When you’re down with an injury or experiencing pain with activity, you may be wondering about anything besides medicine. Our pain can feel so big sometimes that it can be hard to believe the solution doesn’t have to be extreme.  If you read our newsletters, you may have noticed in the past few weeks we’ve […]

A friend of mine recently said “ I don’t think what you do should fall under the umbrella of PT. It should be called something different. I took that as the highest compliment she could have given me about my work.  If you’ve been to IdealFit, you know it is different. My number one goal

I read an article recently detailing a study about the awareness of pelvic floor PT among American women. The study set out to answer the questions: What percentage of women know what a pelvic floor is? What percentage of women know what pelvic floor PT is? What percentage of women know what a kegel is?

As physical therapists, we treat pain and injury. But as performance therapists, we get to see people beyond their pain relief goals into what really matters… life.  If you are a person who has high expectations for a good quality of life in later years, you really should consider establishing a relationship with a good

I attended the Paducah Tilghman vs. Mayfield game recently. The stadium was packed. Standing room only by the time my husband and I got there. I look forward to this game every year. Especially when it is held at Tilghman’s stadium. I was emotionally invested in the outcome of that game, as was most of

In my years of practice, I’ve been quite surprised by our society’s view on balance. As I’m looking at a patient over on eval day who has come in for hip pain or knee pain or back pain or ankle pain or any pain, and I ask them to stand on one foot it never

This month we are providing a quick rundown on a recent study performed on women throughout their pregnancy and beyond who participated in heavy resistance training. The study performed in June through August of 2021 on 679 women with a 60 question questionnaire that covered all topics of maternal demographics, reproductive history, pregnancy health outcomes,

One of the hardest parts about exercise prescription is knowing exactly what weight and how many repetitions to prescribe. Exercise prescription is not a shot in the dark! There is a way to determine how to prescribe the exercise to give the best benefit. Below is a technique described that is research based that we

Society treats older adults like they are weak. We’ve seen the elderly and and viewed them as fragile. The question I have for you is this: Are they fragile because they are older, or are they fragile because we have perpetuated this view? I think it’s the latter! When we stop looking at older adults

I’m sure many of you have experienced pain in a joint that has kept you from moving. Perhaps ankle, knee, or foot pain has limited you so much that you avoid squatting to reach things on the floor, tie your kids’ shoes, or access items in a low cabinet. Maybe you formed habits to avoid