Onward Physical Therapy Blog

You’ve been absolutely killing it over the last several months and have finally been able to build up your running mileage! But over the last few weeks, you’ve noticed a subtle increase of a nagging pain beginning in your shins. As it starts to put a halt to your hard-earned increased mileage, you find yourself frantically researching your symptoms online....

It happened again, that sharp/stabbing pain in your low back when you bent forward to pick something up. You know what happens next… For the next few weeks, you’ll be managing this flare-up. You wouldn’t believe how common this is, in fact, back pain flare-ups happen to almost everyone at some point in life. Here’s the problem: many people aren’t...

Too many runners leave major performance gains on the table and suffer from far too many injuries by not strength training at a level that supports their sport. For those performing strength exercises, we often see the movements performed at intensities too low to help improve their fitness. For example, you’d never follow a training program that maxes out at...

Low back pain is the number one reason for disability worldwide and is the most common musculoskeletal disorder physical therapist treat.  Unfortunately, much of the information about low back pain circulated is out of date and incorrect.  This misinformation sadly causes many people to suffer too long.  We hope this article will help clear the air and get you back...

It happened again. That sudden sharp pain in your low back. Maybe you were picking something up off the floor and felt a twinge. On the other hand, maybe it was an awkward movement during your workout. Whatever the reason, we’ve laid out our favorite stretches for low back pain to help fast track your recovery and get you back...

“Doming” or “coning” are ways the belly shape changes if the task is TOO challenging for the core during abdominal workouts. Learn how to modify your workouts to ensure you’re not over-doing it & causing more harm than good....

Since your initial injury, your mind is flooded with thoughts of getting back to your gym full speed. You’ve been longing for the day post-op to finally start Rx’ing workouts again. But yet you’re stuck drowning in anxiety from what you can and can’t do. Returning to snatches, kipping pull-ups, toes to bar, and muscle ups is a daunting challenge...

Hip impingement is a frequent condition we see in athletes due to the demands that many sports put through the hip joint in full ranges of hip motion, repetitively. Even people who aren’t athletes commonly get irritation at the front side of their hips. Unfortunately, we see a lot of cases of hip impingement in the later stages and often...

Increased running mileage have you feeling like you’ve got to constantly stretch your calves? Maybe you’re in need of some targeted strengthening for these muscles instead! We rely heavily on our calf muscles to propel us while running, yet with many of our runners dealing with Achilles or other pain, we find they’ve rarely (if ever) focused on training these...