injury: Empowering Yourself for Long-Term Wellness
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ACL Injury Treatment for Athletes: Options for Faster Recovery
ACL Injury Treatment for Athletes: Options for Faster Recovery
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Why Does Shoulder Pain Persist After Surgery?
Shoulder surgery can be a significant step toward healing, but it’s really only the beginning of the recovery journey.
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Bursitis Knee Pain Relief
Bursitis Knee Pain Treatment: How to Reduce Swelling and Discomfort
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Common Sports Injuries and How They Affect Your Body
Sports injuries can happen during intense competition or everyday exercise, and they affect athletes of all ages and skill levels.
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Manual Therapy to Improve Athletic Performance
Enhancing Athletic Performance: The Role of Manual Therapy Techniques
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Tennis Elbow Treatment for Pain Relief
Tennis Elbow Treatment: How to Reduce Pain and Restore Strength
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Shoulder Pain at Work
Workplace Shoulder Pain: How to Minimize Discomfort on the Job
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Hip Arthritis Pain Relief for Better Mobility
Arthritis Hip Pain Relief: Managing Symptoms for Better Mobility
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Dry Needling for Pain
Living with persistent discomfort can take a serious toll on everyday life.
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How Physical Therapy Can Help Post-Surgery Hip Pain
Recovering from hip surgery can be more complicated than expected.
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Meniscus Injury Recovery
A meniscus injury can be painful, limiting, and confusing for anyone trying to stay active.
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How Dry Needling Helps When Nerve Pain Won't Let Up
Nerve pain can make daily life unpredictable and difficult.
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Manual Therapy Solutions for Back Pain Relief
Back pain can interfere with everything from sitting comfortably to getting through a full day at work.
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Common Shoulder Sports Injuries Treatment
The Most Common Shoulder Injuries in Sports and How to Treat Them
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Patellar Tendonitis Treatment for Knee Pain
Patellar Tendonitis Treatment: How to Relieve Pain and Restore Function
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Shoulder Impingement Relief
Shoulder pain can profoundly affect daily life.
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Manual Therapy Care
Creating effective customized treatment plans is at the heart of a successful physical therapy program, and manual therapists play a key role in…
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Dry Needling Explained: How It Works
Dry needling is a modern treatment technique that has gained popularity for its effectiveness in managing musculoskeletal pain and enhancing tissue…
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Prevent Hip Pain: Future-Proof Your Joints
Future-Proof Your Hips: Preventive Measures for Pain-Free Living
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Manual Therapy for Frozen Shoulder – Western Slope Rehab
Manual Therapy for Frozen Shoulder: Hands-On Techniques for Relief
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Injury Prevention Tips for Athletes – Western Slope Rehab
Injury Prevention Unveiled: Essential Techniques and Tips for Athletes
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Joint Mobilization for Pain Relief – Western Slope Rehab
Joint Mobilization and Pain Relief: How Manual Therapy Can Alleviate Discomfort
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Effective Hip Pain Relief with Simple Stretches
If you’re struggling with hip pain, you might feel like the last thing you want to do is move.
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At-Home Knee Pain Relief Remedies
If knee pain disrupts your daily life, you’re not alone.
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Patellofemoral Syndrome Knee Exercises
Knee Revival: Patellofemoral Syndrome Physical Therapy Exercises for Stronger Knees
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Shoulder Impingement Pain Relief
Effective Shoulder Impingement Treatment: Alleviate Pain and Restore Mobility
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Dry Needling & PT: A Powerful Recovery Duo
Combining Dry Needling with Physical Therapy: A Powerful Duo for Recovery
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Dry Needling for Athletic Recovery
Sarah is a competitive runner who constantly battled muscle tightness and pain, hindering her ability to train effectively and perform at her peak.
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Ankle Rehab: Regain Stability
Meet David (not his real name), a passionate basketball player who loved nothing more than hitting the court with his friends for a pickup game.
