ProCare Physical Therapy

11/17/2025

For the latest evidence based treatments, we're here for you!

💡 Thoracic mobilization applied in addition to the rotator cuff and scapulothoracic joint-based exercises was found to be more effective in increasing acromio-humeral distance and shoulder function in patients with subacromial impingement syndrome and reducing pain intensity and thoracic kyphosis angle.

👉🏻 This is from the new paper "Effect of thoracic mobilization on acromio-humeral distance, thoracic kyphosis angle, pain and shoulder function in patients with subacromial impingement syndrome: A randomized controlled trial" by Calik et al 2025

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11/13/2025

PT can significantly help women with lumbar and pelvic pain post-partum.

💡 The findings of this study indicate that the implementation of stabilization exercises is associated with a significant reduction in pain severity in the short termin women with lumbopelvic pain in postpartum period, a conclusion that is supported by high-quality evidence.

👉🏻 This is from the new paper "Effectiveness of physical therapy on pain, disability and quality of life in women with lumbopelvic pain in postpartum period: a systematic review with evidence gap map and meta-analysis" by Özyurt et al 2025

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11/13/2025

PT and staying active is good for ALL ages!

11/10/2025

MIGRAINES!
We have great success treating migraines with dry needling.
This study finds kinesiotaping can help those with migraines and neck pain.
We keep up with the latest evidence to provide you with the best treatments and full hour long sessions with your PT.

Background To investigate the effects of kinesiotaping (KT) combined with physical therapy (PT) on pain severity and frequency, pressure pain threshold (PPT), disability, and quality of life (QoL) in migraine patients with neck pain, in addition to pharmacologic treatment. Methods Sixty patients wit...

11/06/2025

Did you know these about PT?

Doctorate level with licensed board exams..
PT is direct access, you don't need a referral..

11/06/2025

Tennis elbow? Don't take drugs to mask it, get PT to fix the problem!

💡 The combination of dry needling and eccentric exercises was more effective in reducing pain and improving hand function compared to NSAID-based interventions. These findings support the use of dry needling as an adjunct therapy to eccentric exercises for the management of lateral epicondylalgia.

👉🏻 This is from the new paper "Efficacy of Dry Needling Combined with Eccentric Exercise Versus Oral and Topical NSAID Treatment in Patients with Tennis Elbow: A Randomized Controlled Trial" by Sánchez-Milá et al 2025

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09/18/2025

Learning about your back pain can help reduce long-term disability. PT is THE most effective treatment. It will also help reduce fear and give you tools to address pain when it does act up :)

Our May determined (with moderate certainty) that an individual based treatment helps patients with chronic reduce long-term disability

Take a look at how the review was conducted and see what other insights the authors gained ➡️ https://ow.ly/Ox8e50VPJx4

08/25/2025

We're big on injury prevention! Athletes, don't be one of these stats. We can set you up on an injury prevention program specific to your sport.

📣 Introducing the SWEREX study 📄

Understanding anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction rates in higher-level athletes

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1️⃣ Higher incidence in females 🏃‍♀️
2️⃣ 1.7x higher in second division compared to first 🥈
3️⃣ Incidence varies between sports 🏀 🤾‍♂️

NEW 👉 https://bit.ly/3J3yYap

08/18/2025

You don't need a big gym for a good workout. Here are some great exercises with just a band!

08/07/2025

PT is the way to go for posterior cruciate ligament tears.

💡 In patients with acute posterior cruciate ligament injury, the physiotherapy-led exercise and brace intervention showed statistically significant improvements in patient-reported outcomes at long-term follow-up of five years, and the need for conversion to PCL reconstruction for isolated PCL injuries was low with a conversion rate of 7%.

👉🏻 This is from the new paper "Long-term Follow-up of Patients with Acute Posterior Cruciate Ligament Injury Treated Non-operatively with a Physiotherapy-led Exercise and Support Brace Intervention" by Rasmussen et al 2025

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07/31/2025

To sum this up:
More evidence that if you have pain radiating into the shoulder/arm/hand, specific PT can help. We see this all of the time and can help you get rid of it!

07/28/2025

Trauma can harm your knee but exercise is good for it! If you need help getting the correct program going, we can help :)