Dash Physical Therapy

11/15/2022

Knee pain in the front? Welcome to runners' knee!

As I start back on my blog postings, I thought I would hit the most...

10/31/2022

Join us Thursday in person at Rapha or online!

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Fitness schedule for Central Park run, Joe Brack Concert, and group cycle from The Boathouse to The Market.

10/24/2022

Finally getting around to writing this after my pandemic Zoom…

>Are you in the right running shoe? How often do we see people talking about...

10/20/2022

It’s been awhile, I’ve been working, but I’ve been quiet watching the world, and my world change. I think I’m finished with that!

As a die-hard New Yorker, my kids and I have been here in NYC this...

06/04/2020

Today was Global Running Day. While we would have loved to talk about it and encourage everyone to get out there running, it just didn’t feel right. Today our city is boarded up and in fear. Today our country is in mourning. But every day many people are in fear for no reason other than the color of their skin. Today the only idea we want to talk about is a world without color, without prejudice, and without destruction. We just wish we knew how to get there.

05/30/2020

Run with the whole family! FREE 5K training program!

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05/19/2020

At-home workspace causing you pain? 5 ways to troubleshoot it, even if its your kitchen table...

Working from home brings a whole new set of problems to light, not the least of which is your kids barging in or your dog barking when you are trying to take a call. The last thing you need is back or neck pain.

05/16/2020

Athletes face many obstacles, but being at home makes us all human. The rise in other health crises, not including only eating disorders and athletes, but mental health issues, domestic violence and beyond, deserve attention. Reach out to your friends and loved ones especially if you think they may be struggling. Sometimes the best way to help someone is listening.
May is mental health awareness month, but I believe all of these things encompass our mental health.

The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted eating and fitness routines, potentially compounding the stress of those, including athletes, who have eating disorders.

05/14/2020

At home and need a great at-home workout?

  Here is a simple workout you can do at home with no equipment. It will help target your quads, glutes, hamstrings, hip abductors, deltoids, as well as shoulder stabilization and core stabilization.

01/21/2020

Take care of your back after baby...

There are so many aspects of newborn life that will wreak havoc on any caregiver’s spine. Here are some considerations when purchasing essential baby items and positioning of yourself and your baby to lessen the strain;

11/30/2018

Learn how to use the foam roller to stretch out your calves. This will help with lower leg and calf pain, plantar fascitis, achilles tendonitis and other inj...

11/13/2018

Did you know physical therapy can help cure your headaches?

Headaches are awful. We’ve all had them, some worse than others, but what happens if you’re experiencing them weekly, or even daily?

10/24/2018

10/04/2018

All in all, calf strains are one of the easiest things to treat, if done correctly and with an experienced manual therapist from the beginning!

05/22/2018

Pain at the side of your knee?

IT Band Friction Syndrome plagues many runners and cyclists with what can be debilitating lateral knee pain. This is an overuse injury that results in inflammation of the IT Band due to repetitive flexing and extending of the knee and often occurs when there is an increase in weekly mileage. Basical...

02/17/2018

Often new moms (and old moms) complain of pain on the thumb side of the wrist. This particular pain can be reproduced by placing the hand in a ‘thumbs up’ direction, then tucking the thumb into the palm, clenching the rest of the fingers around it and dropping it to the floor (see the first phot...

02/14/2018

Pregnancy is not without its aches and pains, but that can be nothing compared to post-labor and post-cesarean section pain. Add to that holding a newborn for what feels like hours on end and you have a recipe for some really horrible spinal positioning and subsequent back discomfort. The biggest is...

02/02/2018

It’s been awhile since I have posted anything, and as some of you know it’s due to being a new mom. While exercise and pregnancy and post partum health and exercise is something I have been trained in, I certainly never felt it was my place to write about it because I always felt if I had never ...