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Chronic Hip Pain Management Tips
Empowering Your Journey: Expert Tips for Successfully Managing Chronic Hip Pain
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Post-Surgery Return to Activity Guide
Back in the Game: Safe Return-to-Activity Progression After Surgery
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Manual Therapy for Postural Correction
Manual Therapy for Postural Correction: Unveiling the Hidden Potential
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Essential Rehabilitation Exercises after Knee Surgery
Road to Recovery: Essential Rehabilitation Exercises after Knee Surgery
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Rotator Cuff Injury Rehab: Shoulder Strength and Functionality
Rotator Cuff Injury Rehabilitation: Regain Shoulder Strength and Functionality
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Manual Therapy: Boosting Rehab for Musculoskeletal Injuries
Manual Therapy: Enhancing Rehabilitation Outcomes for Musculoskeletal Injuries
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Manual Therapy: Your Key to Long-Term Pain Management
In today’s fast-paced world, managing chronic pain can feel like an uphill battle, impacting everything from daily activities to personal…
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Shoulder Health Matters: Key Tips for Preventing Shoulder Pain
Shoulder Health Matters: Key Tips for Preventing Shoulder Pain
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Shoulder Strengthening Exercises for Posture Correction
Shoulder Strengthening for Posture Correction: Exercises for Better Alignment
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Dry Needling: Pain Relief through Muscular Release
The Science Behind Dry Needling: Pain Relief through Muscular Release
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Shoulder Recovery: Post-Operative Rehabilitation Strategies
The Road to Shoulder Recovery: Post-Operative Rehabilitation Strategies
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Headache and Migraine Relief: Manual Therapy Techniques
Your Toolkit for Headache and Migraine Relief: Manual Therapy Techniques
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3 Tips For Relieving Stiff, Achy Joints Through Physical Therapy
3 Safe and Effective Tips For Relieving Stiff, Achy Joints Through Physical Therapy
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Benefits of Pre-Hab: How Can Therapy Before Surgery Help You?
Benefits of Pre-Hab: How Can Therapy Before Surgery Help You?
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3 Reasons To Call A Physical Therapy For Sciatica Pain
Each of your sciatic nerves runs down each leg from either side of your lower back.
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Strains and Sprains Are No Match For Physical Therapy!
You’re walking across the park on a bright summer day when your foot accidentally steps in a hole.
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Dealing With Lower Back Pain? 3 Tips To Reduce Your Discomfort
Dealing With Lower Back Pain?
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Can Painful Shoulder Condition Be Treated in Physical Therapy?
Can Your Painful Shoulder Condition Be Treated in Physical Therapy?
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Suffering From Pain & Inflammation? It Could Be Your Diet!
Suffering From Pain & Inflammation?
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How Improving Your Posture Can Eliminate Back Pain
We’ve all heard the phrase, “sit up straight” before.
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Seeking Natural, Long-Lasting Pain Relief? Try Physical Therapy!
Searching for a Natural, Long-Lasting Form of Pain Relief?
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Try Physical Therapy for Neck Pain & Back Aches.
Tired of Neck Pain and Back Aches?
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Enhance Stability: Core-Focused PT for Better Balance
Better Balance Starts at the Core: How to Improve Your Stability with PT
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Boost Health, Strength, and Fitness Now with These 4 Steps!
4 Ways You Can Start Improving Your Health, Strength, and Fitness Levels Today!
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How Long Should Physical Therapy Last After A Car Accident?
Struggling with pain after a car accident?
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5 Methods for Reducing Pain and Increasing Energy
Are aches and pains disrupting your daily routine?
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Searching for Relief from Sciatica Pain? Try Physical Therapy!
Searching for Relief from Sciatica Pain?
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Pre-hab: Speed Up Recovery Before Surgery.
Preparing for Surgery?
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Identifying Pain Symptoms of Sprain or Strain
How to Tell If Your Pain Symptoms Are the Result of a Sprain or a Strain
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The Best Natural Treatment for Arthritis Aches and Pains
Arthritis is a painful ailment that can make a person feel isolated and confined on their path.
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5 Tips To Get More Physical Activity In Your Routine
It may feel like you’re on a never-ending hamster wheel in your hectic life, requiring you to accomplish as much as possible.
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Combat Stress-Related Headaches With Physical Therapy
We’ve all done it: we get that familiar twinge of a headache and go for the Ibuprofen, Advil, or Tylenol.
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9 Good Reasons To Stretch More Often
When was the last time you gave your body a good, long stretch?
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Living with Arthritis Pain: How Physical Therapy Helps
Living With Arthritis Pain?
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Relying On Pain Medication For Relief? A Skilled PT Could Help
Relying On Pain Medication For Relief?
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Bounce Back To a Pain-Free Life With Physical Therapy
Are you in serious acute or chronic pain?
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Putting An End to Your Hip and Knee Pain Naturally
To aid in complex movement, the hips and knees have a multitude of tendons, muscles, and joints linked together.
