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National Physical Therapy Month: Meet John Colville
October is National Physical Therapy Month
Read MoreOrthoCarolina to bundle knee, hip replacement costs
Instead of waiting for change to be imposed, doctors at Charlotte’s OrthoCarolina, one of the region’s largest physician groups, have taken the lead in adopting a system to simplify billing and improve coordination of care.
Read MoreWhat is Hand Therapy?
As a specialty practice of occupational and physical therapy, hand therapy focuses on orthopedic conditions that affect the upper extremities (hands and arms).
Read MoreCommon Foot Conditions Treated with Orthotics
OrthoCarolina providers can refer patients to Performance Orthotics
Read MorePost-Race Overtraining: How to Let Your Body Heal Properly
Leading up to a race, it’s important to plan your training accordingly to avoid overtraining...
Read MoreWorld Physical Therapy Day
Our physical therapists at OrthoCarolina play a vital role in keeping our patients healthy, improving movement, managing pain, promoting healing, and are often an important part of rehabilitation for those with chronic conditions.
Read MoreHigh Five: OrthoCarolina and the Mint Museum Open My Hand Can Exhibit
Special art show displays works by Hand Center patients
Read MoreHow to Properly Foam Roll
Foam rolling has become increasingly popular over recent years, and foam rollers of all sizes can be found in almost any gym or physical therapy clinic in the United States.
Read MoreWhat We’re Doing in Physical Therapy -- Dry Needling
When we contract our muscles repetitively, such as motion in sports activities, jobs or stress-related muscle tension, sensitive trigger points can develop within the muscle itself along the fascia that cover and protect them.
Read MoreHow to Know Which Running Shoes to Buy
Whether you’re hitting the asphalt or the trails, the mountains, the beach or somewhere in between for your run, there are a lot of different factors that go into picking the right shoe.
Read MoreHow Orthotics Can Help Your Feet
Faulty alignment in your feet can create havoc and pain in the entire body...
Read MoreToe Up, Toe Off: How Important is Footstrike in Running?
How the foot interacts with the ground while running is a topic of many running conversations...
Read MoreWhat We’re Doing in Physical Therapy – the McKenzie Method & Self-Treatment for Back Pain
Back pain can sometimes feel unbearable...
Read MoreWhat We’re Doing in Physical Therapy – Check out H-Wave ®
H-Wave stimulation is a drug-free form of electrical stimulation, or small muscle fiber stimulator, that treats chronic soft-tissue injury, improves lymphatic flow, and helps decrease acute, chronic and neuropathic pain
Read MoreThe “Real Core”: Yoga and the Psoas
Your core muscles are deep in your back and help stabilize and strengthen your spine.
Read MoreCheerleading and Injury Risk
The American Medical Association recently declared cheerleading a sport, saying that the rigors and risks led them to the decision.
Read MoreSmoldering Setback: A Firefighter’s Journey to Staying Healthy
For Matt Yost, being in shape isn't just part of his healthy lifestyle. His job and people’s lives depend on it.
Read MoreWhy I Used to Grunt When Putting on my Socks
Four years ago, I was not healthy. I was eating pizza and burgers 3-4 times a week and drinking too much beer and soda. Sure, we like to indulge sometimes, but I was not healthy. I peaked at 190 pounds, which is a lot for me, after a Christmas vacation with my buddies – and I felt depressed about my overall health.
Read MoreBCBSNC and OrthoCarolina Team Up to Reduce Cost and Improve Quality of Knee Replacement Surgeries
Starting March 1, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) customers became eligible for a new bundled payment program for total knee replacement surgeries through an arrangement with OrthoCarolina.
Read MoreWhat it’s Like to be an Athletic Trainer to NASCAR Teams [Podcast]
Angela Sneed, ATC at OrthoCarolina, joins AT Podcast to talk motorsports and more
Read MoreWhen Should I Change My Running Shoes?
We know, we know, running shoes aren’t cheap. But, as you use your shoes, mile after mile they eventually begin to lose their cushioning, stability, and shock absorption.
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