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Dr. Michael Giardina, PT, DPT, OCS Dr. Michael Giardina, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT
Doctor of Physical Therapy
Orthopedic Clinical Specialist

🚨EXERCISE CAN MAKE US SMARTER🚨💥This can impact everyone from high school athletes to your grandmother!🟩 Research is now ...
06/01/2025

🚨EXERCISE CAN MAKE US SMARTER🚨

💥This can impact everyone from high school athletes to your grandmother!

🟩 Research is now showing the relationship between physical activity and brain function.

🟦 Several ways in which activity can positively affect brain function:

🧠 improves alertness, attention, and motivation
🧠 assist with memory improvement
🧠 develops new nerve cells
🧠 allows stress relief
🧠 assist in reducing depression

🚨Take Home: Get Moving!🚨

📚Reference:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2667807/

🚨SHOULDER HOME WORKOUT🚨🟩 This post shows how 5 shoulder exercises can be performed at home🏠 with only a resistance band....
23/12/2024

🚨SHOULDER HOME WORKOUT🚨

🟩 This post shows how 5 shoulder exercises can be performed at home🏠 with only a resistance band.

🟧 This routine will address the deltoid (anterior/front, lateral/outside, & posterior/back fibers) and the rotator cuff (RC) muscles. We generally think of the RC working during rotation exercises, but push and pulling exercises ALSO activate the RC.

👉🏼 SWIPE LEFT to see how each movement can be simply performed with the same band to save money and space:
1️⃣ Shoulder Flexion
2️⃣ Shoulder Abduction
3️⃣ Shoulder Scaption
4️⃣ Overhead Press
5️⃣ Horizontal Abduction

🚨ENJOY. CHEERS🚨

20/12/2024

🚨SCAPULAR STRENGTHENING: YTWL EXERCISES🚨

🟩 The YTWL series here addresses musculature around the scapula region for upper/mid back strengthening. Muscles included in this area are the mid trap, lower trap, rhomboids, and rotator cuff muscles (slide 1).

🟧 This series can be used for shoulder health and/or shoulder/upper back dysfunction. Also a great series when warming up prior to sports such weightlifting🏋🏻, CrossFit, tennis🎾, baseball⚾️, and swimming🏊.

🟦 When working with shoulder pain or dysfunction, we need to look at the scapula and how it’s functioning. During 180 degrees of shoulder elevation, the motion comes from the shoulder joint (120 degrees) and scapular motion (60 degrees) (2:1 ratio). If the ratio of 2:1 is not❌ achieved, strain may be placed on the shoulder.

👉🏼 SWIPE LEFT to view the YTWL exercises! For reference, I am using 5 # dumbbells on ~30 degree inclined bench.

☝️Try performing 2-3 sets, 12-15 reps to begin.

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💢4 Deadlifting Cues for Improved Performance💢—Give these cues a try and see if they help your technique and performance!...
09/09/2024

💢4 Deadlifting Cues for Improved Performance💢
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Give these cues a try and see if they help your technique and performance!

Simply envisioning pushing a car door shut with your butt or having someone behind you pulling your hips rearward with a rope can help you master the hinge pattern.

Envisioning the arms as ropes with hooks can prevent jerking and improve the setup.

Thinking of painting the legs with the bar helps improve bar path and reduces load on the spine.

I hope these visuals are helpful. Thank you to for putting this together.
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Artist:
Credit: original rope/hook idea

☕️COFFEE WILL NOT FIX CRAP SLEEP☕️Do you stay up late watching Netflix📺? Or have bad sleep patterns due to insomnia or s...
09/08/2024

☕️COFFEE WILL NOT FIX CRAP SLEEP☕️

Do you stay up late watching Netflix📺? Or have bad sleep patterns due to insomnia or sleep apnea?

💤 Poor sleep has been linked to:

🔸Poor stress management
🔸Weight gain
🔸Depression and Anxiety
🔸Reduced mood and motivation
🔸Damper immune system
🔸Reduced memory ability
🔸Lower s*x drive

💥Thanks to for this visual reminder.

