by Breathe. Physical Therapy & Wellness Staff | Dec 29, 2016 | Female Athletes
Breakfast! It turns out a cold smoothie for breakfast in the middle of winter is not all that appetizing and probably not that great for your digestion. But all that healthy STUFF you can cram into a smoothie! The solution? duh duh da da! Oatmeal!! (bonus points for... by Breathe. Physical Therapy & Wellness Staff | Dec 20, 2016 | Trigger Point Dry Needling
If you are having pain in the same areas as the red in the picture, then you may be having referral pain from trigger points in your gluteal (butt) muscles. It can be a nagging pain that just won’t go away no matter how much your rub it or stretch it. The next picture... by Breathe. Physical Therapy & Wellness Staff | Dec 15, 2016 | Pelvic Pain and Dysfunction, Pregnancy and Postpartum
New Sensations You had a baby (or 2!) last month (or last decade!), and now you just don’t feel right “down there.” Suddenly strange new sensations are occurring between your legs, like a feeling of heaviness, or wetness, constipation (or the dreadful opposite- anal... by Breathe. Physical Therapy & Wellness Staff | Dec 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
Approaching the final week at my current job had me thinking a lot about what I have learned from all the wonderful people there. I have worked with those eligible for Medicare (aka elderly/wise/experienced) a lot in the past, but never every single day and every... by Breathe. Physical Therapy & Wellness Staff | Nov 25, 2016 | Pain and Headaches
We know you have a pain in your butt and now you’re starting to figure out how to massage it out (see foam roller post last week), but now we have to figure out how to keep it away. One of the main contributors to keeping this kind of pain around is weakness in the... by Breathe. Physical Therapy & Wellness Staff | Nov 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
This blog starts way back at University of Nebraska-Omaha in 2001, my freshman year of college. Everyone had to take Speech Class and our final assignment was to give a speech which included something you had to survey the class about. My speech was encouraging... by Breathe. Physical Therapy & Wellness Staff | Nov 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
By: Libby Trausch, PT, DPT It was the final day of the final week of my yoga in healthcare training. It was 3 days after our nation elected a bigot to our highest office. I had just found out that after being gone for a week. My flight was delayed and I was going... by Breathe. Physical Therapy & Wellness Staff | Nov 11, 2016 | Pelvic Pain and Dysfunction
Ayurveda is an ancient sister science to yoga and there are a variety of ways it can be integrated into Western Medicine. If someone has an acute attack of some kind of illness, Western Medicine is life saving and absolutely necessary. I mean, in the midst of a heart... by Breathe. Physical Therapy & Wellness Staff | Nov 5, 2016 | Pain and Headaches
Try this stretch to relieve neck pain and tension, or headaches that go around the top of your head to your eye. 1. Lie down on the floor or bed 2. Allow shoulders to sink toward the floor 3. Tuck chin down, without lifting your head *notice the awesome triple chin?... by Breathe. Physical Therapy & Wellness Staff | Nov 2, 2016 | Pain and Headaches
Can you tell the state of your emotions by the state of your bowels? You know you have IBS, so you watch your diet and do your best to deal with your stress, but aren’t really sure how to do it? When I was a younger I had terrible unexplained gas pains and then as I...