Proformance Physical Therapy

01/06/2026

AIDE SPOTLIGHT: Ryan Bauer
Ryan is from Hastings, Nebraska. He attended Hastings High School and played football, Basketball, and Track. He was on the student council, a member of the National Honors Society, and the welcoming committee. Ryan is currently a senior at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln majoring in exercise science

Ryan enjoys spending time with friends and family and doing things like hunting, going to the lake, skiing, and watching sports. He spends his free time weightlifting and going for runs or hikes in new places. During his time at UNL, he became a member of the Physical Therapy Club, a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity, and plays various intramural sports including football and basketball.

Ryan's goal is to become a physical therapist and continue to help people through his profession. He plans to attend physical therapy school after he graduates from UNL and wants to work in Nebraska near his family.

09/21/2022

AIDE SPOTLIGHT: Audrey Linzell

Audrey is from Lincoln, NE where she graduated from Lincoln East High School. She was on drum line, played soccer, and was an athletic trainer during her high school years. She is currently a junior at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, majoring in Nutrition, Exercise, and Health Science with minors in Chemistry and Psychology. She is also on the Pre-Physical Therapy track.
On campus, she is involved in Young Life, LAUNCH leadership, Chi Omega sorority, Pre-PT Club, and is part of the UNL honors program. Audrey is also a suite host during the Husker football games.
Audrey’s goal for the future is to go to PT school. In her free time, she enjoys being with friends and family, taking cycling classes, and cooking!

07/14/2022

AIDE SPOTLIGHT: NOAH THOMPSON

Noah is from Lincoln, NE where he attended school at Northeast High School. He graduated from Nebraska Wesleyan University with a major in exercise science and a minor in psychology. During his time at NWU, he played basketball for a year.

When Noah has free time, he enjoys going to the gym and lifting weights. He has a passion for watching and playing basketball, as well as hanging out with friends and family.

Noah’s goal is to attend physical therapy school at UNMC. Once graduated, he would like to work for a sports team or become a therapist that works specifically with athletes.

06/01/2022

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05/12/2022

We all know the benefits of physical activity to our musculoskeletal and cardiovascular systems but a recent systematic review and meta-analysis, which included 191,130 participants, shows how beneficial it is for our mental health, as well. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2790780

Depression and physical activity have an inverse curvilinear relationship, meaning the more active you are the lower your risk of depression. Even low levels of physical activity, public health recommends 2.5 hours/week, show significant mental health benefits.

The take away, start or be more physically active to decrease your chances of depression/mental health issues, at least 2.5 hours/week. Please contact Proformance Physical Therapy with any questions or how to start/progress a program.

This systematic review and meta-analysis examines data from published prospective studies of adults to gauge the dose-response association between physical activity and incident depression.

05/04/2022

The importance of sleep can not be overstated, as we've presented here before. But a recent study showed adolescents had improved sleep quality, quantity and reduction in sleep disturbances when participating in a strength training program.

The strength training consisted of 3x/week, 55 minute sessions, performing 3 sets of 10-12 reps with 1 minute rest between sets and exercises. This was compared to a control group that did not participate in strength training.

Here's the link to the abstract: https://journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/Abstract/2022/05000/Effects_of_Strength_Training_on_Sleep_Parameters.8.aspx

Please contact Proformance Physical Therapy with any questions or if you need help setting up a strength training program.

ed to examine the effects of 12 weeks of strength training (ST) on sleep quality and daytime sleepiness in adolescents with sleep complaints. Thirty adolescents were randomly assigned to 2 groups: ST group (ST, n = 18) and control group (CG, n = 12). Anthropometric, body composition, one-repetition....

05/02/2022

Its May and time for another Proformance Spotlight! This month, Olivia R!

