BenchMark Physical Therapy

04/04/2025

We’re celebrating Occupational Therapy Month by highlighting our incredible therapists who make a difference every day!

Here's what Clinic Director Matthew O’Connell has to say about Marissa Merritt, OT in our Leland Clinic:

"𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒂 𝑴𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒓. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔, 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏, 𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒈𝒐𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎. 𝑰 𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆, 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒄, 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒓𝒂 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑶𝑻 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒎 𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔! 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝑯𝑻 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆/𝒆𝒇𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒂 𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒔. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑪𝑯𝑻 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒎. 𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕. 𝑾𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒐, 𝒔𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒂 𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓."

Thank you, Marissa, for your passion and dedication! ❤️👏

04/02/2025

𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐎𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡!

We're celebrating our occupational therapists who help patients develop, recover, and maintain meaningful activities every day. Their dedication, compassion, and expertise make such a lasting impact.

Thank you to our amazing OT team for all you do! 🌟Have an OT you'd like to recognize? Tag them in the comments! 👇

04/01/2025

Revolutionizing Rehab: Introducing some of the latest technological, therapeutic treatments being used today with our Upstream Family of Clinical Care - swipe through to see!

➡️𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝘆—A breakthrough treatment where our skilled therapists focus on targeting specific muscles and joints with pinpoint accuracy. Designed to improve mobility, reduce pain, and restore optimal function, this specialized therapy ensures you’re receiving the most precise care for your recovery.

➡️ 𝗘𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝘆 - This unique therapeutic exercise was designed by our therapists to challenge proprioception and stability. Activities like this help improve gait, balance, and body awareness, key components in recovery from various mobility impairments.

➡️ 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 - A dynamic and immersive approach to improving cardiovascular endurance, lower body strength, and coordination. By running on a human-sized hamster wheel, patients engage their muscles in a continuous motion that challenges balance and gait control while promoting core stability. This unique therapy is ideal for individuals recovering from lower extremity injuries or those seeking to enhance their overall fitness through a fun, high-intensity workout. The constant momentum of the wheel helps build stamina and trains the body to maintain proper form under sustained movement.

03/31/2025

Your shoulders are one of the most flexible joints in your body—but without proper strength and stability, they're prone to injury. Check out expert tips to keep your shoulders strong and pain-free!

https://www.benchmarkpt.com/blog/shoulder-injury-prevention-when-lifting/?utm_syou'refacebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bmblog0331

Proper technique and conditioning are essential for shoulder injury prevention when lifting heavy objects at home, work, or the gym.

03/28/2025

Our new clinic in Middletown, DE, is open! Located at 5360 Summit Bridge Rd Ste 6, our facility is ready to serve the community with exceptional care and support.

Give us a call at 302-342-8451 or visit https://ow.ly/EUVL50VmhES to request an appointment. Our dedicated team is here to support you every step of the way.

BenchMark Physical Therapy in Middletown, DE is focused on exceptional care and industry-leading outcomes. Call today for access to care.

03/28/2025

As we wrap up Athletic Training Month, we would like to thank all the incredible athletic trainers across the Upstream Rehabilitation family! Your dedication to keeping athletes healthy, strong, and injury-free is vital to the success and well-being of the communities we serve.

03/26/2025

Our Upstream Clinical experts dive into the breakdown of what electrolyte drinks do and when they're beneficial.

🎧Tune in to learn the facts before you grab your next sports drink! ➡️ https://ow.ly/MiEL50VoVA5

03/24/2025

Stretching is key to staying active and injury-free—but did you know overstretching can present some risks? Learn how to find the right balance and keep your muscles healthy with expert tips.

Learn about the risks of overstretching and how to prevent them with tips from licensed physical therapists at Benchmark Physical Therapy.

03/21/2025

We asked our Athletic Trainers across our family of brands what motivated them to enter the field. Check out their 'why' and join us in celebrating their dedication.

03/19/2025

Looking to stay active while working from home? Walking pads are a game-changer for remote workers and anyone seeking a more active lifestyle. Benefits include:

▪️Low-impact exercise that's easy to start
▪️Boosted mental health and reduced stress
▪️Increased productivity while multitasking
▪️Better health by combating sedentary habits
▪️Reduced risk of serious conditions like heart disease

Perfect for home or office, walking pads fit seamlessly into busy schedules. Always consult a healthcare professional before starting.

Stay active, stay healthy! 🚶‍♂️

03/17/2025

Hands and wrists take a beating in sports. Learn about common injuries and expert tips to prevent, manage, and rehab them in our latest blog.

Learn about common injuries in the hand and wrist as well as strategies for preventing, managing, and rehabilitating.

03/15/2025

If you struggle with headaches, you are not alone. Migraine headaches are a leading cause of disability in the U.S., and many stem from neck or upper back issues. Physical therapy can help address these underlying causes, cutting down on the frequency and intensity of tension-type, migraine, and cervicogenic headaches—often reducing the need for meds.

Find relief: reach out to a clinic near you today - https://ow.ly/wVJO50VihIT

03/14/2025

Wrapping up and ready for the weekend! 🙌Thanks to athletic trainer Jesse Glass from our sister clinic for keeping athletes in top shape.

03/12/2025

March is National Brain Injury Awareness Month. 💚

A traumatic brain injury (TBI) can result from falls, motor vehicle accidents, or sports-related injuries, often leading to long-term physical and cognitive challenges. Physical therapy helps individuals regain strength, balance, and coordination, reduces pain and muscle tension, and supports recovery from post-concussion symptoms.

Recovery takes time, but you don't have to go through it alone. To learn how physical therapy can help, contact a clinic near you - https://ow.ly/YG5P50VgHll

03/10/2025

𝐌𝐲𝐭𝐡 𝐯𝐬. 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬: 𝐀𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧! Check out these common myths and learn more about the vital role of ATs, 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑒.

03/07/2025

Discover how robotic tools are transforming sports injury recovery—faster healing, smarter rehab, and cutting-edge tech await!

Exploring groundbreaking advancements and technologies for a holistic approach to sports injury rehabilitation.

03/05/2025

Our Upstream Clinical experts dive into the benefits, risks, and lasting impact of GLP-1s, plus how physical therapy can be a game-changer for long-term health and weight management.

🎧 Tune in and join the conversation ➡️ https://youtu.be/RC0tjzsgJWY

03/03/2025

Kicking off Athletic Training Month with a shoutout to our dedicated athletic trainers across our family of brands!

Tag your favorite AT below and let them know how much you appreciate them. 💙