Peak Pursuit Performance and Rehab

04/18/2023

Manual Therapy 🫠

Have you tried dry needling, massage, spinal adjustments, cupping, etc… but haven’t found long term relief for your pain?
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While manual therapy can be a great adjunct in your rehab process and help you get out of pain.
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Like a band-aid, it doesn’t fix the root cause of most musculoskeletal injuries. 🤕
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That’s where proper exercise prescription, load management, and training modifications come into play 💪✅

01/02/2023

Ringing in the New Year in the best possible way!🎿

5 ft of snow this week has us 🤤🙏

Hope everyone had some fun and safe holidays! Can’t wait to see what 2023 brings 💪

12/22/2022

New Video For Our Friends Out There With Knee Pain! 😳⬇️

https://youtu.be/X9hFLzUdIMI

Check it out! 👍

12/20/2022

New Video ‼️‼️

We consistently see patients in the clinic with shoulder pain, and one of the main questions we get during these appointments is:

“What do I do if I tore my rotator cuff??”

This video gives context on this type of diagnosis!

Are you experiencing pain in your shoulder? OR Have you been told you have a rotator cuff tear? Some people with shoulder pain may actually have a rotator cu...

11/15/2022

Ski Season is Underway!

As physical therapists, we see an uptick in ski related knee injuries this time of year.

Most ski related injuries involve an accident on the hill, usually resulting in injuries like sprains, fractures, or ligamentous tears.

One question we have for you over here at Peak Pursuit is: what have you been doing to help prevent injuries this season?

Some athletes train in the offseason to prepare for the hill, but most lack a formal training program.

This may increase your risk on the slopes.

If you are curious about what we as physical therapists suggest to help reduce risk for injury, reach out to us!

Give us a call at +13854925604 and we would be happy to discuss what a formal program would look like so you get the most out of this ski season!

Read more about Peak Pursuit:
https://peak-rehab.com/

11/14/2022

The Appley Scratch Test ✅

Here is one quick mobility screen/test we do in physical therapy.

Often patients with shoulder pain complain of a lack of mobility or stiffness when moving their shoulder.

This test combines movements at the shoulder, giving us an idea of what planes of movement are giving you trouble 🤔

https://peak-rehab.com/whats-causing-your-shoulder-pain-fix-tight-shoulders/

https://youtu.be/swzlw0CGgT4 How to Test Your Shoulder Mobility and Eliminate Tight or Stiff Shoulders! The Appley Scratch Test Here is one quick mobility screen/test we do in physical therapy, and this gives us a general idea of how limited you are in terms of mobility from side to side. Often pati...

11/09/2022

Is Deadlifting Bad For Your Back?

Here is a quick read on some of our thoughts on the subject!

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https://youtu.be/nB7rHRE5zwQ Does Deadlifting Cause Back Pain? The deadlift exercise often times gets a bad rap if you go into the doctor's office for back pain. But should this exercise be feared when it comes to preventing back pain? In reality, deadlifting (usually dosage or how much volume you a...

09/10/2022

How to Fix Golfer's Elbow - Fix Medial Elbow Pain

Golfer's elbow is a condition where the tendon at the medial (inside) of the elbow becomes inflamed or painful.

This not only impacts golfers, but many active adults or fitness athletes will get similar elbow pain as well.

Strength training is critical in the rehab process for golfer's elbow.

Here is a cool set up and tool that we can use to target the tendon at the medial elbow that may be causing your pain, and hopefully this will alleviate a lot of the golfer elbow symptoms you have.

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https://www.peak-rehab.com/post/how-to-fix-golfer-s-elbow-fix-elbow-pain

How to Fix Golfer's Elbow - Fix Medial Elbow Pain Golfer's elbow is a condition where the tendon at the medial (inside) of the elbow becomes inflamed or painful. This not only impacts golfers, but many active adults or fitness athletes will get similar elbow pain as well. Strength training is critic...

09/09/2022

For patients in our clinic with shoulder pain, performing strength testing is critical during assessment. ✅

This gives us as physical therapists a better understanding of how much to load the shoulder during a rehab program, and allows for us to meet the threshold of intensity when programming to create connective tissue change.

Here is an example of how we can strength test your shoulder during an isometric.

We use a device called the gStrength () to give real time feedback of force production and most importantly peak force during a particular motion.

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https://www.peak-rehab.com/post/how-to-strength-train-like-a-pro-strength-testing-with-shoulder-pain

Isometric Strength Testing - Shoulder Scaption For patients in our clinic with shoulder pain, performing strength testing is critical during assessment. This gives us as physical therapists a better understanding of how much to load the shoulder during a rehab program, and allows for us to meet the....

09/08/2022

Here is one test we do in clinic with our patients with knee or hip pain.

