NY Chiropractic & Physical Therapy

Rigid, restrictive footwear and consistently walking on flat, paved surfaces have caused many people’s feet to become weak and stiff. Soft tissue manipulations such as this, in addition to a prescriptive movement-based rehab protocol can help you regain your mobility, decrease your pain, and improve your overall training.

Chronic joint pain and stiffness in athletes can be the result of inadequate connective tissue hydration and fascial binding . One way to both passively and actively restore normal fluid transport to an area and to improve mobility is through banded flossing.

To alleviate shin split pain in #runners, we use a banded loading of the anterior tibialis muscle with ischemic compression of the calf and myofascial decompression of the quads .

When attempting to self-mobilize, position and alignment are essential.

If the range of motion in your shoulders is not optimal, then you might be lacking in the activation of important scapular stabilizing lower trapezius muscles. The lower traps function to posteriorly tilt the scapula on the ribcage. Without full scapula range of motion, athletes are more susceptible to injury. We use a body blade as an exercise tool to dynamically activate these lower trapezius muscles to help alleviate shoulder pain and increase overhead range of motion.