Hip Pointers: A Painful Injury for Athletes
How to Treat a Hip Pointer “Hip pointers” are a nagging, painful injury that athletes have to deal with. They tend to hurt with many activities and when severe enough, can even prevent an athlete from playing. We see these from time to time at SSOR. Patients are often erroneously diagnosed or have doctors and […]
Shoulder Impingement Syndrome
Physical Therapy for Shoulder Impingement Syndrome Shoulder impingement is a common condition that we see here at SSOR. It can be a painful condition that limits occupational or recreational activities, but as it progresses, can cause pain during rudimentary exercises like dressing and washing your hair. The staff at SSOR are experts in the treatment […]
10 Common Questions Our Patients Ask Us
Top Ten Questions Patients Ask Physical Therapists We get a ton of questions from our patients about a myriad of things. We love addressing these because we’re confident we have the best compliment of our clinical acumen coupled with our knowledge of the evidence in the literature. The internet is a sea of misinformation and […]
How To Make Physical Therapy More Beneficial
How to Maximize Benefit From Physical Therapy: What YOU Can Do At SSOR, we’re committed to continual professional development and looking for ways to get better at every aspect of our care. In our discharge surveys, we ask patients if there is anything we can do to make our service better. One patient suggested that […]
Physical Therapy After Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery
Exercises After Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery We see many people here at SSOR that have had or are going to have a shoulder arthroscopy or “scope” to clean out debris or get rid of bone spurs. People that typically need one have pain with activity, especially overhead activity or when they exercise. It can be painful […]
The First Rib: A Potential Cause of Shoulder Pain
Shoulder Pain: Could It Be The First Rib? We have a litany of students that run through SSOR for internships or for part of their clinical rotations. One student even referred to SSOR as the “destination of choice” for all students in Kansas City! We enjoy having them and we feel the way we do […]
Can you see a physical therapist in Kansas without a physician referral? YES!
Patient Self-Referral/Direct Access Why This Law is Great News for the Consumer As of July 1, 2013, a new law was passed in Kansas given the citizens of Kansas the ability to see a physical therapist without a physician referral. Prior to this, you needed to get authorization from a doctor first. So, if you […]
How To Treat a Thigh Bruise
Treatment for a Thigh Bruise Fall is here and football season has returned. One of the more annoying and painful injuries that happens during football is a thigh bruise. Truthfully, they can happen in any sport – like when a soccer or basketball player’s knee hits an opposing player’s thigh. We’ve even had a thigh […]
10 Things We Wish Physicians Knew About Physical Therapy
10 Things We Wish Doctors Knew About Physical Therapy/Therapists We’re trying something a little different in this post. It seems like we have conversations on a daily basis with patients about how some things that physicians say are puzzling about physical therapy, rehabilitation in general, or their condition. Don’t get us wrong – we love […]
Correct Computer and Sitting Posture
Proper Computer/Proper Sitting Posture Let’s face it folks – we’re in a world dominated by technology. We spend endless hours in front of computers, cell phones, video game consoles, and steering wheels. As a result, there is a cumulative effect of bad posture that leads to neck and shoulder pain as well as low back […]
Knee Pain in Swimmers
Knee Pain During the Breaststroke At SSOR, we see many athletes from different ages, levels of competition, and injury histories. Because of the volume of athletes we see here, there are definite injury trends within various sports. One of those is medial knee pain with the “whip kick” during the breaststroke in swimmers. This can […]