What is Aquatic Therapy?

Aquatic therapy is a low impact style of therapy that is performed in the water, rather than on land.  Aquatic therapy can be more beneficial than land-based therapy for some people.  When you get in the water you decrease your ground reaction force, which...
What is Dry Needling?

What is Dry Needling?

Dry needling is a technique I use to treat myofascial pain and muscle restrictions.  The technique uses a “dry” needle, a needle without medication that is inserted through the skin into knotted up areas of muscle, known as trigger points.  A trigger point...
Degenerative Disc Disease

Degenerative Disc Disease

Many people every day are diagnosed with Degenerative Disc Disease.  It must be bad, because it is a disease!  Don’t worry, it’s not contagious and it isn’t as bad as it sounds.   All it means is that the disc in between the bones in your spine has decreased in...
Arthritis

Arthritis

Whoa what a scary word!  There are a lot of people that have it and most people don’t know what it is.  Arthritis, also known as Degenerative Joint Disease, is a condition where the connective tissue between our bones has been broken down to the point where...