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Is a Herniated Disc The Culprit of Your Back Pain?
Chronic back pain is one of the most common reasons patients come to see our physical therapist.
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Pain & Inflammation Healthy Eating in Grand Junction, CO
Are You Living With Pain and Inflammation?
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Are You Searching for a Natural Solution to Arthritis Pain?
People who suffer from arthritis pain frequently resort to costly surgery, steroid injections, and prescription medications to alleviate their…
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Physical Therapy Can Help Relieve Your Lower Back Pain
Back pain can be extremely inconvenient and burdensome.
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How Physical Therapy Uses Blood Flow Restriction Training
How Physical Therapy Uses Blood Flow Restriction Training in Your Rehab
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5 Easy Ways To Get Active
Maintaining a Healthy Lifestyle Doesn’t Have to be Difficult.
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Have Stress-Related Headaches? Physical Therapy Can Help!
Stress headaches are no laughing matter, and sometimes a pill just isn’t enough to get rid of one.
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The Importance of Stretching
Did you know that stretching is a critical part of a healthy daily routine?
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Are You Searching For a Way Out of Arthritis Pain? PT Can Help!
Are You Searching For a Way Out of Arthritis Pain?
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Restore Mobility & Decrease Joint Pain With Physical Therapy!
Restore Mobility & Decrease Your Joint Pain With Physical Therapy!
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5 Reasons to Choose Physical Therapy for Better Health
Is acute or chronic pain interfering with your daily life?
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Prescription Medication Isn’t the Best Solution For Your Pain
Prescription Medication Isn’t the Best Solution For Your Pain
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Hip and Knee Pain? Physical Therapy Can Bring Relief!
Do You Have Hip and Knee Pain?
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Herniated Disc Pain Relief with Physical Therapy
Do you ever find yourself complaining about persistent lower back pain?
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Changing Your Diet Could Relieve Your Pain and Inflammation
Find the Benefits of an Anti-Inflammatory Diet by Consulting with a PT!
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5 At-Home Activities to Improve Your Health Today
Do you spend your days hobbling painfully from your bed to your reclining chair and back?
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Ditching Opioids for Holistic Pain
Ready to Find Natural Pain Relief Without the Side Effects of Medication?
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5 Reasons to Start Stretching Today
Can some simple physical motions dramatically improve your overall health, wellness, and quality of life?
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7 Simple Ways to Boost Daily Physical Activity – WSRP
Did you know that 80 percent of the U.
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Kimura Shoulder Injury Recovery
This week we’re continuing our examination of arm locks by looking at the Kimura and the injuries it can cause in the shoulder.
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Recover from an Americana Elbow Injury
In this post we will be looking at the effect of the Americana on the elbow and how to recover if you injure your elbow in an Americana.
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Recover from a Bad Americana Shoulder Injury
The Americana is one of the first submissions you learn in jiu-jitsu.
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How to Recover from a Bad Arm Bar
Arm bars are one of the most common submissions in jiu jitsu and mixed martial arts, and few injuries can be more gruesome than an arm bar that goes…
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Do Stem Cell Injections Improve Outcomes Following ACL Surgery?
Do Stem Cell Injections Improve Outcomes Following ACL Surgery?
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Stem Cells vs Surgery for Torn ACL
Everyone wants to avoid surgery, and that is especially true following a complete ACL tear (rupture).
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Will Knee Numbness from Surgery Ever Go Away?
Today I’m going to tackle one of the most frequently asked questions following knee surgery (and surgery in general): will the numbness around my…
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ACL Surgery Recovery: Weeks 6‑12 – Western Slope
Welcome to phase 3 of your recovery from ACL surgery.
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Which Exercises Place Stress On An ACL Graft And Does It Matter?
Which Exercises Place Stress On An ACL Graft And Does It Matter?
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ACL Surgery Recovery Tips: Optimize Weeks 2-6
If you’ve made it to 2 weeks post-surgery, congrats.
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Whole-Body Vibration for Faster ACL Surgery Recovery
Does Using Whole-Body Vibration Therapy Following ACL Surgery Improve Recovery?
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How To Optimize Recovery From ACL Surgery: First 2 Weeks
Undergoing surgery can be scary, and sometimes the recovery process can be even scarier.
