Functional Movement Screen: Decreasing Risk for Injury

Chris Taquino, DPT is a Physical Therapist with SOL Santa Cruz addresses how the Functional Movement Screen (FMS) can aide in the identification of movement dysfunctions and injury prevention. Santa Cruz County is full of active people. We’re commonly referred to as “Surf City”, or ranked as one of the healthiest places in the nation […]

Run Injury Free With SOL

I’m one of the physical therapists at SOL PT. I’ve been working at SOL for over a year now and during that time I feel like I’ve become a much healthier person, and a stronger runner. Over the past year I have lost over 10 lbs, shaved 12 minutes off my half marathon time, and […]

Thousands saved! by strength?

When a injury suddenly sidelines you, it’s easy to feel frustrated, and demotivated.  It is  also a great time to evaluate what continues to cause your injuries in the first place.  Unstable diet and exercise are  often contributing factors when you find that (once again) you are not able to do what you love.  Did you realize that by […]

Preventing Iron Deficiency

We know that iron is an important mineral to human functioning, but do you know why it’s important or how it works? Here’s a quick breakdown of iron’s role in the human body: Iron is the central atom of the “heme” group (an oxygen-carrying protein). Iron binds to molecules of oxygen in the lungs and […]

Proprioceptive Training, Part Two: Injury and Proprioceptive Deficits

How does damage or altered proprioception occur? After an injury, or just not using our bodies can create less stimulation to the proprioceptors.  It’s “use it or lose it” with our constantly changing nervous system.  The body can lose some of its proprioceptive ability due to pain which will have an effect on muscular activation […]

Proprioceptive Training, Part One

Have you ever wondered about your ability to sense movement?  Your ability to know where you are in space? The unconscious perception of movement and the ability to know where you are spatially with orientation to other objects against gravity arises from the stimuli and the receptors within the body itself.  Every precise, coordinated movement […]