3 tips about resolving chronic and ac...
🦶🏻 Chronic foot and ankle problems can result from some of the most painful conditions. Here are three tips to resolving foot and ankle pain. ➡️ 70% of all foot pain is due to poor shoe wear. Switch out your shoes every 500 walking miles. ➡️ Ankle sprains do not just “go away”. It […]
2 Indicators of Tennis Elbow
Hi everybody, it’s Mike Ricchiuto MPT, EMT-P with Physical Therapy Now in Cranberry Township, PA. A lot of people ask me about tennis elbow and some of the things that they can do to help with tennis elbow once again, tennis elbow, along with all other hand, wrist and elbow problems has to be evaluated […]
1 Minute Shoulder Mobility
👉 Hey everybody! It’s Michael Ricchiuto MPT, EMT-P with Physical Therapy Now. Today we’re going to talk about shoulder mobility and there’s a simple, quick, and easy way to get shoulder mobility using a dowel rod or a broom handle or anything that’s like a stick a hockey stick a lot of the times. I’m […]
5 Low Back Pain Prevention Exercises
Hey everybody it’s Michael Ricchiuto, MPT, EMT-P with Physical Therapy Now located in Pittsburgh, Cranberry Township, Fox Chapel PA. We’re looking to provide you with five exercises to increase the mobility of your spine. Of course if you have spinal problems you should be evaluated at our office to find out if this is right […]
Do you need Orthotics?
🦶🏻 Chronic foot and ankle problems can result from some of the most painful conditions. Here are three tips to resolving foot and ankle pain. ➡️ 70% of all foot pain is due to poor shoe wear. Switch out your shoes every 500 walking miles. ➡️ Ankle sprains do not just “go away”. It […]
What Shoe is the best for you?
Hey it’s Mike Ricchiuto, MPT, EMT-P with Physical Therapy Now. I wanted to talk briefly about shoe wear. A lot of people ask us about shoe wear. We see a lot of athletes. We see a lot of folks who have foot problems. We see a lot of people with knee and hip problems. […]
How to tell if you have a Shoulder Pr...
Do you have shoulder pain related to your rotator cuff or other shoulder? The shoulder joint achieves a maximum of 180 degrees and in people even more and the rotator cuff and other shoulder structures provide the stability to achieve this. Not everyone needs all of this motion to complete their daily activities but one […]
3 Tips to Preventing Injury in the Ne...
🏆 We are starting January 2022 and we see a lot of people begin exercise programs without a plan for starting to perform the right exercises, for progressing exercises correctly, and lastly, performing exercises that have a positive effect on an individual’s body. So we don’t want you to fail. We don’t want you […]
Core exercises that can help eliminat...
💪🏽 Core exercises can prevent postural imbalances, can improve total body strength, assist in improving athletic performance, and can help in preventing degeneration of bones and ligaments.🦴 🏋️♂️ Here are 3 good core exercises to assist with fitness goals: 👉🏼 Plank jumps- Good for upper/lower body strength and building stability of abdominals, the pelvis, […]
⭐️ Achieving your “best” ...
🏆 Success comes to those who work hard and persevere. ⭐ There is no easy route in life. There is no easy road. 🥇 Those who strive to reach the best sacrifice time, effort, pain, relationships, and experience a ton of mental and physical frustration. 🎖️ In-fact you have everything that you need to succeed […]