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Marathon Tips from Athletico Experts to Help You Go the Distance
Marathon Tips from Athletico Experts to Help You Go the Distance As you train for your next marathon, taking proper precautions to avoid potential injury as you ramp up your miles is important. Completing a marathon is one of the greatest accomplishments, and it feels even better when you cross the finish line pain-free. Here...Read More
Tiffany Timmermann
I truly cannot thank Athletico enough for helping me recover and meet my goals after my second ACL repair. I first tore my ACL in high school playing basketball. I rushed my recovery so I could compete in sports my senior year. I continued to have knee issues but was able to work through them...Read More
Creating Treatment Plans for Hand Therapy Patients
Practice makes perfect is arguably the familiar mantra that many hand therapists live by regarding their abilities and expertise for fabricating our patients’ orthosis or splints. Experience and understanding of the involved anatomy are also a large part of the specialized skill of orthoses fabrication. Often, there is not a playbook that meets the unique...Read More
Common Spring Sports Overuse Injuries in High School Athletes
Contrary to what the snow on the ground has told you, spring sports are ramping up at the high school level across the states. And we all know what that means- beginning of season aches and pains. I’ll let you in on a little secret, we athletic trainers see a lot of the same injuries...Read More
Endurance Season: Tips From Athletico’s Experts to Help You Prepare and Recover Safely
Tips From Athletico’s Experts to Help You Prepare and Recover Safely Participating in an upcoming race? Our experts have shared tips that will help you avoid pain and injury on race day, as well as recover in the days following. Read on for tips and tricks to perform your best. Preparing For Your Race: 1....Read More
Active Recovery Tips for Gymnasts
Gymnasts participate in their sport all year round and multiple days per week. A gymnast performs multiple repetitions of skills and their routines on equipment such as uneven or high bar, beam, floor, vault, pommel horse, or rings within each training session. Due to the nature of their training schedule, gymnasts may not have time...Read More
When to Seek Help for a Jammed Finger
Unfortunately, jammed fingers are common on job sites, during contact sports, a fall, or when doing some weekend warrior activities while crossing heavy chores off the to-do list. But when is it more than just a jammed finger? When should you seek professional medical treatment?Read More
Adam White
My experience and time at Athletico in Vernon Hills has been nothing short of amazing. I have been doing Physical Therapy for several weeks and in a short amount of time I have been able to make some great strides thanks to the knowledge, experience and communication of the team at Athletico. My accident and...Read More