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Pediatric Physical Therapy: Signs Your Child May Benefit

Pediatric physical therapy focuses on improving children’s daily functions and quality of life from birth to eighteen years old. By incorporating age-appropriate activities like games and toys, therapy can feel more like play and less like work. Pediatric physical therapists work closely with parents, caregivers, and other healthcare providers to ensure progress is made toward

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Maddy Banbury, Physical Therapist, doing Crossfit

CrossFit: A Physical Therapist Perspective

How does physical therapy help people who participate in cross-fit? Physical therapy serves both as a preventative and rehabilitative way to keep CrossFit athletes safe, mobile, and healthy. Whether it’s serving as your one hour of exercise for the day or as the sport you are trying to compete in, CrossFit often pushes people to their limits. Physical therapy can help CrossFitters

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Active Date Ideas for Couples to Celebrate a Healthy and Fun Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day is a special day for couples to celebrate their love and affection for one another. While traditional activities such as dinner, movies, and flowers are popular choices, couples can also engage in physical activities that strengthen their bond while also promoting a healthy, active lifestyle. Here is a list of some of our

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How Physical Therapy Helped Travis Kelce Prepare for the Super Bowl

The Super Bowl is finally here, at Mountain Land Physical Therapy we are looking forward to watching the matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles. There is no doubt that Physical Therapy plays a huge role in making sure that every player can perform at their highest potential while avoiding injuries. Travis

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3 Things You Should Know Before Visiting a Physical Therapist

Physical therapy is a specialized healthcare discipline that focuses on diagnosing and treating movement disorders, injuries, and disabilities. Its primary objective is to improve the patient’s physical function and reduce pain through non-invasive, drug-free treatments 1. Why Visit a Physical Therapist? The goal of physical therapy is to address the PAIN and the CAUSE of

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Dry Needling: How it relieves pain

Dry needling involves physical therapists inserting thin acupuncture needles into specific trigger points in the body to stimulate muscles and relieve pain, tightness, and tension. Physical therapists often use dry needling alongside other physical therapy techniques because it is safe and effective in managing conditions like chronic pain, headaches, and musculoskeletal injuries. Mountain Land Physical Therapy’s

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