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🚨FLEXIBILITY IS NOT MOBILITY🚨——I wanted to share the great breakdown between mobility and flexibility by - couldn’t hav...
03/08/2024

🚨FLEXIBILITY IS NOT MOBILITY🚨
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I wanted to share the great breakdown between mobility and flexibility by - couldn’t have said it better!
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🟩 Many people often mistakenly use the term flexibility and mobility interchangeably.
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🟦 Flexibility and mobility are DIFFERENT. Just because you have flexibility, does not mean you have mobility!
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⭕️ Flexibility is the passive ability for a muscle or muscle group to move. Think about when you’re doing a hamstring stretch lying on your back. Here, you are using your arms or a resistance band to ASSIST your leg in moving closer towards your chest. You are passively moving your own body.
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⭕️ Mobility is the ability of a joint to actively move and CONTROL movement through a range of motion (ROM). In order to control movement through a range of motion, you need STRENGTH. Think about any movement where instead of using a resistance band, another person, etc. to move your tissues, you’re actively controlling and moving your own body.
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🟧 Why does this matter? Well, when performing a movement such as a squat, it is not just about having flexibility. You need strength, coordination, body awareness and control, which are all components of mobility.
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🟪 Just because a person is flexible, does not necessarily mean they’re able to control movement and have strength throughout that available ROM. Bottom line, if you are a lifter, don’t just focus on flexibility, instead train mobility.
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⬛️ Understanding the difference can be important in understanding how you can prep your body for movement/activity. 💯

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🚨PENCIL BREAK THEORY🚨✏️Sometimes in life everything goes smoothly (i.e. feeling great).✏️And sometimes the unexpected ha...
27/04/2024

🚨PENCIL BREAK THEORY🚨

✏️Sometimes in life everything goes smoothly (i.e. feeling great).

✏️And sometimes the unexpected happens (i.e. suffer from an injury).

✏️The important thing knowing how to turn problems into opportunities (i.e. find the silver lining).

🚨When it comes to injuries, this is an opportunity to better understand our human body, what it can tolerate, and how we can make it stronger and more resilient!

✅ Stay positive my friends!

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🚨𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐛🚨✅ All too often, medical professionals tell patients to rest in order to recover from various musculo...
15/03/2024

🚨𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐛🚨

✅ All too often, medical professionals tell patients to rest in order to recover from various musculoskeletal problems. While a very temporary period of rest (24-48 hours) can be useful at times to allow an acute issue to calm down, the majority of our focus should be on finding ways to keep people moving by modifying aggravating movements. Research and practice both support this viewpoint, so let’s move past outdated ways of thinking about injury rehabilitation!

🟦 couldn’t have said it better. Movement is medicine!
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PLEASE help in supporting my niece and nephew by clicking “LIKE” on the photos of their gingerbread houses. Their names ...
20/12/2023

PLEASE help in supporting my niece and nephew by clicking “LIKE” on the photos of their gingerbread houses. Their names are Preston and Katelyn Haley.

Thank you!

🚨FIX RUNNERS STRETCHING MISTAKES🚨🟩 Great info by .dpt on The Most Common Mistakes during the Most Common Running Stretch...
27/11/2023

🚨FIX RUNNERS STRETCHING MISTAKES🚨

🟩 Great info by .dpt on The Most Common Mistakes during the Most Common Running Stretches...and How to Fix them!

👈🏼 SWIPE LEFT to see the 3 stretches we’re focusing on:
1️⃣ The Quads
2️⃣ The Hip Flexors
3️⃣ The Hamstrings

🟦 After getting comfortable with each stretching position, here are some tips to maximize it:

▪️Start slowly and the stretch should feel moderate but comfortable
▪️Do not bounce at end-range!
▪️Hold each stretch for at least 15 seconds but IDEALLY 30 seconds for 2-4 repetitions [60 seconds for adults 65+]
▪️Perform within 5-10 minutes of when you finish your run or workout

🟥 REMEMBER: Perform dynamic activities BEFORE your run and static stretches AFTER your run!

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🚨RECOVERY POSITION - WHICH IS BEST?🚨🟩 How many coaches have told you to stand up and breath during practice training whe...
07/11/2023

🚨RECOVERY POSITION - WHICH IS BEST?🚨

🟩 How many coaches have told you to stand up and breath during practice training when you're exhausted?

🟦 For me, that position always sucked.

🟧 Good News! When looking at the 2 postures hands on knees versus hands on head, HANDS ON KNEES resulted in better heart rate and respiratory rate recovery then hands on head.

🟥 HANDS ON KNEES = BEST 🟥

🟪 Swipe to see slide 2 to see how 2️⃣ of the greatest rested on the court =

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