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Six Exercises for Plantar Fasciitis and Heel Pain

Mar 26, 2024 / Health Tips

Research shows that both strengthening and stretching exercise programs can greatly reduce pain and improve walking in people with plantar fasciitis. These six exercises from physical therapists may help.

Physical Therapy Guide to Neck Pain

Jun 20, 2017 / Guide

Neck pain is pain felt in the back of the neck – the upper spine area, just below the head. The pain can extend to the upper back, shoulder, and arm when specific nerves are affected.

5 Tips to Improve Your Swimming Stroke and Avoid Injury

May 24, 2024 / Health Tips

Swimming is a low-impact exercise that works all the muscles in the body, but it doesn't come with out injury risk. These tips from physical therapists will help your swimming technique and reduce your risk for a shoulder injury.

Pain Matters: Bringing Chronic Pain Out of the Shadows

Dec 5, 2013 / Podcast

Three people featured in the Discovery Channel documentary, Pain Matters, plus a physical therapist and other health care experts discuss the battle against chronic pain.

Physical Therapy Guide to Shoulder Bursitis

Aug 30, 2022 / Guide

Shoulder bursitis is a condition that causes pain on the outer side or tip of the shoulder. It can affect people of any age but is more common in those who often thrown, pitch, or swim. It also can be caused by autommune disease, injury, or infection.

Physical Therapy Guide to Groin Strain

Jan 31, 2025 / Guide

A groin strain is an injury to the body where the abdomen meets the leg and the inner thigh muscles attach to the pubic bone.

Safe Pain Management

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No one wants to live in pain. But no one should put their health at risk in an effort to be pain free. Learn about physical therapy for effective, safe pain management.

Pain Profile: Assess Your Pain

Sep 1, 2020 / Handouts

This pain profile can help you talk to your health care provider about how pain is affecting your life and your preferences for managing pain.

Widespread Pain Is Creating Widespread Prescription Drug Use

Oct 16, 2015 / Did You Know?

An estimated 126.1 million adults have felt some pain in the past 3 months, and 25.3 million adults suffer from pain daily, according to a recent study featured in the Journal of Pain.

Understanding Pain

Apr 10, 2014 / Podcast

Everybody experiences pain at some point. But understanding pain is a different matter. Two physical therapists discuss science's new understanding of how pain works and more.