Miller Physical Therapy - Our Healthy Living (Thriving!) Blog
Many have heard the aphorism that we hurt the ones we love; however, in our experience, we have found that it is the activities we love that tend to hurt us.
Whether it is a nagging soccer injury or recent muscle tension due to overwork at your day job or in your extracurricular endeavors, our goal is to keep you doing the activities you love and help ensure the things you love aren’t preventing you from ...
Posted on 2018-05-21
The human body is capable of amazing things. At times, the stresses we put our bodies under can cause injuries or restricted range of motion through things like repetitive stress, sports-related injuries or general wear and tear. As such it is helpful to know the options and therapies that are available to you to help you recover to your strong and able self. We combine traditional treatments with cutting-edge technology to allow you the most innovative and efficient options to support your reco...
Posted on 2018-04-17
The Painful Truth About Stress
Physical therapy is often associated with those clients who have experienced a horrific physical trauma, like a car accident or an injury at work. While this very much is a part of our services and the rehabilitation process we bring to those we work with every day, it is essential to realize that the stresses your body undergoes do not necessarily just come from catastrophic physical traumas, alone. Physical therapy can also help you get back to “yo...
Posted on 2018-03-06
Hamstrings do a lot of work. They extend all the way from the pelvis to the top of the bones of the lower leg, and are an integral part of our ability to walk, run, jump, and bend our knees and move our hips. Hamstrings are made up of three muscles and their tendons, located at the back of the thigh. Although a hamstring injury can happen to anyone, they are most common among athletes (from rec players all the way up to professionals) and are the most commonly injured muscles for runners.
Muscl...
Posted on 2017-10-19
Hurricane season brings with it a lot of extras: Extra stress, extra vigilance, extra preparation, and, sometimes, extra work. Here in south Florida, Hurricane Irma recently reminded us that we can’t take the “lazy” days of summer for granted. We hope that all of our clients and friends came through safely, with minor or no damage to homes and property.
Now that Irma has come and gone as a reminder that we can be pressed into heavy-duty work at any time, it seems appropriate ...
Posted on 2017-09-28
