With this week's kickoff of the NFL season, Fantasy Football team owners everywhere are wondering how much playing time the Minnesota Viking's star running back, Adrian Peterson, will get after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament last season. No doubt about it...Peterson is a top-notch athlete, and he has worked extremely hard in physical therapy to get [...]
At Momentum Physical Therapy & Sports Rehab, we find a large part of our job is to educate our patients and the community about what physical therapy actually is and how coming to therapy can help them. Many of the patients we see have had limited or no prior experience with physical therapy in the past. They often [...]
In Part One of this series, I explained the definitions and categories of strains and sprains. In Part Two, I will give you some ideas on how to treat and care for these injuries. While treatment and rehabilitation for strains and sprains depend on the severity of the injury, there are some good general guidelines to [...]
In our practice, we see a lot of patients who are confused about the difference between a strain versus a sprain. The issue is often made more confusing when you hear a sportscaster announce that an athlete was not seriously hurt and that the injury is probably just a strain or a sprain (as if the [...]
With the recent injury to Cowboy's wide receiver, Dez Bryant, we've had a number of patients asking us what tendonitis is and when Dez will be back on the field. Since we're in the heart of Cowboy's Country, we thought we'd take a few moments to explain (for Cowboy's fans everywhere) what patellar tendonitis is, what [...]
Unfortunately, elbow pain caused from Little League Elbow is something we see all too frequently in physical therapy. With the start of the Little League World Series, we felt it was the perfect time to shed some light on what causes Little League Elbow, as well as to discuss some ways to prevent it. Below are some [...]
Momentum Physical Therapy was proud and excited to be featured on Fox News last week. They did a piece on prepping for the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon coming up in November. Below is more information about the stretches discussed on the interview above. Racing with Momentum Special to NSIDE Making a decision to run a marathon [...]
If you live in the Universal City area, we have a physical therapy clinic conveniently located to serve you. The clinic is in Live Oak on Pat Booker Road, right at Loop 1604 and I 35, just inside the loop. We also know that many people living in the Universal City area work at USAA, and [...]
Looking for a quick fix for your neck pain? A report in US News and World Report on January 2, 2012 detailed mounting evidence for the benefit of manual physical therapy for neck treatment. The report summarizes a study in the Annals of Internal Medicine that shows that manual physical therapy of the neck resulted in [...]
Reading about sports players tearing their anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL is nothing new. We've all seen the headlines or known someone who has had this type of injury. But do you know how ACL tears happen and how you could avoid one? ACL tears are common in professional and recreational sports, here are a few articles [...]
Headaches are very common and seem to pop-up out of nowhere at times. These pains can be very easy to get rid of or tend to hang around for a bit. One of the most common types of headaches is the Cervicogenic type. What Are Cervicogenic Headaches? There are many types of headaches and each of [...]
Have you ever had pain that seemed to be caused by sitting? Have you ever thought that the chair or the position of the chair may have caused your pain? People are very different, chairs are very different, but the way we set up our chairs should be focused on placing our bodies in the best [...]
Pain is such a negative experience and no one wants to go through it. It can be as little as a paper cut or even severe knee pain. Even though physical pain is something we experience throughout our entire life most people do not know its importance or process. Here are some common questions you might [...]
Have you, or anyone you know, noticed pain or discomfort around your jaw area? If so you might have Temporomandibular Disorder, otherwise known as TMD. This is a general term for a variety of possible conditions that may include spasm of the jaw muscles or cracking and popping. If you have TMD it is most likely [...]
Back pain and pregnancy are very common occurrences. As many as 80% of pregnant women will experience low back pain, especially during the late stages of pregnancy. Usually, the pain will be in the low back and is probably due to a combination of carrying extra weight and hormones that act to widen the pelvis and [...]
