ProCare Physical Therapy

09/18/2025

Learning about your back pain can help reduce long-term disability. PT is THE most effective treatment. It will also help reduce fear and give you tools to address pain when it does act up :)

Our May determined (with moderate certainty) that an individual based treatment helps patients with chronic reduce long-term disability

Take a look at how the review was conducted and see what other insights the authors gained ➡️ https://ow.ly/Ox8e50VPJx4

08/25/2025

We're big on injury prevention! Athletes, don't be one of these stats. We can set you up on an injury prevention program specific to your sport.

📣 Introducing the SWEREX study 📄

Understanding anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction rates in higher-level athletes

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1️⃣ Higher incidence in females 🏃‍♀️
2️⃣ 1.7x higher in second division compared to first 🥈
3️⃣ Incidence varies between sports 🏀 🤾‍♂️

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08/18/2025

You don't need a big gym for a good workout. Here are some great exercises with just a band!

08/07/2025

PT is the way to go for posterior cruciate ligament tears.

💡 In patients with acute posterior cruciate ligament injury, the physiotherapy-led exercise and brace intervention showed statistically significant improvements in patient-reported outcomes at long-term follow-up of five years, and the need for conversion to PCL reconstruction for isolated PCL injuries was low with a conversion rate of 7%.

👉🏻 This is from the new paper "Long-term Follow-up of Patients with Acute Posterior Cruciate Ligament Injury Treated Non-operatively with a Physiotherapy-led Exercise and Support Brace Intervention" by Rasmussen et al 2025

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07/31/2025

To sum this up:
More evidence that if you have pain radiating into the shoulder/arm/hand, specific PT can help. We see this all of the time and can help you get rid of it!

07/28/2025

Trauma can harm your knee but exercise is good for it! If you need help getting the correct program going, we can help :)

07/21/2025

Physical Therapy can greatly reduce fall risk. Arm movement speed is one thing that you may not think about for falls.

A first-of-its-kind study could inform physical therapy protocols aimed at strengthening arms to prevent falls likely to cause hip fractures.

07/14/2025

The right exercise program can significantly improve pain and fatigue for people with RA.

Regular physical activity is increasingly promoted for people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMD) as well as the general population. EULAR—The European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology—has published recommendations for physical activity in people with inflammatory arthriti...

06/26/2025

Chronic pain can be draining and depressing. This meta-analysis of RCTs shows that exercise significantly reduces anxiety and depression in people with chronic pain.

We include appropriate exercises for your condition as part of the treatment plan to relieve that pain!

Chronic pain encompasses both physiological and psychological dimensions, often manifesting alongside anxiety and depression. Exercise interventions h…

06/16/2025

Exercise is the best medicine! If you need help getting on a program specifically for you and your goals, let us know :)

A peer-reviewed study published in the journal Circulation by researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and the Texas Health Resources found that sedentary adults aged 45–64 who followed a 2-year aerobic exercise program—including moderate to high-intensity workouts 4–5 times per week—significantly improved their heart health.

The regimen increased cardiac elasticity and reversed heart stiffening, a key factor in age-related heart failure. The researchers concluded that consistent exercise could make the heart functionally 20 years younger in adults who begin training before age 65.

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06/09/2025

Prevention is way more fun than rehab!
Don't forget the core for knee injury prevention. We can set you up with the best evidence prevention program for your favorite activity.

05/29/2025

PT is better than steroid injections for knee OA and meniscus tears. https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-025-04113-y?fbclid=IwY2xjawKltDpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETBvallOU0h5eWsyYUFXZUJrAR4Y3WVFayw_s-cUwxYXqbtIY2jrFphrSQ72iO1ZVYyeGEP665XyVuf5a42q2g_aem_AYxIEcvvi6Bb8Lau8igy6w

Background Physical therapy is commonly recommended for treating meniscus tears and knee osteoarthritis (KOA). However, data from randomized trials that compare the effectiveness of this treatment with that of glucocorticoid injections are lacking. Methods This randomized, single-blind, multicenter....