by Dr. Nate Kadlecek, PT | Mar 13, 2023 | Back Pain
Go to physical therapy and ensure that you give it enough time (at least 6 months) If physical therapy doesn’t work and you have progressively worsening symptoms that are making your legs or arms go numb associated with muscle weakness then you may be a...
by Dr. Nate Kadlecek, PT | Feb 28, 2023 | Exercise/Fitness
Heavy deadlifts will definitely make you bigger, stronger, and more powerful. Increased size and strength occur for a variety of reasons: Practicing the deadlift improves the deadlift by increasing the firing rate of neurons associated with the muscles required...
by Dr. Nate Kadlecek, PT | Feb 24, 2023 | Building Habits
“I know I should exercise more.” “Oh yea, I’m going to start doing more of that.” “Maybe I should start going to bed earlier.” “I want to be in better shape.” “I want to have a better...
by Dr. Nate Kadlecek, PT | Feb 22, 2023 | Exercise/Fitness, Physical Therapy
If you keep lifting with tendonitis your symptoms can increase, decrease or stay the same. This will largely depend on how you modify your lifting once you have symptoms. In the rest of this post, we will cover a few different aspects of tendonitis. This...
by Dr. Nate Kadlecek, PT | Feb 19, 2023 | Shoulder Pain
Biceps tendonitis can take 2 weeks to 6 months or more to heal, depending on severity. If you are having pain for longer than 2 weeks this problem is no longer called tendonitis but rather, tendinosis and more broadly, tendinopathy. I’ve worked with many...
by Dr. Nate Kadlecek, PT | Feb 15, 2023 | Lower Leg Pain
Massage can be good for peroneal tendonitis however it’s likely not a long-term fix. Most people will require a combination of treatments, most importantly including physical activity and potentially targeted exercises to improve overall tissue tolerance...
by Dr. Nate Kadlecek, PT | Feb 15, 2023 | Shoulder Pain
If your shoulder blade is dull, achy, or sharp, and you’ve recently either overstretched or overexerted your shoulder blade muscles from an activity it’s likely that you’ve strained a muscle group in your shoulder blade. I’ve written...
by Dr. Nate Kadlecek, PT | Feb 15, 2023 | Anatomy
The word groin is derived from the Old English word “grynde,” which means a fold or a crease. The word adductors is a combination of two Latin words: “ad” meaning “to” and “ducere” meaning “to...
by Dr. Nate Kadlecek, PT | Feb 14, 2023 | Exercise/Fitness
Strength training is incredibly important for masters-level athletes. I’ve written at length about the benefits of strength training for seniors in another article where I go into more detail. Strength training is an important part of any fitness...
by Dr. Nate Kadlecek, PT | Feb 7, 2023 | Thigh/Upper leg pain
Muscle strengthening, ice and heat, and plyometrics (late stage), are the best treatments for hamstring strains. Hamstring strains most often happen during the eccentric portion (lengthening phase) of running sprinting, and other movements and can be a very...
