food for thought
Here’s some articles we’ve written over the years. A lot of physical therapy is educating you on how to take care of your body. At Change Sports Physical Therapy, one of our values is educating the patient. Take a look around at our articles. If you become a patient, feel free to ask us anything, anytime you come in.
Our Response to COVID-19
We are definitely in some interesting times. With the arrival of the Coronavirus to our area, there will no doubt be changes in our schedules and our outings. As we prepare for these changes, we would like to offer continued services for people suffering from pain during this time. We want to continue to offer
Changing the way we care for youth athletes
I’ve spent a good deal of time in my life in the youth sports environment. As a kid I was involved in sports. When I got older I was fortunate to be able to play in collegiate sports as well. I played soccer my fours years of college. I never had a severe injury that
Vibration Massager
Have you seen the new massage tools popping up everywhere? It seems that in the past year alone, there has been a rapid increase in the promotion and selling of vibration massage tools. I’ve started using one in the past year as well. Dr. Lyneil Mitchel brought in some new tools with him when he
Youth Sports Injuries: Does my kid need to go to the doctor?
Probably the worst part about youth sports is when a kid, your kid, gets hurt. Immediately there comes this question, “Are they OK?” Let’s be honest, what we really mean is, can they keep playing or is this something more serious. It is a difficult call to make. Most of the time it is the
Huntington Beach Physical Therapy for Neck Pain and Headaches
Physical Therapy for Neck Pain and Headaches in Huntington Beach Who doesn’t hate headaches and neck pain? They can ruin your day and take you out of every other aspect of life. At Change Sports Physical Therapy in Huntington Beach, CA we help people get out of pain and back to doing what they love.
What is Frozen Shoulder?
What is frozen shoulder? I’ve explained this several times to patients in our physical therapy clinic in Huntington Beach. Frozen shoulder is a term that almost everyone has heard, but at the same time most don’t understand correctly. Let me briefly break it down here in plain English. Is it really frozen shoulder? The first
Top 3 reasons why primary care physicians benefit from referring their pediatric patients to sports physical therapy
Primary Care Physicians Referring to Physical Therapy As a primary care physician there are so many benefits to referring your pediatric athletic patients to sports physical therapy. Here are the Top 3 Reasons: 1. You get to keep your patients instead of referring them out When a youth athlete comes in for an injury which
I have heel pain in the morning
Heel Pain In the Morning So you woke up in the morning, put your foot down on the floor and then…. “Ouch! What happened? Do I have a bruise on my heel? I have pain on my heel when I walk!” This is a common report we get here in our physical therapy clinic in Huntington
Chondromalacia what?
Chondromalacia Knee Pain So you’ve been diagnosed with chondromalacia? What is this condition with this funny name? Well, what it really means is that you are having wearing down of the cartilage under your kneecap. It is a common condition that we see in the physical therapy clinic here in Huntington Beach, CA. What causes