Josh Fede • Sports Physical Therapy • Strength & Conditioning

07/17/2025

07/07/2025

It’s not the anxiety. It’s how you interpret it.

An injury doesn’t just test the body — it tests the mind.

Athletes with strong psychological readiness are 7x more likely to return to pre-injury performance.

Fear isn’t the enemy. Denial, disengagement, and wishful thinking are.

Reframe. Refocus. Recover stronger.

Coaches, ATs, Physios > start asking about mindset, not just muscles.

06/26/2025

“He tore his Achilles because he wore low-tops.”
No…he tore it because his load outweighed his tissue capacity.

We need to stop blaming sneakers for injuries that are multifactorial, cumulative, and predictable.

06/26/2025

06/15/2025

Don’t Get Grifted by Wearables 🚫⌚

Everyone’s chasing the next shiny device promising to “track your health” — heart rate, sleep, stress, recovery — but here’s the truth: nearly all these gadgets track the same limited, noisy data. From Whoop to Garmin, Oura to Fitbit, it’s mostly light sensors and guesswork disguised with fancy algorithms and jargon like “HRV.”

They sell subscriptions and hype, not real answers. Your body’s OWN signals are still the MOST reliable tool — if you learn to listen.

We’re building something different: honest, science-backed tools that protect your data, respect your privacy, and give practical, trustworthy insights. No fluff. No hype. Just real support for your performance and health.

Stay tuned — Simplicity wins.

06/02/2025

Is your birth control masking deeper health issues?

If you’re an athlete—or just active—and you’re on hormonal birth control, you might not be getting the full picture of your health.

This post breaks down:

• Why withdrawal bleeding ≠ a real period
• How HBC can hide early signs of RED-S (Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport)
• Why synthetic estrogen doesn’t protect your bones like your natural hormones do
• What to track if you choose to stay on HBC
• Safer, informed alternatives you can explore

We’re not anti-pill—we’re pro informed choice.

Hormonal health is more than just a bleed. It’s about fueling, recovering, performing, and thriving.

DM us or hit the link in bio to learn how to track your internal load—even on HBC.

05/26/2025

Following the 3-Part Series on how the female athlete’s body responds to menstruation, hormonal birth control, and amenorrhea, we’re now launching a new 3-Part Series focused on how to manage each of these phases effectively.

05/23/2025

If you’re training hard but feel like you’re running on fumes—low energy, low drive, low results—it could be more than just ‘overtraining.’

This post breaks down how to support yourself if you’re facing (or preventing) RED-S: from fueling smarter, to checking hormone health, to knowing when to rest.

05/19/2025

Last but not least. The last installment of the RED-S series. If you are have repeated stress fractures and injuries, please seek out your primary or OBGYN.

02/26/2025

02/16/2025

✍🏻 New Blog ✍🏻 Female (and Male) Athlete Triad
Understanding the Risks for Both Women and Men


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01/09/2025

Did you know Physical Therapists are skilled to perform sonography, or diagnostic Ultrasound? This helps us guide our treatment but also give our clients a sense of comfort knowing they do not have to wait WEEKS so see a physician.

So what are we looking at here? A client of mine who I’m treating for an unrelated issue has had chronic heel pain and feet issues so I decided to examine his heel and plantar fascia with the ultrasound. Here we can see a few things…

🟡 Yellow: Heel Spur, essentially an arthritic condition that causes “spurring” of the heel.

🔵 Blue: The bright white on the bottom of the heel represents the arthritis, but the amount of white can represent the chronicity of it as well

🔴 Red: Looking at the actual Plantar Fascia. There is definitely thickening and white spots through out which are indicative of calcification of different areas of the plantar fascia

In addition to this, he can barely perform a single leg heel raise due to weaknesses. I just saved him time and resources to be seen at a physicians office.

Heel Pain? Achilles Pain? Let’s get to work.

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📧 joshua@joshuafede.com