5 ways to dominate your sport after i...

🤾 Progression in every sport involve completing basic skills (fundamentals) and then advancing these within a defined timeframe. Here are 5 variables that one has to consider when attempting to maximize their performance in sport after injury: ➡️ Intensity of strengthening to not re-injure- This is determined by the the phase of healing that an […]
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 […]
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 […]