Connecting to Spring Fun! What a fun time we’ve been having the past few weeks. Clients young and not so young have been in to work on a wide variety of sports and recreational skills. Ranging from running, tennis, golf, lacrosse, hockey, soccer, ice skating, ballet, badminton, baseball, and basketball to cartwheels, back bends, and […]
Balance, Biking, and Nano-movements! Tommy’s mom wondered if her 9-year-old son would ever ride a bike on his own. She pushed the idea of riding for a couple of years but with no success. “It just seemed like he didn’t have the core strength or balance,” she said. “It was hard for him.” When Tommy […]
Colds, Coughs, and Nano-movements Count yourself lucky if you’ve avoided the respiratory bugs making the rounds this winter. This season’s version seems to be accompanied by a long-lasting nagging cough. At first the cough is nagging, annoying, and tiring. The worse the cough, the more likely chest muscles are getting stressed. When coughing lasts for […]
Jimmy’s Back in the Game! “Jimmy walked into your office, slumping and tired, and left a rejuvenated boy.” –Jimmy’s Mom A hard fall during a hockey game and nine-year-old Jimmy began to have a headache and experience dizziness. His balance was off-kilter and he even was having a difficult time concentrating on academics. “He was […]
Starry, Starry Night … and Nano-movements? Away from the city, I recently found myself outside one evening looking upward and found a marvelous sight. The evening’s dark, crisp, clear sky was filled with brightly shining stars! The longer I peered, the clearer the patterns of the stars became. I did not know off-hand which one […]
Updates from Some 2014 Stories We are working on some amazing stories for you in 2015 and thought you’d enjoy a few updates on some of our 2014 features. Madeline and Reading “Merry Christmas,” as Madeline is singing to her new karaoke machine, “I cannot believe the words she is reading as she sings—wow!” […]
A Parent’s Joy in Daughter’s Reading Reading… both fun and imaginative, reading is an activity fundamental to all aspects of learning. Often learned quickly and easily, reading can be a struggle for some. “Madeline fought me on reading, and any kind of homework was a fight.” Madeline, the third born out of four siblings, was […]
Heads, Helmets, and an Overlooked Injury Many sports now use helmets for head protection— Hockey Skiing Football Bicycling However, the increase in the use of helmets for head protection has led to an increase in an injury pattern no one much considers—neck trauma. When the head hits, the helmet bounces leaving the neck traumatized, similar […]
Re-Tooling Running Some of recent updates from our running clients: Qualifying for Boston! Returning from Injury! Setting New PR’s! Whether you are a parent watching their child run the bases without looking awkward, a teen making a team, or an adult returning from injury, we find there are many ways running brings joy to people’s […]
Rear-End Pains No, not pain in the rear-end! A number of our adult clients have significant pains which coincidentally relate to impact patterns matching rear-end auto collisions. The other thing they have in common is the pains don’t fit any traditional injury patterns and standard therapeutic approaches yield limited improvement. Our clients want to function […]