3 Common Golf Injuries and How To Prevent Them
Good news everyone! Golf season is just around the corner. The weather is turning and it’s just about time to dust off those clubs and get to swinging. Now, it’s only been a few months since we got off the course, but in that time, it’s probably been tough to keep up...
2 Year Sports Sponsorship 2021
We're excited to announce the winner's of our first 2 Year Sports Sponsorship Program, Merrick and Lillian. They will be receiving free weekly PT sessions to work on improving their performance and injury resilience. They will receive routine thorough examinations of...
What to expect with Spondylolysis
To utilize timestamps to skip to specific sections, click on the video to watch on Youtube's site. Spondylolysis is similar to a stress fracture, in that it’s a bony defect often as a result of repetitive stress. However, since it doesn’t follow the typical rules for...
4 Exercises to Reduce the Risk of PFPS and ACL Injuries
In this video Arianne Mason discusses 4 exercises that can help reduce your risk for PFPS and ACL Injuries. These exercises and recommended dosages include: Posed March (10 repetitions)Banded Squats (15 repetitions)Forward “T” (12 repetitions)Front Plank (15 second...
Other Common Knee Injuries in Youth Soccer
https://youtu.be/aa8Cfdhk7S4 In this video Arianne Mason discusses what contributes to patellofemoral pain syndrome and ACL tears, which are two other common knee injuries found in youth soccer. In this video we talk about the anatomy and biomechanics, such as knee...
4 Management Strategies for Osgood-Schlatter’s Disease
https://youtu.be/fRTuHrT3BcQ In this video Arianne Mason talks about 4 ways to help prevent and treat Osgood-Schlatter’s disease. These recommendations include: Limiting Aggravating Activities, such as running and jumpingStretching your Quadricep MuscleStrengthening...
3 Management Strategies for Sever’s disease
https://youtu.be/pIMudu-f9A0 In this video Arianne Mason talks about 3 ways to help prevent and treat Sever’s disease. These recommendations include: Limiting aggravating activities such as running and jumpingStretching your calf musclesUsing Gel Heel cups Here is a...
Common Growth Plate Injuries in Youth Soccer
https://youtu.be/z2p_BT2vYTM Arianne Mason, Doctor of Physical Therapy and Sports Certified Specialist at GO PT Fremont, talks about what is Osgood-Schlatter and Sever’s disease and what factors may contribute to it. Watch her next videos on how to treat and prevent...
ACL Injury Prevention
GO PT is excited to be partnering with the Seattle Celtics Youth Soccer Club. We are working with the club to implement a program from the Seattle Pediatrics Sports Medicine group that will reduce the likelihood of ACL injuries in these athletes. ...
Crohn’s/Colitis Flag Football Charity Event
It was amazing to be on the field at the Century Link Stadium leading the warm-up program for the Crohn’s Colitis Charity Flag Football event last weekend. We modified a program developed by the Seattle Pediatrics Sports Medicine group that selected specific exercises...
Desk Posture: Taking Care of Yourself at Work
Now that the holidays are over, most of us are back at work sitting at desks full time. These long hours sitting can cause certain bio-mechanical changes in our body. Over the long term, this can spell trouble. Sitting for excess time puts...
Running Exercise Series: Lunge to calf raise
Continuing our running training segment, this is a lunge to calf raise. This movement pattern is essential to our running gait pattern. This exercise is great for training our muscles that we use running in a deeper range of motion,...