Improve your fitness with SOL Performance Training in Oakland, CA
Getting fit should be a priority in everyone’s lives. It’s more than a means of managing the appearance of your body. Getting fit is beneficial for your health and well-being. Improving your fitness helps provide better support for the structural systems of your body, resulting in reduced chronic aches and pains. Additionally, you can improve […]
Four macronutrients that can improve your athletic performance
Increased energy. Improved stamina. Decreased recovery time. These are just a few of the benefits that an optimized diet can have for athletes. Your body is depending on you to supply it with the necessary raw materials to conduct its countless everyday functions. The more you demand from it, the more careful you must be […]
The benefits of training for running with a physical therapist
Running is a great physical activity to include as part of a healthy lifestyle. It helps improve your lung power, your cardiovascular health, your immune system and your mental health. However, it does take a toll on you physically, especially in the joints and muscles in your legs. Working with a professional physical therapist can […]
Three ways personal training can help improve athletic performance for athletes at all levels
Professional athletes. People involved in amateur sports leagues. Men and women who play a sport with friends on the weekends. What do all these athletes have in common? They can all benefit from personal training. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that there were almost 357,000 fitness trainers working in the U.S. in 2018. […]
Three things you may not know about athletic training
If you’re an athlete, whether amateur, student or professional, chances are you’ve encountered an athletic trainer or at least heard the term. Athletic training is a discipline in sports medicine that involves the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of sports-related injuries and other medical conditions. While an important aspect in the prevention of sports injuries is […]
Sports injury treatment in O’Fallon, MO
Physical therapy is an extremely beneficial sports injury treatment in O’Fallon, Missouri. It is essential to a successful recovery and helps you work on ways to avoid injuring yourself again. A physical therapist at Excel Sports & Physical Therapy will work with you to develop a treatment plan unique to your sports injury and your […]
Sports Training in Creve Coeur, MO for Your Wrist Injury
If you’ve ever injured your wrist playing sports, then you may know the value of an experienced physical therapy professional. At the Excel Sports and Physical Therapy location in Creve Coeur, Missouri, our staff has the knowledge and experience necessary to treat your wrist injury. This knowledge and experience comes from our more than 30 […]
Quadrangular/Quadrilateral Space Syndrome: A Unique Injury in Overhead Athletes
Physical Therapy for Quadrangular Space Syndrome Every now and then, a really unique case comes through our doors. We’ve had the privilege here of being a resource for physicians and other clinicians across the U.S for people that have rehabilitation needs in Kansas City. Recently, an elite collegiate level pitcher came in with a rather […]
Hip Pointers: A Painful Injury for Athletes
How to Treat a Hip Pointer “Hip pointers” are a nagging, painful injury that athletes have to deal with. They tend to hurt with many activities and when severe enough, can even prevent an athlete from playing. We see these from time to time at SSOR. Patients are often erroneously diagnosed or have doctors and […]
Knee Pain in Swimmers
Knee Pain During the Breaststroke At SSOR, we see many athletes from different ages, levels of competition, and injury histories. Because of the volume of athletes we see here, there are definite injury trends within various sports. One of those is medial knee pain with the “whip kick” during the breaststroke in swimmers. This can […]
