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Stronger Steps: How Anita Overcame Pain and Improved Balance with Targeted Exercises

Stronger Steps: How Anita Overcame Pain and Improved Balance with Targeted Exercises

“My left leg has always been weaker since my first surgery in ‘89,” reflected Antia who felt lopsided when she walked. Now with a fused spine, Anita had accepted certain parts of her day weren’t going to go well, specifically stairs and getting to and from the floor. And they hadn’t been going well for years after her surgery.
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Continue Hurting or Do Something About it?

Continue Hurting or Do Something About it?

“I had to make a choice,” reflects Jenny on her decision to pursue physical therapy. She wasn’t feeling good, and hadn’t been for a while. When you’re the Ballet Master of the Minnesota Ballet, your job has physical demands; when your hip is hurting, those demands get harder. But instead of ignoring it and letting things continue to worsen, Jenny did something about it.
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Hip and Knee: Pain and Weakness in Dancers

Hip and Knee: Pain and Weakness in Dancers

Follow motivPT's Dr Alex Loch, a Dance-Specialist Physical Therapist, as he trains you how to strengthen your hips to achieve balance.
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How to Manage and Relieve Hip to Knee Pain: Elyse’s Journey with motivPT

How to Manage and Relieve Hip to Knee Pain: Elyse’s Journey with motivPT

Pain that keeps you up at night…it’s really the worst. It’s also an excellent sign it’s time to do something about it.
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The Importance of Strength Training for Dancers to Prevent Injuries

The Importance of Strength Training for Dancers to Prevent Injuries

Dancers get hurt, and it happens often. Dance movements can require an extreme range of motion and flexibility demands.
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Back pain can really get in the way of life!

Back pain can really get in the way of life!

Back pain was getting in the way for Doris, who is a professional dancer and dance professor. But Doris knew motivPT worked with dancers,...
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