by Dr. Nate Kadlecek, PT | May 12, 2019 | Back Pain, Physical Therapy
There is tons of misinformation out there about back pain. It seems that no matter how much good information that is put out, we need an order of magnitude much greater to fight the BS. Our lumbar spine is actually quite durable. Lower back pain is very common and...
by Dr. Nate Kadlecek, PT | Feb 4, 2019 | Healthcare, Physical Therapy
Rotator cuff tear? Arthritis? Meniscal tear? Herniated disc? What do you all of these things have in common? They can typically be treated non-operatively. In another blog post physical-therapy-its-much-more-than-exercise-and-massage-santa-cruz-ca.html, I wrote about...
by Dr. Nate Kadlecek, PT | Nov 29, 2018 | Back Pain, Knee Pain, Physical Therapy, Shoulder Pain, Wellness
Physical Therapy Physical Therapy (PT); a bunch of massage, ultrasound and e-stim (those pads that give you that tingly feeling), and 3 sets of 10 with a yellow theraband for 6 weeks without any progression in resistance. This is unfortunately a good portion of PT...