Suarez Sports and Orthopedic Physical Therapy

05/28/2025

Our 8-Week Summer Program is here! ☀️

▪️Looking to get better this summer?
▪️Want to know what we’re all about?
▪️Ready to make gains, but not yet ready to join our year-round programs?
▪️Want to switch it up for the summer?

✅ We have what you’re looking for!!

➡️ Scroll through the slides for the details.
🔗 in our bio to sign up!
⬇️ Comment or DM your questions

05/21/2025

We are hosting a FREE in-house back workshop on May 31st from 8:30-10am!

Experiencing back pain? Nagging issues holding you back? Told to stop lifting, exercising?

We’re going to be:
- debunking myths about back pain
- helping you understand back pain
- providing you with strategies to help you manage back pain
- providing you with ways to stay active

05/20/2025

Weekly clinical meeting = team brainpower 🔥

This week we dug into a continuing education course on anterior knee pain—tons of gems we’re already applying to better serve our patients. These meetings aren’t just about knowledge; they’re about collaboration. We talk through cases, share wins and struggles, and learn from each other so that no one’s treating in a silo.

📸 Featuring our full physical therapy team (6 PTs + 1 awesome DPT student) and our performance team—Coach Matt and his intern Amanda. We truly have the best team and we’re always striving to be at the top of the clinical education chain, all for the benefit of our clients. 💪

04/01/2025

🦴 Why Do Stress Fractures Happen? 🦴

Your bones are constantly breaking down and rebuilding—it’s a normal process! But when overuse outpaces recovery, things go wrong… and that’s when stress fractures occur. 😬

Here’s the cycle:
✅ Stress (like running or jumping) → tiny bone damage
🔨 Osteoclasts (cleanup crew) remove old/damaged bone
🧱 Osteoblasts (builders) rebuild stronger bone
❌ Too much stress + not enough recovery = weak bone & injury

If you don’t give your body time to rebuild, the cleanup crew never stops, and the bone gets weaker instead of stronger—leading to stress fractures!

💡 Key takeaway? Smart training + proper recovery = stronger bones & fewer injuries.

Tag a friend who needs this reminder! 👇

02/18/2025

Diastasis recti is the thinning and separation of the tissue that connects the sides of your abdominal wall. It’s often seen in pregnancy but can affect men, babies, and kids.

Signs:
▪️Midline bulge or sinking when engaging core
▪️”Still looking pregnant” months/years post-birth

Who Can Get It?
▪️Pregnant women
▪️Babies, kids (abdominal weakness)
▪️Men (core pressure mismanagement)

Causes:
▪️Growing belly during pregnancy
▪️Poor pressure management (heavy lifting, bad posture)
▪️Abdominal weakness in kids

Healing takes time—breathing, good bracing techniques and looking at the body as a whole is key. Always talk to a health professional for guidance if you’re dealing with diastasis recti. 💪🏻

02/04/2025

Getting Back to Sports After an Injury: Progress, Not Perfection

We often see people frustrated with their progress after knee injuries or surgeries, especially when knee pain persists during running or sport-specific activities.

More often than not, the issue isn’t just pain—it’s that their bodies simply aren’t ready for those activities yet.

🔑 Our Approach: We keep it simple. We use specific criteria to guide each step and help you listen to your body. Rehab is a marathon, not a sprint—it shouldn’t be rushed.

Trying to rush back into sports often leads to setbacks, more time off, or never getting back to your previous level of function. Why? Poor progressions and poor management of your return.

Keep it simple:
➡️ Hopping leads to running
➡️ Running leads to sprinting (crucial for athleticism)
➡️ Sprinting leads to lateral and cutting drills

Rehab is about step-by-step progression, but it’s not always linear. Listen to your body and work with your PTs, coaches, and trainers to adjust accordingly. This is crucial for both your athletic future and long-term health.

01/25/2025

Check out our first Baseball Symposium at Suarez PT and Performance!

Our goal is to help establish a healthy community of baseball players in the capital region. We are seeing kids from 12-mid to late 20’s with arm injuries and we want to help keep these kids healthy and on the field. The only way we do that is through collaboration.

This session is for Coaches, Trainers and other clinicians. During this talk we plan to hit on some big topics to help keep baseball players healthy

* How to identify risk factors for injuries in your athletes
* What to do if we suspect an injury
* How to return to baseball safely from an injury
* “Proper” arm care before the season and during the season
* How do we safely improve, because velocity is the leading cause of injury, but velocity is king
* Overall help create a safe environment for these athletes to succeed.

If you’re interested 👇
SIGN UP WITH THE LINK IN THE COMMENTS

11/28/2024

We have so much to be thankful for…

🦃 the best PT and training team in the game
🍁 our amazing, hard working clients and athletes
🧡 all of the partners, coaches, gyms and clinicians that we collaborate with and learn from

Thank you all! We would not be where we are without every single one of you of you!

10/23/2024

Parents, players, coaches in the Saratoga and surrounding areas, come join us!!

08/28/2024

Pain at the inside of the elbow when you’re gripping or working out?
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To start we want to use isometrics and eccentrics for the wrist and forearm to try and help reduce pain at the inside of the elbow, which is where the tendons for your gripping muscles attach.
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From here we want to make sure we’re testing out the shoulder. Shoulder fatigue and weakness can lead to over gripping and over use of the forearm muscles leading to the pain that you experience at the inside of the elbow.
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Make sure to maintain shoulder blade and rotator cuff strength to help with shoulder fatigue during your workouts. This will help avoid overuse of the forearms.

07/23/2024

Let’s go!!!

👏 🥍 WAY TO GO! Macy Zeilman, 15, a rising sophomore in the Shenendehowa Central School District, will play in the World Lacrosse Women's U20 Championship in China next month! ➡️ https://wnyt.com/big-board-sports/shen-grad-to-play-in-world-lacrosse-womens-championship-game/

07/16/2024

Congratulations to for being drafted to the in the 18th round of the draft. It is well deserved!!!!
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