Running is Popular Endurance running is one of the most popular forms of exercise in the United States. A Timex survey reported nearly 75% of people in the U.S. run for exercise during a given two...
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Endurance Training Mistakes
Casual Runner or Marathon Runner Whether you’re a casual runner maybe getting in a local 5K when you can or one who puts in 50+ miles per week training for another Boston Marathon, it’s likely you...
Cross Training For Runners
5 Exercises to Help Prevent Running Injuries Running is one of the most popular forms of exercise people use to stay in shape. However, if running is the only form of exercise you participate in,...
What is Trigger Finger
5 Tips for “Trigger Finger” What is Trigger Finger? We all have tendons in our hands that allow us to actively bend or straighten our fingers. The tendons that allow us to bend our fingers are...
ACL Injury Prevention
What is the ACL? The ACL stands for Anterior Cruciate Ligament. This tiny ligament has a BIG job in the knee. The ACL helps keep the knee in alignment when you twist, jump, cut, or kick the ball. ...
Flex Physical Therapy Adds Third Location
West Broadway Location Flex Physical Therapy is proud to announce a third location opening December 7th, 2015. Flex is currently located on Valley View Drive in Council Bluffs and in West Omaha....
ACL Prevention Part 2
ACL Injury Risk Factors Previously I wrote about an ACL injury prevention program called Sportsmetrics. This program is a revolutionary program developed after years of research by Dr. Frank Noyes...
Self Defense
Benefits of Taking Self Defense Classes In today’s world it is seemingly becoming more and more apparent that individuals need to be able to defend themselves. Many people are adopting the view of...
Osteoarthritis
What is Osteoarthritits? Your doctor just told you that you have osteoarthritis, now you are wondering what is it? Osteoarthritis has many different names including degenerative joint disease, OA,...
Neck Arthritis
What is Neck Arthritis? Degenerative changes are common in neck or cervical spine. In some degree they are found almost universally in persons over 50 years of age. Once you hit 70 years of age,...