Olivia was born and raised in Omaha, NE and went to Marian High School where she played softball and basketball. She is currently heading into her senior year at the University of Nebraska -Lincoln where she majors in Nutrition and Exercise Health Sciences.
Whenever she has any free time, she enjoys going on runs, playing sports, and watching Netflix. She also values spending time with her friends, family, and two dogs, Vinnie and Tula.
Olivia’s goal after college is to attend physician assistant school somewhere in Nebraska. She has a desire to ultimately work in an orthopedic or dermatology setting, but really anywhere that she can build relationships with the patients she works with!

04/29/2022

Not only is fitness/physical activity important as we age, for many of the reasons we've stated on here before. But a new open access paper shows the link between physical activity and mental health in kids. The paper states, "60 minutes or more of physical activity for 6 days/week appeared optimal for overall mental well-being."

Here's link to article: https://journals.lww.com/acsm-healthfitness/Fulltext/2022/05000/Heads_up__Effective_Strategies_for_Promoting.7.aspx?context=FeaturedArticles&collectionId=1

Please contact Proformance Physical Therapy if you have any questions or want to set up an appointment.

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04/12/2022

In a follow up to the Sportsmetrics program we'll be having this summer, a recent publication showing improvement in landing mechanics in adolescent girls, grades 6 to 8, with just strength training of hip and knee musculature for 6 months.

Although injury prevention is not tracked, improving landing mechanics, especially in females, can reduce chance of a non-contact knee injury, ie ACL. This study did not even have the girls perform jumping or landing activities, just strengthening!

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34751052/

Please contact Proformance Physical Therapy to get signed up for the Sportmetrics ACL prevention program or if you have any questions regarding injury prevention, strengthening.

Strength training during adolescence holds promise as an injury prevention program. The use of a school-based approach is novel and may represent a robust opportunity for injury prevention programs, as physical education class is often mandatory in this age group.

04/01/2022

With summer fast approaching, we wanted to get the word out that we'll be having Sportsmetrics ACL prevention/jump training program starting 6/3/22 to 7/15/22 at Proformance Physical Therapy.

Sportsmetrics is a 6 week training program scientifically proven to decrease knee injuries. The training is comprised of a dynamic warmup, jumping/plyometric drills, strength training, speed and agility along with flexibility exercises meeting 3x/week.

Sportsmetrics has been proven to reduce the risk of serious knee injury, increase vertical jump height, speed, and improve hamstring and quadriceps strength all while perfecting jumping and landing mechanics.

Please contact Proformance Physical Therapy at 402-440-3876 for pricing or with any questions and pass this along to anyone you know that would benefit from the Sportsmetrics training program.

Become aSportsmetrics Certified Trainer Get Recognized as an Official Training Site With your Sportsmetrics certification, you can use Sportsmetrics as part of the rehabilitation program in your clinic as well as offer training to athletes. View Certification programs Warm Up for Injury Prevention &...

03/23/2022

Swearing is considered taboo but it looks like a well timed curse word can improve social pain, physical pain tolerance, physical pain threshold along with increased performance measures including force and power. Swearing can also improve the therapeutic alliance between patient and PT.

https://archivesphysiotherapy.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40945-022-00131-8 #:~:text=Swearing%20can%20create%20tighter%20human,strategic%20swearing%20by%20our%20patients.

So, go ahead and let out a curse word when performing that last set/rep to get the most benefit!

Background Words can change the way a patient thinks, feels, and performs. Swearing, or uttering a word that is considered taboo, is an often-ignored part of our language, even though over 50% of the population swears “sometimes” or “often”. If used correctly, within a biopsychosocial approa...

03/04/2022

For those of you that use coffee as a pre-workout, well, it looks like you were onto something. A recent review shows caffeine from coffee can improve muscle strength, muscle endurance and mean velocity. But the review shows it takes much less than previously thought, 1-2 cups of coffee is it.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35203046/

So, keep pouring that cup before your workout and reap the benefits! Please contact Proformance Physical Therapy if you have any questions about starting or progressing your current program.

This review demonstrated an ergogenic effect of very low doses of caffeine on resistance exercise performance. The magnitude of these effects was similar to that previously reported with higher caffeine doses. These findings highlight that the minimal ergogenic doses of caffeine are even lower than....