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Gina Biernacki
Knee Pains I signed up to run my first marathon – the Chicago Marathon last year, October 2014. I decided to run on the American Cancer Society’s team and exceeded my fundraising goal of $1500 for the organization. About halfway through training, I began experiencing sharp knee pain and couldn’t run more than 6 miles...Read More
On the Road with U.S. Soccer
Editor’s Note: Athletico has been a partner of U.S. Soccer for more than 10 years. As the Official Provider of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training to the organization, Athletico provides athletic training support for all of the men’s and women’s soccer teams, which includes traveling with the teams both domestically and internationally. This special blog...Read More
5 Common Questions Patients Have After Their Knee Replacement
1. How long will my swelling last? Swelling is normal after a knee replacement. You may notice that your knee is large and discolored after surgery. Swelling is not something to worry about unless the swelling becomes excessive or is acompanied with a fever, redness, and unusual discharge from the incision. Most of the swelling...Read More
Physical Therapy for Headaches
Physical therapy is often utilized in the comprehensive treatment for headache sufferers. For certain types of headaches, physical therapy has proven to be successful in decreasing and/or resolving the intensity and frequency of symptoms, improving an individual’s function and mobility, and improving an individual’s quality of life. A common type of headache seen in clinical...Read More
5 Upper Extremity Overuse Injuries in Growing Athletes
Young athletes today are often practicing three to four hours a day, four to five times per week. Weekends are often spent competing hours at a time. As intensity of sport participation has increased so has the injury level of the upper extremities. Understanding that kids are not little adults and respecting the growing body is...Read More
Get in the Swing of Things: It’s Almost Golf Season
After a cold, snowy, and record-setting winter in Chicago, believe it or not, golf is just around the corner. Now that the snow melted, temperatures are increasing, and grass is growing, divots will be flying on the golf course. The last thing you want this season is to be sidelined because of an injury after being sidelined...Read More
8 Holistic Headache Solutions
According to the World Health Organization roughly 50% of adult individuals will experience at least one headache annually. These range from migraine or tension type headaches to cluster and medication-overuse headaches. Regardless of the type of headache, we can all agree that the pain, in many instances, is very debilitating. Headaches have many causes and...Read More
What is Fascia
Have you ever heard of fascia? In the physical medicine world, fascia has a lot of buzz right now. We have known about fascia for a long time now, but are only now starting to realize how amazing and important it truly is. If the word sounds familiar to you, you are probably thinking of...Read More