Onward Physical Therapy Blog

If you are a fitness athlete and you are pregnant or postpartum, you have many more considerations in your workouts now compared to pre-pregnancy. Pull-ups are just one exercise we often see programmed in workouts. And it’s one exercise that needs to be adjusted as you journey through being pregnant and postpartum in order to optimize your core and pelvic...

A hip labral tear can be a significant injury that disrupts your entire life. That sharp, pinching feeling can make your favorite things seem unbearable.  From high level sporting activities to sitting, simple day to day tasks can become incredibly painful or even impossible to do. Before understanding how to recover from this injury, we need to understand a few...

If you’ve had the misfortune of suffering from chronic headaches, then you know how debilitating they can be. For instance, you may miss work, avoid the gym, or simply miss out on quality time with your family and friends all from headaches. At Onward Physical Therapy, our team specializes in helping individuals suffering from headaches get their lives back. Here are...

Ending your hectic workday with a long run can be the best way to destress. Consistency of training is important no matter what your current running goals. The worst way to sideline your progress is a training injury. It’s no surprise this is a hindrance to your performance. We’ve outlined five keys to healthy running. We believe these are vital...

Intense pain that strikes with the basic pleasures of life… You laugh, but immediately try to stifle your joy to limit the discomfort. Dinner with friends now means keeping weekly updates to yourself and ordering something you dread to prevent a jaw flare-up. Temporomandibular joint dysfunction (the joint that connects your jawbone to your skull) is a common issue we...

Finding a good sports physical therapist is key to rehabbing an injury and getting back to the sport you love. With the right rehab team and plan in place, we can reduce the risk of re-injury. In addition, we can work on strength & mobility limitations, which can drastically improve performance specific to your individual sport. At Onward, we specialize...

Shoulder impingement (now more commonly called rotator cuff tendinopathy) is one of the most frequent conditions we treat at Onward in Charlotte, NC because of our highly active patient population. With highly active populations such as CrossFitters and weightlifters, there are a few key areas to address if we want to rapidly improve shoulder impingement pain. Treating Shoulder Impingement Step...

Huge shifts have happened in the running world in recent years. Contrary to traditional beliefs, we now know how important strength training is for running performance. The problem is that most runners don’t perform challenging enough strength work to get anything out of their cross-training. They do squats, lunges, etc., but never progress the weight with these exercises. Instead, they...

Femoroacetabular impingement is a common complaint that we see in competitive athletes due to the demands of their sport, which push the hip joint through full ranges of motion repeatedly. Even in the general population, postures and positions can irritate the front side of the hip.  But unfortunately, this is a condition that we commonly see being poorly managed in...