As we age, maintaining strong, healthy feet becomes increasingly important. Weak foot muscles can lead to imbalances and instability, making us more susceptible to injuries and limiting our overall mobility.
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Let’s face it, many of us are carrying some extra weight or feeling sluggish after the challenges of the past few years. But the good news is, taking control of your diet is a powerful step towards feeling your best! By incorporating some simple, sustainable changes into your daily routine, you can experience a significant boost in energy levels, reduce inflammation, and support your overall health and well-being.
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The modern workplace often involves long hours spent sitting at a desk. While this sedentary lifestyle may seem convenient, it can wreak havoc on your body, leading to pain, fatigue, and decreased productivity. The good news is, there are simple strategies you can incorporate into your workday to combat the negative effects of sitting and keep your body feeling energized and pain-free.
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Traveling opens doors to new experiences and cultures, but those long stints sitting on planes, trains, or cars can leave your body feeling stiff and achy upon arrival. Our goal is to help you travel smart and arrive at your destination feeling refreshed and ready for adventure!
By incorporating a few simple strategies into your travel routine, you can significantly reduce travel-related stiffness and discomfort.
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Do you ever find yourself hunched over your computer at the end of the workday, feeling achy and stiff? You’re not alone! Poor posture is a common problem, but the good news is, it’s also a correctable one. Here at ClareMotion PT, we help people achieve optimal posture for better comfort, reduced pain, and a newfound sense of confidence.
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Running analysis and injury rehabilitation can help runners of all levels achieve their goals and enjoy pain-free running for years to come! Grab a few sessions with our expert doctors to ensure you’re getting the most out of your favorite hobby and sport.
Running analysis and injury rehabilitation takes a comprehensive approach at our practice that helps runners prevent injuries, improve performance, and recover from existing injuries. It involves a detailed assessment of your running form, identifying any biomechanical weaknesses or imbalances that could contribute to pain or injury.
The biomechanical abnormalities in how the patient runs are identified. Speed and steps per minute (cadence) are measured and run technique is closely reviewed in slow motion. This analysis helps pinpoint strengths and weaknesses and serves as the basis for a plan for a more efficient running style that can prevent injuries and result in pain free running.
By addressing the underlying causes of your pain and dysfunction, manual therapy can help you move better, feel better, and return to the activities you love. Let our hands address the restrictions and imbalances that contribute to your pain and dysfunction.
Manual therapy is a hands-on approach to physical therapy that uses various techniques to improve your movement, reduce pain, and promote healing. Our therapists use their skilled hands to target specific tissues like muscles, joints, and fascia (connective tissue) to address restrictions and imbalances that contribute to pain and dysfunction.
Manual therapy includes soft tissue mobilization, myofascial release techniques, spine and peripheral joint mobilization and manipulation techniques, manual traction, muscle energy techniques, cross friction massage, and neural tissue mobilization. Manual therapy can help manage pain and improve function.
RPW therapy delivers targeted sound waves deep into the tissue. These waves stimulate cell activity, improve blood flow, and promote the body’s natural healing response. This can help reduce pain, improve flexibility, and accelerate healing in chronic conditions.
Radial pressure wave therapy (RPW therapy) is a non-invasive treatment that uses high-energy sound waves to promote healing and pain relief in deep tissues. Imagine tiny oscillations stimulating your body’s natural healing response! This innovative therapy effectively targets chronic pain and inflammation in areas that may be difficult to reach with traditional methods.
This therapy addresses difficult-to-reach pathologies. The therapy can improve a variety of musculoskeletal conditions and common pain points in the body, such as the neck, shoulder, elbow, knee, ankle, and foot.
If you’re looking for a non-invasive and drug-free way to manage pain and accelerate healing, laser therapy may be a good option for you.
Laser therapy is a safe and effective treatment that utilizes concentrated light energy to promote healing, reduce pain, and fight inflammation. The TheraTouch® LX2 laser we use at ClareMotion PT emits specific wavelengths of light that penetrate deep into tissues, stimulating cellular activity and accelerating your body’s natural healing process. Think of it as a gentle light bath for your injured tissues!
The laser has been shown to accelerate the healing process, and results include increased local blood circulation, acceleration of tissue healing (improve healing time), stimulation of the fibroblast cells, and increase collagen deposition.
If you’re looking for a drug-free and versatile approach to pain management, improved healing, and enhanced body awareness, kinesiology taping may be a great option for you.
Kinesiology taping is a dynamic taping technique that utilizes colorful, elastic tape to provide support and stability to injured muscles, joints, and tissues. Think of it as an external support system that works with your body’s natural healing process! Unlike traditional rigid athletic tape, kinesiology tape allows for full range of motion while offering pain relief, improved circulation, and enhanced proprioception (body awareness).
This method of taping helps with pain relief, reduction of swelling, acceleration of recovery from bruising, relief from muscle spasms, supports injured muscles and joints without restricting range of motion.
