Is Poor Posture Affecting Your Breathing?
Your posture affects everything from your bones, joints and muscles to your balance and digestion, but its effects on breathing are often overlooked or simply ignored. Unfortunately, poor posture is [...]
Your posture affects everything from your bones, joints and muscles to your balance and digestion, but its effects on breathing are often overlooked or simply ignored. Unfortunately, poor posture is [...]
Fascia is a multifunctional connective tissue that permeates almost every system within the body. It is primarily made of collagen, a protein. Fascia is soft, loose, and made of [...]
At Capital Area Physical Therapy, we love seeing our patients get outside and exercise – even in winter – but when the temperatures drop, we recommend taking a few [...]
By Nicholas Carlson, SPT Strength training involving single plane movements, such as squats, bench presses and dead lifts, can be beneficial in their own ways, but it is essential [...]
How are you sitting right now? What is Posture? How does bad posture hurt my neck? These are all questions you may never have thought about or been asked, [...]
By Joseph Siska, SPT In today's fast-paced world, it's easy to overlook the importance of regular exercise. But if there's one form of exercise that should never be neglected, [...]
In what situations should you use ice or heat for rehabilitation? This might be a question you think of when you’ve just gotten injured, are recovering from an injury, [...]
by Nick Kossor Patient was a 40 year old female who entered the clinic with complaints of neck pain from a whiplash mechanism of injury 1 month ago. One [...]
Concussions, a form of mild traumatic brain injury, have become a significant public health concern due to their high incidence and potential for long-term effects. With increased awareness and [...]
Benefits of Performing Physical Activity Postpartum Benefits of physical activity postpartum include strengthening and toning abdominal muscles, boosting energy, promoting better sleep, relieving stress, helping lose any extra weight [...]