RPI at The Lab

03/18/2024

01/21/2024

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KYLE!!!

Kyle lives and breathes basketball and he loves getting to be around it for work. He’s pretty much up for any sport though— if you wanna play it, you can convince Kyle to join!

Kyle is the ultimate girl dad and IU basketball fan (he’s got the pants to prove it)!

Have a great day!!

01/15/2024

Celebrating 2023!!

Over the weekend, we were able to all come together from near and far to celebrate another outstanding year.

A year of growth:
We added more team members
We took a cumulative 4000+ hours of continuing education together
We lectured at local organizations and universities
We tested and evaluated athletes from the youth to the professional level

And we can’t forget, this year was a little extra special as we were finally all celebrating together being Ascend’s Practice of The Year!

12/12/2023

💥 Dry Needling 💥

This technique is oftentimes used in physical therapy to release trigger points in sore muscles.

It is especially helpful in treating headaches, tendinopathy, and muscle pains.

12/05/2023

You can live weeks without food. Days without water. Only minutes without breathing. Your body will always prioritize breathing, even if it is inefficient or comes at the expense of pain somewhere else in the body. Make sure you can breathe through your diaphragm correctly before addressing pain 😮‍💨

11/12/2023

Kaiden has worked hard in his rehab to get back on the court after an ankle sprain! Good luck this season!

10/26/2023

📣 Start ‘em young!

🥨 My man Tate working on posterior chain mobility at an early age to decrease his risk for injury

⛹️‍♂️ First move well. Then move often.

10/13/2023

🏀 Basketball season is finally here

🦵Did you know lack of ankle dorsiflexion is one of the biggest risk factors for an ankle sprain?

➡️ Try this exercise to open up your ankles (and hips)

⛹️‍♂️ Injury prevention should be a key part of your training regimen ⛹️‍♀️

☎️ The best way to ensure you’re at the top of your game when the season starts, is to put in the work early to make sure you MOVE WELL first

10/02/2023

“Ascend Practice of the Year”

That’s the award we won last week at the Ascend Conference in Arizona. If you’ve never heard of it, don’t worry most haven’t, but in physical therapy, it is a big deal. Think Oscar for best picture, only in physical therapy for best company. Of the 38,000 eligible physical therapy practices nationwide, we were selected as the top one.

Since the beginning, we’ve believed:

With one person at a time, we will drive healthcare transformation and change the world.

We bring this idea into work every day, and it has allowed us to live our values- to build lasting relationships, to learn and grow together, and to provide true autonomy and trust within our team.

🫶🏼 We are excited to share this with you because it belongs as much to our community as it does to our company. 🫶🏼

Every day, we get to work with people we love. We get to learn and challenge each other to be better. We get to make a difference for each patient and, as a result, our entire community. And most of all, we get to look forward to going to work every single day.

Congratulations to every person who has been a part of this journey with us.

08/13/2023

Basketball tournament success 🦶🤙

08/11/2023

Showing the results of hard work on test day!

The Functional Movement Screen and Y-Balance Test are great tools for determining injury risk and safety in returning to sport.

The Illinois Agility Test is a good objective measure to assess speed and agility improvements.

These are the same screens/assessments the pro athletes use and you can too! If you’re an athlete seeking PT, make sure to ask your therapist what they will use to determine readiness to return to sport.

08/04/2023

Just like seeing my daughter walk for the first time last night, I enjoy helping you feel, move, and live better.

This was Sophie’s short term goal. Comment with your current movement goal 👇 😃