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Five Common Treatments for Low Back Pain
Low back pain is the most commonly treated ailment at WPT. However, there are lots of ways to go about positively affecting someone’s...
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Does Your Back Hurt With COVID?
Back pain happens due to a variety of reasons — sometimes known and sometimes not. With the recent COVID pandemic, you might wonder if...
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WPT Principles Ep.3 | Perspective
Some folks love him, some folks hate him. No matter how you feel about Tiger, or if you don’t give a damn about him at all, no one can...
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How Do You Know If Back Pain Is Muscular?
You might go to lift an object at work when all of a sudden, pain strikes in your low back. Or you might notice your back pain come on...
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Can Chronic Back Pain Be Cured?
Can chronic back pain be cured? I am not going to beat around the bush here when answering the question raised above. The resounding...
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WPT Principles 2 | Get to the Root Cause
At WPT, we like to get to the root cause of problems. Staying superficial in diagnosis leads to the application of band-aids, and...
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New WPT Video Series!
We are really excited to announce a new video series that we will be putting out called “WPT Principles”! First things first, we believe...
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Squatting is Bad for Your Knees, Right??
We’ve heard this question/proclamation many times from former patients - “Isn’t squatting bad for my knees?” And it’s certainly no...
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Experiencing Foot Pain? This Technique Could Work for You
This is a technique that we will employ if you are struggling with plantar fasciitis pain. The purpose of this technique is to alleviate...
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Hamstring Stretching, Elevated
Do you have a difficult time sitting cross-legged? Do you struggle with pain in or around your hip? Difficulty touching your toes? Feel...
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Are You a Knuckle or Neck Cracker?
A lot of folks are, including some of our very own WPT Physical Therapists. BUT, the question is, is this a problem? Well, we’re here to...
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Get your Wing Flapping Fully
As promised in our last video, this is something you can do on your own to help facilitate a normal rhythm of your scapula (shoulder...
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Is Your Wing Winging in the Right Ways?
When folks think about what may be the reason as to why their shoulder is hurting, they aren’t likely thinking about their shoulder blade....
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What is Dry Needling?
Functional Dry Needling is a version of dry needling that focuses not on pain, but on movement. Evaluation and assessment of...
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Whats a PT do?
What DOES a PT do? We can’t tell you how many times we’ve heard “I didn’t know you did that” from patients we’ve seen in Physical...
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Some Call it Cupping…
We call it myofascial decompression. Both techniques refer to the process that results in those circular bruises you’ve seen on Michael...
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ABCs for PTs
As we previously stated here, our Beliefs (the “B”) influence the Consequence (the “C”) that manifests in our lives. Our reactions, our...
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What would you do if someone backed into your car?
Who can relate? Imagine the circumstance where you run into Giant Eagle for some groceries, and after returning to the parking lot, you...
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Neck Pain is not an OSFA (One Size Fits All)
In this video, we show you just a couple of manual therapy interventions that we can utilize to improve your neck mobility and decrease...
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Rounded Shoulders = Neck Pain
Having a poor posture shares such a common link with neck pain, especially if you sit at a desk for a majority of the day! That rounded...
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