Missing Link Physical Therapy

01/10/2024

Tennis elbow or lateral epicondylitis can be a frustrating injury especially when the tendon that causes pain to the elbow is super inflamed or damaged due to lack of blood flow from chronicity. The best thing to do is to address any tendon injury quickly and find the cause. Tendon injuries just don’t happen they are caused by increased stress being imposed on the area because another area in the body is not doing its job.

-For instance tennis elbow can be caused by excessive gripping (hammering or exercise), excessive extension of the wrist (typing) and other various activities. If truly caused by those acute activities rest and stretching should help. But there are those cases where no matter how much rest and stretching you do the pain is still there. Those are the cases we see. 95% of the time the pain in the elbow is referred from the neck. Which has caused a weakness to the muscles controlling the arm and now resulting in increased stress to the tendon and surrounding muscles.

- Because the control center (nervous system) is not working appropriately the injured area cannot heal. Often by time this is noticed damage has now been caused to the tendon and and no further medical intervention like cortisone, PRP and surgery must be performed.

-The point of the story is find the source prior to constantly treating the pain with the same intervention. Doing it in this order will improve symptoms, mobility, function and decrease damage to the painful area.

01/05/2024

-Do you have a cohesive relationship with the 5 traits above?? If not, don’t be mad with yourself we are all striving to get all of these pillars working together.

-Most importantly we should strive to consistently work on all five pillars; as if one is not addressed you may find sickness in your life. When we talk about sickness we are talking about being easily injured, frequent sickness, easily distracted, irritable, rashes, anxiety and the list goes on.

-The goal isn’t to find balance in these areas (because in life we will always be working on one aspect more than another) but rather it is about having a cohesive relationship with all five pillars where they all are working together.

-It’s important to work on fitness to help with your mental health which will help with your relationships. Having healthy finances will also help decrease stress. Having faith allows you to trust in something or someone else greater than yourself.

-Try working on these and see if you can find true abundance in your life.

01/04/2024

Due to lack of time, expertise and experience we often see a “throw wall on a mud” method of treatment for many injuries. If we take the time to assess the whole person instead of the pain complaint we can unfold the whole story leading to decreased treatments and visit and having long standing changes with the patients function and quality of life.

-With specificity of treatments choose the right manual technique, modality and exercise that gives permanency. This permanence in change allows the clinician to unfold other aspects of the injury which will optimize the patients care.

- It is time for us to leave our clinicians accountable. We should be focused on rewards for outcomes rather than treatment visits with little to no lasting functional changes.

04/04/2022

It is Monday 🌞and for all our people out there sitting at their desk from 9-5 get up and give this exercise a try. It is guaranteed to give you more motion!

03/01/2022

Today Dr. Andre is addressing those people with a dull ache to the hip/low back region.
Individuals often roll and stretch the hip muscles for temporary relief; but Dr. Andre will reveal to you that this is only treating a symptom. The true problem is at the front part of the hip. Listen to the video below and let us know if it was helpful for you.

08/27/2020

Happy National Dog 🐕🐕day to our sweetest companions Wally and Jax!! ❤️❤️❤️

08/21/2020

If you are suffering from long-standing hip pain this may be the stretch for you.

07/14/2020

We are thankful for another day.
Another day of health.
Another day of life.
Another day to serve.
Another day to love.
Another day to get a second chance.
Another day to pour words of Hope.
Another day of awesome surprises.
Guys it’s just another day to express the gifts God has granted us!

07/04/2020

Happy 4th of July to everyone from us at Missing Link PT!

06/25/2020

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06/02/2020

05/25/2020

“Our flag does not fly because the wind moves it. It flies with the breath of each soldier who died protecting it.”

05/21/2020

The pic says it all!We are ready to serve with a few changes made for your safety. We have always been a small one to one treatment facility that focuses on providing the best care for those we serve. We will in addition be following the CDC recommendations.

05/02/2020

Time to get up and move!
Great exercise for overall core stabilization.

05/01/2020

This is what Telehealth looks like . Happy the serve the person on the other side of the 📺

04/21/2020

“According to your faith be it unto you.” (Matthew 9:29)

04/20/2020

Great exercise for those individuals who over use their backs and hip flexors with activities such as running, walking, hiking and other dynamic activities.
***Be aware you may have difficulty performing this exercise if you lack mobility of the low back and hips. Be sure to maintain a neutral spine throughout the exercise. If you want we will be willing to get on a video chat with those who need coaching through the movement😉.***

04/16/2020

Self stretch of the 1st rib on order to help resolve that stiff painful neck. Let us know how it goes.