A question I often hear from with patients dealing with neck pain, headaches and dizziness is “why didn’t the doctor refer me to physical therapy sooner?”  Also people may have may have been dealing with these symptoms for years and say to me “I had no idea there was therapy like this for my symptoms, I wish I would have found you sooner.”  They have usually seen many specialists, who run medical tests that come back normal, but they are still symptomati...

I was having a conversation with a friend the other day, and we were having a great time catching up on kids/jobs/husbands/health.  In the conversation, she mentioned her doctor had told her she had "secondary infertility." She had 2 beautiful children already, which she mentioned were conceived "by just looking at each other," so she assumed trying for a third child would be similar. After 9 months of trying, she consulted her OB.  After a few tests were run, she was ...

You've just had a baby. In between feedings, diaper changes and feeling utterly exhausted, there doesn't seem to be much time to worry about your body.  You know that things aren't quite where they used to be, but that's normal, right?As a physical therapist specializing in the time before, during and after pregnancy, I have seen so many aliments after a woman has given birth. Often, the pain is not what you would expect.  I have helped women 2 weeks post partum to 35 years p...