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By Dr. Jessica Warnecke, PT, DPT, OCS  Want to know ONE simple thing you can start doing NOW that can protect you from cancer, help to prevent diabetes, and improve your chances for a healthy pregnancy and child? A simple switch at the grocery store can make all these benefits possible.
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By Dr. Jessica Warnecke, PT, DPT, OCS  Did you know, the lifetime risk for developing symptomatic knee osteoarthritis is forty-five percent?! And the prevalence for this condition has doubled since the 1950's! (1)
Part of this, most likely, is due to our longer lifespans, but changes in food sources, diet, and activity levels may also be playing a role. By Dr. Jessica Warnecke, PT, DPT, OCS  As April rolls around, Spring sports are already in full swing. A common area of the body in which many baseball, tennis, softball, and other spring athletes deal with injury is the shoulder. Whether it be a simple, yet nagging, injury such as impingement or a more serious condition such as a rotator cuff tear, physical therapy provides important stretching and strengthening rehabilitation exercises to help eradicate pain and prevent future problems.
By Dr. Jessica Warnecke, PT, DPT, OCS  Every day, more and more people wake up to aching lower back pain. With this pain, people tend to spend way too much money relying on over the counter pain pills, on narcotics or surgery, or they decide that lower back pain is a factor of life, and choose to deal with it without seeking any treatment whatsoever and giving up activities they love. None of these options are an efficient solution.
By Dr. Jessica Warnecke, PT, DPT, OCS  A warm up is essential for any workout or successful athletic play; however, it often gets overlooked or neglected. How many times have you seen a sportsperson show up a few minutes late to a practice or game, and just jumped into the action of the sport without any sort of loosening up? Or seen an athlete in the gym go straight to heavy weightlifting without performing any exercises to prepare their body?
By Dr. Jessica Warnecke, PT, DPT, OCS  Iliotibial band (ITB) syndrome is a stubborn repetitive strain injury. This pain can be a very common complaint among the active population and one that doesn’t necessarily always go away on its own. Many try to foam roll their IT band as a quick fix to alleviate pain, but in all actuality, this does nothing more than make you miserable throughout the duration of your rolling session.
By Dr. Jessica Warnecke, PT, DPT, OCS  New guidelines were recently released by our federal government regarding physical activity requirements to sustain health and prevent disease. It is estimated that 80% of U.S. adults and children today DO NOT meet the minimum requirements and are at an increasingly higher risk of growth delays, impaired cognition and sleep, and developing chronic diseases.
Guest Post By: Sergio Valdes, CPT, CES, USAW L1 Coach  We’ve all been in positions where we wanted to achieve something meaningful to completion. It can be losing weight, performing better at work, achieving good grades in school, etc. We do these things not only because it sets a great example for our peers, but because the sense of accomplishment makes us feel good, too!
These benefits sound great in theory, but what steps do we take to make sure these goals are set and fulfilled? Here are 5 steps to get started in the right direction... Guest Post By: Sergio Valdes, CPT, CES, USAW L1 Coach  When do most heart attacks occur?
You probably wouldn’t be surprised to hear that most heart attacks, according to the Australian Heart Foundation, occur on Mondays. If you’d like to be a lot more specific, heart attacks occur on Monday morning... Guest Post By: Sergio Valdes, CPT, CES, USAW L1 Coach  Have you wondered how many hours you’re really supposed to sleep every night? We’ve heard the usual claims that 7-8 hours is ideal.. But what do the studies really say?
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Meet Your TherapistJessica has been in Austin, TX for the past four years. She grew up in Idaho and attended PT school at Idaho State University. She completed an Orthopaedic Residency and became a Board Certified Orthopaedic Clinical Specialist in 2016. Archives
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