The idea of the lateral step down test to look at:
🔸 quality of movement
🔸 how the knee tracks (moves medial/lateral)
🔸 muscle strength/endurance
🔸 pain response

Which is all great data during an assessment, and allows us as physical therapists to have a better idea of what exercises/interventions are appropriate.

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https://www.peak-rehab.com/post/what-s-causing-your-knee-pain-step-down-test

What's Causing Your Knee Pain? Here is one test we do in clinic to help assess our patients with either knee pain or hip pain. It's called the lateral step test. What we are looking for in this test include: coordination with the movement knee movement (medial/lateral) strength (how easy/how many) L...

09/06/2022

Having enough rotation during a golf swing is essential.

Here is one drill to help improve your rotation!

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https://www.peak-rehab.com/post/must-do-drill-for-a-better-golf-swing-improve-your-hip-rotation

Must DO Drill For A Better Golf Swing! Many golfers struggle with timing during their golf swing. Some swing their arms before hips or even move both at the same time. If you look at the kinetic sequence of the golf swing, movement happens in this order: Pelvis/Hips Torso Arms If you have a hard tim...

09/05/2022

Come join me this weekend as I teach a workshop on Full Body Mobility!

Whether it’s tight ankles, a stiff back, or a sore neck that is bothering you, we’ll address the body from head to toe.

I’ll be walking through a full mobility assessment as well as teaching attendees drills to address any limitations they may have.

Honestly, this is the most comprehensive workshop I have done to date, and is definitely worth joining if you are and SLC local.

Click the link below to sign up:

https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=229375&stype=-108&sTG=262&sView=day&sLoc=0&date=09/10/22

09/05/2022

Strength testing for rotation ✅

Sports that have a heavy emphasis on rotation such as golf or baseball may benefit from testing strength with rotation.

In our clinic setting, we use this as baseline/post-programming to ensure that our interventions are providing the intended benefit.

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https://www.peak-rehab.com/post/how-to-strength-train-like-a-pro-rotational-strength-testing

How to Test Rotational Strength Here is one way to assess rotational strength! We were playing around with the .tech gStrength to asses rotation strength. Generally speaking, this isn’t something we assess a whole lot in the rehab/fitness world, but I like the application for sports that u...

09/04/2022

Have you been curious about what's causing your hip pain? 🤔

Here is one test we do in physical therapy to help figure out what might be causing your hip pain, and it gives us an idea of what exercises might help.

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https://www.peak-rehab.com/post/how-to-fix-hip-pain-hip-pain-and-mobility-testing

What's Causing Your Hip Pain? Here's one test that we do in physical therapy to assess patients with hip pain. We're just doing a FABER test, which is the figure four position where your opposing leg is extended. Salt Lake Physical Therapy - Pain Relief - Hip Pain Relief - Physical Therapy pain reli...

09/02/2022

Strength Testing ✅

This is something we do in clinic to help patients and athletes have a better understanding of their strength both at baseline and after performing a program.

This gives us the best idea if our interventions are working as intended!

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https://www.peak-rehab.com/post/how-to-strength-train-like-a-pro-strength-testing

What Can Strength Testing Do For You❓ Whether you’re a 50 year old skier with an ACL reconstruction, a 30 year old climber with a past pulley injury, a 15 year old swimmer with shoulder issues, testing can give use a great look into asymmetries between sides. For athletes who don’t have pain c...

09/02/2022

Sciatica is tough to deal with - this new blog post details one intervention we do in physical therapy to help with sciatica! ✅

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https://www.peak-rehab.com/post/how-to-stretch-for-sciatica-sciatic-pain-relief

This Sciatica Stretch is Everything! If you have sciatica, this is one intervention we do to help relieve some of that sensitivity you get in your lower back or down your leg. The idea with this exercise is to "tension" the sciatica nerve to hopefully improve mobility and reduce how sensitive the ne...

09/01/2022

New Blog Post 📜

Many people go right to stretching their hip flexors if they feel pain or tightness.

This post discusses an alternative - strengthening your hip flexors!

Click Below to Read More!
https://www.peak-rehab.com/post/strengthen-your-dang-hip-flexors-how-to-fix-hip-pain

Load Your *DANG* Hip Flexors Many patients we see in physical therapy often just get into this hip flexor stretching position or the mindset that they need to stretch their hip flexors to get rid of hip pain. Tight hip flexors does not automatically mean that you need to stretch out your hips or get...

08/31/2022

New Blog Post 📜📜

Do you struggle with squat mobility but are not sure why?

This blog post dives into one of the main causes of a limited squat - ankle mobility ✅

Share this with a friend who needs a better squat!

https://www.peak-rehab.com/post/best-ankle-mobility-drill-for-better-squat-depth-ankle-mobility-assessment

Is Ankle Mobility Limiting Your Squat Depth? If you've difficulty squatting to depth and always seem to be relying on some sort of prop for your heel, it might be because your ankles are actually limiting your squat depth and mobility. This is one common area that might get overlooked when trying to...