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A good warm up is always important, but because of the tendency for joints to be stiffer, and blood flow to muscles to be reduced in the cold, it's even more important that you do it right this time of year.

A 3rd year DPT Student from the University of Rhode Island, he is working with Dr. Fatzinger in Mt. Airy.    'I am adamant about providing autonomous lifelong strategies that patients can use to improve health and performance both inside and outside the clinic.'

youtube://v/UDbKFs1EEV0 How much pain is too much? Pain can be a good indicator of tolerance for an activity, specifically in cases of acute injury. However, too much respect for pain intensity and response can be an inhibitor of progress and lead to more challenges down the road. At Rehab 2 Perform we like to utilize…

What appealed to me about the field of physical therapy was the magnitude of impact you can make on someone’s life by improving their pain and function, and the pre-requisite of always wanting to learn more in order to become great at what you do.

There are a lot of things you could do to begin stretching out your hamstrings for greater flexibility, but here are 6 tips to improve your movement and flexibility

Check out Dr. Josh Funk on the recent episode of The New Mid Podcast with Michelle Newman: Joint Pain + Healing Your Body in Midlife Have you noticed a few more aches and pains in the morning now that you've hit midlife

Over time as your body ages, your muscles, tendons, and surrounding tissues tend to become more rigid and lose elasticity, which can contribute to an overall loss of strength.

As two of the most complex joints in your body, your knees are built to withstand an enormous amount of pressure: They support 80% of your body weight when you stand and absorb up to one-and-a-half times your weight when you walk.

Children who play sports can reap many benefits, including improved physical fitness, development of athletic skills, team-building and, of course, fun. Student athletes who excel at a sport may even qualify for college athletic scholarships, which may tempt both kids and their parents to focus on a single sport, such as soccer, football or baseball.

Stability is the ability to maintain proper joint position and control during movement. Consider the phrase “proximal stability for distal mobility.” Proximal means closer to your core. Distal means further away from it. So, if your core is stable, movements in joints further from your core are better. In other words, stability makes you less injury…