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Guid For Blood Flow Restriction Following ACL Reconstruction
Guide to Using Blood Flow Restriction Following ACL Reconstruction
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Post-Surgical Supplementation Strategies Following ACL Reconstruction
Post-Surgical Supplementation Strategies Following ACL Reconstruction
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Equipments to Have Ready When You Undergo ACL Surgery
4 Pieces of Equipment to Have Ready When You Undergo ACL Surgery
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Tingling Leg After A Car Accident: What Can Cause This?
I Have Tingling In My Leg After A Car Accident: What Can Cause This?
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My ACL Tear Recovery Journey
I tore my ACL playing pickleball.
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I Have Neck Pain After a Car Accident: Do I Need X-rays?
Being in a car accident can be one of the scariest events in your life, and one of the most common questions you might have is whether you need to…
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Broken Bones Healing: Process and Recovery Time
Broken bones, also known as fractures, are a very common injury sustained after a car accident.
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Why I Started Western Slope Accident Care
Your experience is probably similar to mine: It was December 2019 and I was on my way home from a haircut.
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Facet Joints: What They Are & How to Treat Them
After a car accident, it is very common to have pain in your neck and low back due to injury of the facet joints.
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Sciatica: What It Is & How to Relieve It – WSRP
Sciatica is one of the most common injuries experienced nationwide and is especially common after a car accident.
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Top 5 Causes of Neck Pain After a Car Accident
Neck injuries are one of the most common injuries experienced after a car accident.
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Herniated Disc in Low Back: How Can Physical Therapy Help?
I Have a Herniated Disc in My Low Back: How Can Physical Therapy Help?
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Back and Leg Pain After a Car Accident: What Does it Mean?
After a car accident, it is very common to experience pain in the back that feels like it is radiating into your leg.
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Car Accident Recovery Tips
When you are involved in a car accident, you will likely have a lot of questions, ranging from whether or not your car is still drivable to whether…
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Medical Care After a Car Accident – Who to See?
Two of the most urgent questions you likely have after a car accident is whether to seek medical help and, if you decide you do want medical…
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5 Most Common Causes of Low Back Pain After a Car Accident
Welcome to today’s blog post on common low back injuries following car accidents, which are broadly referred to as motor vehicle accidents (MVAs).
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How to Recover from Tennis Elbow
Tennis elbow is one of the most common injuries among tennis players.
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Light Therapy for Tendon Injury Healing
I had a patient ask me this week about what effect light therapy – or photobiomodulation (PBM) – has on tendon injuries and I didn’t have a great…
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I had a patient ask me this week about what effect light therapy – or photobiomodulation (PBM) – has on tendon injuries and I didn’t have a great…
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How do PRP Injections Work?
Welcome back to part 2 of our injection series.
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How Ozone Therapy Injections Work in Grand Junction, CO
Today I’m going to start writing about a bit of a different topic from my prior posts: injections.
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Physical Therapy Success Story #1
Today’s blog will be a little different.
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Avoid Ski Injuries This Season in Colorado
Nutrition, physical therapy, Skiing, Massage Therapy, injury prevention
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Role of Physical Therapy in Concussion Recovery, Part 2/2
Welcome to the 2nd part of our series on the benefits of physical therapy following a concussion.
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Role of Physical Therapy in Concussion Recovery, Part 1/2
Concussion awareness has been steadily growing over the past several years, especially in the arenas of contact sports and motor vehicle accidents…
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Is Dry Needling Effective for Low Back Pain Relief?
One of the most common injuries that sends people to physical therapy is low back pain, and the way we treat this pain has improved substantially…
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What Is Cupping Therapy and How Does It Work?
Cupping has gained notoriety recently as an effective technique for helping individuals recover from injuries.
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What is the Difference Between Microcurrent and Milliampere?
What is the Difference Between Microcurrent and Milliampere When Using Electricity with Needles?
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Why Does Electricity with Dry Needling Make It More Effective?
Why Does Adding Electricity to Dry Needling Make It More Effective?
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What Is Dry Needling & How It Works
That first question is easy enough to answer.
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Mobile Blood Pressure Testing
Blood pressure (BP) is widely believed to be one of the most important indicators of an individual’s well being and is used regularly used to assess…
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Innovations In Vision
The technology coming into existence to restore and enhance vision is astounding.
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Nutrition Strategies to Prevent and Heal From Stress Fractures
Nutrition Strategies to Prevent and Heal From Stress Fractures
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Multi-Modal Care for Concussion Recovery
Concussions are a massive concern globally, both in and out of sports.
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