Remedy Physical Therapy & Wellness

18/06/2025

For the summer I will be doing mobile PT in Orange County through Luna (which takes insurance) and I will be continuing to treat via telehealth.

Thank you again to my community of patients. You have made me proud !

12/06/2025

The barbell works magic at any age.
Don’t underestimate the power it can give your patient. She’s 71 deadlifting 70 # with an osteoarthritic painful hip and absolutely giddy at her capability ! Even if one day she decides she needs a hip replacement , it is her informed decision not one made from the fear of fragility.

15/05/2025

When AI gets it wrong...
prompt: devise a 30 day strength plan for diastasis recti.
Chat GPT:
"avoid crunchess and twisting with diastasis"

Yet Research in 2023 states,
" curl-ups for women with DRA did not worsen IRD or change the severity of pelvic floor disorders or low back, pelvic girdle or abdominal pain, but it did increase abdominal muscle strength and thickness."
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37286390/

01/05/2025

Wait greater than 9 months after ACL reconstruction to return to sport or there is a 7-fold increase of sustaining a second ACL injury! new study finds
https://www.jospt.org/doi/full/10.2519/jospt.2020.9071?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1KfRvqnyA7hl1OR7Fi_0phBpuQl5PhVwW8aYNvvaYJF9z7EEeGDgCM1gc_aem_N1H088ia-lKmBWHUhqpCCg

Objective To investigate the association between sustaining a second anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury and (1) time to return to sport, (2) symmetrical muscle function, and (3) symmetrical quadriceps strength at the time of return to sport in young athletes after primary ACL reconstruction. De...

20/03/2025

If you’re in perimenopause and noticing more aches, stiffness, or even unexpected injuries, you’re not alone. Many women, including my 49 year old self, find that their joints start feeling more sensitive or prone to pain during this phase of life.

Exercise, like medicine, is most beneficial with the correct dosage. If you want to keep doing your favorite type of exercise, then your

20/09/2024

You know what’s fun about my job? Showing people their own capability. 💪🏼
At any age or any stage. If your willing to try let’s explore.

17/09/2024

If you run a local gym you may be…
1) uninformed in the pelvic health needs of your female clients
2) completely overwhelmed with the pelvic health needs of your female clients.

So… call me
These local workshops have been so much fun. We take the main request, which lately has been jumping rope without leaking and help you explore your personal threshold and strategy so you can perform how you want to- symptom free.

Book a workshop this fall
Melanie@remedypt.com

26/08/2024

https://remedypt.com/jumprope/

Do you p*e when you jump or run? How about when you sneeze or cough?Leakage is something females deal with (in fact 1 in 3 women), but we don’t have to

07/06/2024

https://remedypt.com/gluteal-tendinopathy/
lateral hip pain - when stretching won't help try these.

30/05/2024

https://remedypt.com/gestational-diabetes-and-diastasis-recti/

it is worth considering the research and time to move beyond the structure and fear based language for women with DRA.

22/05/2024

Fascinating !
"Controlling the fasting oral glucose tolerance test level may help reduce the severity of postpartum DRA."

Women with GDM have higher odds of experiencing postpartum DRA than those without GDM. The upper part of the re**us abdominis deserves increased focus during and after rehabilitation. Controlling the fasting oral glucose tolerance test level may help reduce the severity of postpartum DRA.

22/05/2024

https://remedypt.com/diastasis-and-log-roll/

log rolling just makes you weaker. If you have been told not to use your Re**us, let me tell you that we know better now.