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Learn about common pain-causing health conditions, their progression paths, their causes, and effective treatment options. Our blog offers valuable information to people who experience pain and anyone who wishes to learn more about long-lasting, safe, and noninvasive treatments.

These articles also explain how Superior Physical Therapy addresses these common health problems through an innovative approach called the Superior Method. This approach aims to accurately identify the underlying cause of pain in order to develop a more tailored and collaborative treatment plan.

Choose Parakletos

by Nick Hawkins, Physical Therapist A few weeks ago I worked the Hot Rock basketball camp down in Adrian, MI. This is a free "basketball" camp for kids in the community. The reason I put quotations around basketball is because...

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Embrace Beauty

“Your art is what you do when no one can tell you exactly how to do it. Your art is the act of taking personal responsibility, challenging the status quo, and changing people.”– Seth Godin “That’s the way we have always done...

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The 7 Secrets to Permanent Relief for Neck and Back Arthritis

by Andrew Gorecki, Physical Therapist Contents Joint Pain is a Sign…That This is Happening to You. What is the Single Best Exercise to Do, If You Could Only Pick One? Think Strengthening for Your “Stretches”. How to Find the Best...

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Why Do We Wait?

by Nick Hawkins, Physical Therapist The question of why we wait can be applied in many facets of life, it is an interesting question. Sometimes it is wise to be patient and wait, sometimes it is irrational. If we just...

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Should I Have Pain Simply Because I'm Aging?

by Andrew Gorecki, DPT Should I have Pain Simply Because I'm Aging? This is a statement that I hear from patients on a daily basis.  This is a very frustrating thing for a physical therapy because it shows that the...

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Do You Know How to Read?

by Andrew Gorecki, DPT We believe that better movement is the answer to changing our world whether your talking about obesity as an epidemic, health care costs, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, etc. We also believe that if you want better...

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Tweakology: The Superior Difference

Can you envision a physical therapy experience where the therapist truly cares about your story, truly cares for you, motivates you, and encourages you?  Can you envision a physical therapy experience where your care is unique, where the treatment is...

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Inflammation is Preventable

Itis's (inflammation) are preventable!Bursitis, tendonitis, arthritis, capsulitis, you name it, these terms tell us a joint and its' surrounding soft tissues are functioning inefficiently and thus, creating an inflammatory process. The great news is joint and soft tissue inflammation is preventable....

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Free2Play- Movement Literacy

Free2Play is a free, dynamic Movement Literacy program for all individuals of all abilities.  (Def.) Movement Literacy - The progressive & systematic development of an individual's functional abilities  Free2Play believes that every one can be an athlete – one who perspires and inspires. Demonstrate and develop the athlete in you by...

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The Thoracic Spine: Overlooked and Undertreated

by Dr. Nicholas Studholme, DC, CCSP, CCEP, FAFS To say one area of the spine is more important than another would be unfair to the rest of the spine; however, it is clear that when we closely inspect the thoracic...

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Our professional “puzzle”…Structure or Function?

by Lenny Parracino, CMT, NTP, FAFS This is an amazing article that sums it up.  Please click the link below to go directly to the Truth of human movement: >> LINK

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Movement Screens

This article is written by a classmate of mine in Applied Functional Science.  I figured he did such a great job with the topic it requires no re-writing.  The new “Trend” in physical therapy in my region is marketing information...

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