So, there’s this wild story about a co-worker who was giving therapy to someone in the ICU, thinking the patient was just super sedated. Turns out, the patient had passed away an hour earlier. Yes, you heard that right. The therapist was moving and bending a patient who wasn’t even alive. When they found out,Continue Reading »
When my patients recognize the difference between how I practice and other therapists, they almost always ask me these questions: Where are you from?Did you learn here or in Korea?Do you do it differently because you trained in another country? Well, thank you but no thank you for reminding me that even after over 20Continue Reading »
Starting something new can be scary. Whether it’s starting a new hobby, traveling to a new place, or even starting physical therapy. It’s scary because it’s unknown—we don’t know what to expect or how we’re going to feel. Starting something new in healthcare can be especially nerve-wracking. Doctors with different opinions, choosing between invasive andContinue Reading »
I must admit, the idea that you may need to recover from a physical therapy session itself can sound odd and maybe even a bit worrying. You seek physical therapy to recover from an injury or chronic pain in the first place! Soreness and tenderness in the affected area after your first couple of physicalContinue Reading »
We get a lot of phone calls asking questions about our practice. People just like you ask us what conditions we treat, sharing their stories of botched surgeries, recurring injuries, and unexplained pain. They ask us what “modalities” we use, referencing cold laser therapy or electro-stimulation treatment, desperate for anything that might help them.Continue Reading »
For a lot of us, yoga class isn’t calm and relaxing. We aren’t soothed by the prospects of dangling upside down or stretching our limbs into geometric shapes. Instead of breathing deeply, our panicked breath comes fast and quick as we feel like a giraffe being taught ballet or a hippopotamus attempting the splits. StretchingContinue Reading »
To be honest, I’m tired of being asked over and over again what technique I practice. Before beginning treatment, patients often ask this, and I tend to respond back with the question: “What do you mean by a technique? I am a physical therapist and I do physical therapy.” Then, after they have finished their session,Continue Reading »
My story starts off as a bit of a rollercoaster ride: my wife and I left our jobs at a major medical center and opened a small private clinic. Scary stuff. But, we did this because we had always dreamed of providing genuine care to people, specifically to help them be more active and mobileContinue Reading »
Winter is coming and we have finally got rain. Everything is nice and fresh! Yet, this season is not always easy for those who have arthritis. People with knee arthritis feel stiffer in the joints, especially in the morning, and they generally have more aches and pains. Arthritis changes the quality of one’s life. OneContinue Reading »
What is pain? Why do we have it? And how are we to treat it? When answering these vital questions, it’s important to turn to history in order to trace the relationship humans have fostered with pain and its treatment. The history of an understanding of pain – why it exists and what it isContinue Reading »
