Join us for a Healthy Living Lunch and Learn at the Citrus Club!

Are you not able to enjoy the activities you love because of pain?  This is the lunch and learn for you!

Tired of having low back pain when golfing?  Do you experience pain when running?  Sick of not being able to enjoy yourself with recreational sports because of pain?  Come to the exclusive Citrus Club in downtown Orlando of Sept. 27th at 11:30 am and learn the cause of your injury, how to properly treat it, when to consult a specialist, and get back to being pain free again!

Join Dr. Ron Miller, from Pursuit Physical Therapy, for a Health Living Lunch and Learn September 27th at 11:30-1:00 pm when he will review these 3 common injuries:   runner's knee, plantar fasciitis, and golf swing related low back pain.

$10 for members, $16 for non-members.  Call the Citrus Club today to RSVP your spot at 407-843-1080.  If you are not a member, this is the perfect time to visit the Citrus Club and see what being a member entails and the great benefits.   We look forward to seeing you there for a great Lunch and Learn.  For more information about Dr. Ron Miller, Pursuit Physical Therapy, our specialty programs, and if physical therapy is right for you, visit PursuitTherapy.com.

5 Tips for Pain Free Running: Avoid Heel Strike

1.  Avoid Heel Strike

Many beginner runners ask me how they should be running.   Running training should be focused on 1 of 2 things:  1)  injury prevention or 2)  performance.  So the main purpose of this post is to focus on injury prevention and treatment.  So I promote runners to avoid a heel strike and to try more of a mid foot strike when running with pain or recovering from an injury.    Landing with a midfoot strike has been associated with decreases in peak impact loads and a decrease in knee pain (patellar-femoral symptoms).  Below is a diagram from a breakthrough article in Nature   that shows landing forces with different striking patterns.

Notice the lack of the sharp increase spike with a mid foot strike.  One of the main points to take away from the article is the decrease in force and lack of transient impact with strike with a mid foot strike.  This difference and benefit of barefoot vs shod running is for another post, but these two articles show great evidence to help support a mid foot strike to help prevent injury and decrease impact forces to the legs.   I personally tried this and loved the way it feels when running vs with a heel strike. Tune in next week for Tip #2!!!  For more information about running injuries, our Running Injury Program, and about Pursuit Physical Therapy, call us at 407-494-8835 or visit us at PursuitTherapy.com.  Exercise is medicine!

Regards,

Ron Miller, DPT OCS

Pursuit Physical Therapy on the Radio! Tune into am 740 The Game

Tune into am 740 The Game from 9am-12 throughout the week, starting labor day weekend, to hear the new Pursuit Physical Therapy radio commercials!  Also, on Fridays, we will have a call in live-talk and ask a question to our very own Dr. Ron Miller about sport injuries, rehab, and prognosis of injuries.  Visit www.thebeatofsports.com or 740 The Game for more information.  For more information about Pursuit Physical Therapy, our specialty programs, and what we can treat, visit us at PursuitTherapy.com

Have you heard the Pursuit Physical Therapy Radio Ad Yet?

Do you listen to News Talk WFLA 104.5?  Have you heard the Pursuit Physical Therapy ad yet?  Listen from 8/19/13-8/30/13 and see if you catch the commercial!

The 5 tips for pain free running series

Do you ever get pain when running?  Tired of having knee pain after a run when walking up stairs?   This is going to be the blog for you!

First, I would like to say thank you to Fleet Feet Orlando and I am very grateful to them for asking me to write as a guest blogger.  This series will be posted to their blog here as they start their No Boundaries Running Program.  I thoroughly enjoy treating runners and helping them get back to doing the activity they love....running.  Not just running , but pain free running!  Over the next several weeks, as the racing season starts, I will be posting  a 5 part series that will review 5 simple tips that can help prevent running injuries. Most running injuries occur due to 3 things: structural issues, training errors, and biomechanical errors, and simple changes can be made to correct any dysfunction that is present that may lead to injury.  We will be addressing the treatment, prevention, and certain strategies that me help with plantar fasciitis, runner's knee, IT Band syndrome, and more.  For more information about me, Pursuit Physical Therapy, the Running Injury Program, and about treatment of running injuries, visit www.PursuitTherapy.com.

Regards,

Ron Miller, DPT, OCS

Bad Medicine!.......... for low back pain

Maybe Bon Jovi was right with Bad Medicine!  Does your clinician follow the established guidelines to treat low back pain (LBP) or are you receiving "bad medicine"?  A recent study from the Journal of American Medial Association - Internal Medicine, stated that " Despite numerous published clinical guidelines, management of back pain has relied increasingly on guideline discordant care."  The results of this 2013 showed:

No change in physical therapy referrals

Increase in narcotic usage

Decrease in NSAIDS and tylenol usage

Increase in diagnostic imaging (such as CT scans and MRI)

Increase in physician referrals

Physical therapy and the usage of NSAIDS were considered as GOOD coordination with the LBP guidelines and evidenced based.  Physician referrals, diagnostic imaging, and narcotic usage were considered BAD coordination with the guidelines.  This looks like the health care system is doing everything along the BAD track doesn't it?   So,is your clinician following the guidelines, that have been set by proven and established research, and may lead to better outcome for our patients with LBP or are they following Bad Medicine!   Here is another link to physician guidelines in the clinic regarding the treatment of LBP from the American College of Physician.  At Pursuit Physical Therapy, you never have to question your quality of care.  Your treatment is always what is best for you!  If you have LBP, call Pursuit Physical Therapy at 407-494-8835 or visit our website at www.PursuitTherapy.com for more information about how we can help your LBP.  

Small business owners and employee health insurance. Whats the future?

Even though the Affordable Care Act (ACA) employer mandate has been delayed a year, heathcare costs remain the number one economic concern for U.S. small businesses.  Most small business owners foresee their insurance costs to increase with the ACA.  In the future, many small businesses may be less likely to provide health insurance for their workers and many small business owner’s may even opt out of providing health care to their employees. 

Pursuit Physical Therapy may have the answer for many of these small business owners that will allow them to save money, maximize cost effectiveness, and ensure that their employees are receiving high quality patient care!  Call Pursuit Physical Therapy today at 407-494-8835 or visit us at www.PursuitTherapy.com for more information about how to save your small business money!