Tag: Exercises

Celebrating Your Successes

(Make sure to select ‘Display Images’) Have you checked out the Valiant Physical Therapy Google Reviews section lately? We’ve just reached 50, 5-star Google Reviews!!! To all my patients who have written…
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How to Make an Easy Exercise Effective

Have you ever tried modifying an exercise to avoid pain? You try an exercise and unfortunately discover that it hurts in some way. You try doing it a little differently, changing…
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Best Thing to do After a Big Race

For those who don’t know, the Chicago Marathon was this past Sunday. It is, without a doubt, the largest annual sporting event in Chicago. For those who successfully completed it…
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Simple Trick for Back Pain

How often do you lay on your stomach? I’m here to tell you that it should be more often than it is; especially if you have back pain It’s no secret…
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Running Pain Free After 1 Change

Last week, I evaluated a patient who was having knee pain while running She hurt her knee a couple weeks ago and each time she tried to run since then,…
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How to Prevent Back Pain Flare Ups

A few months ago I started working with a lady who was having recurring back pain A couple times a year, she would do something that would aggravate her back…
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Mastering Pace Discipline

Going on group runs is one of my all time favorite things to do I spend a lot of time with the Evanston Running Club and Precision Multisport (premier triathlon group). Both groups offer…
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Avoid Bird Attacks When Running Outside

Avoid Red Winged Black Bird AttacksThe group chat texts about Red Winged Blackbird attacks have begun For those new to outdoor running, the Red Winged Blackbird (pictured above) is an…
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