If you run in Oceanside or anywhere in North County, you’ve probably either dealt with plantar fasciitis yourself or know someone who has. It has a frustrating pattern: it gets better when you rest, then comes back the moment you pick up mileage again. That cycle isn’t bad luck. It has a specific mechanical explanation, […]
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If you play volleyball, basketball, CrossFit, or any sport with a lot of jumping and cutting, and you’ve started noticing pain right at the front of your knee just below the kneecap, there’s a good chance you’re dealing with patellar tendinopathy, what most athletes call jumper’s knee. I’m first going to describe what it is
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If you’ve been told to rest your patellar tendon pain, you’ve been given advice that sounds logical but is often completely wrong for this type of injury. Rest reduces the pain. But it doesn’t fix the tendon. And it doesn’t fix the reason WHY the tendon started hurting in the first place. In fact, it
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If you surf, paddleboard, or do any sport that involves overhead pulling through water, your shoulder is doing something genuinely demanding. Shoulder problems are one of the most common things we treat at Land and Sea PT, and a significant portion of those patients are water sports athletes who kept pushing through discomfort until they
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If you’ve had a cortisone shot for shoulder pain, there’s a good chance it worked. For a while. Then the pain came back, maybe worse than before, and you found yourself wondering whether to get another one. The short answer is: probably not, and here’s why. What cortisone actually does Cortisone is an anti-inflammatory. It’s
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If you’ve been told you have a rotator cuff tear and surgery was presented as the obvious next step, it’s worth pausing before you book the OR. For the majority of rotator cuff tears, physical therapy produces outcomes comparable to surgery. Not slightly worse. Comparable. And PT doesn’t come with the recovery time, the cost,
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Written by: Dr. Jonny Blue, DPT If you’ve been dealing with golfer’s elbow or tennis elbow, you’ve probably already tried the obvious stuff- rest, ice, a brace, maybe some forearm stretches. And it probably helped a little. Until you picked up a golf club, grabbed a barbell, or spent a weekend doing yard work. Then
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Written by: Dr. Jonny Blue, DPT If you’ve had plantar fasciitis before, you already know the routine. It hurts for a few months, you rest it, maybe do some stretching, it gets better. And then about six weeks after you start running again, it’s back. Same heel, same morning pain, same frustration. This isn’t bad
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