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What to know about Football Neck Injuries

Tweet As the NFL season starts up (only about a week away!), and high school and college football begin as well, it’s time to talk injury and prevention that come along with this contact sport. Whether you are just watching … Continue reading

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Top 5 Brain Foods

Tweet In order to have a healthy body, you must equip it with a healthy brain. Here are the top 5 brain foods to boost that brain activity according to Hy-Vee.com: 1. Blueberries/Raspberries – packed full of antioxidants that improve … Continue reading

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Building Lean Muscle: Breakfast

Tweet Not everyone wants to bulk up at the gym. Many people are looking for ways to increase lean muscle mass instead. Muscle building is key to having a healthy body and helps protect you from many injuries. Nutrition plays … Continue reading

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Back to School: Backpack Safety Tips

Tweet It’s that time of year again!  Time to start getting your children all of their school supplies for the year.  Your child will most likely want the newest and most stylish backpack around, but it’s important to keep in … Continue reading

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Effects of Sleep Deprivation

Tweet Sleep may be one of the most underrated activities for healing your body.  If you get enough sleep each night it will speed up the healing process for an injury.  Here are some of the effects that sleep deprivation … Continue reading

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Relief for Lower Back Pain with Pregnancy

Tweet Your body is constantly changing during pregnancy and this commonly causes a shock to your lower back.  We have put together a video that shows how you can get relief from your pain by using physical therapy: If you … Continue reading

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Top Five Reasons to use Exercise Bands

Tweet If you have ever visited Madden Physical Therapy you may have realized we like to use exercise bands for healing.  We have created a top five list of the benefits of exercise bands: Build muscle tone and flexibility No … Continue reading

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Essential Basketball Stretches

Tweet Basketball is a great exercise and cardiovascular workout.  It is extremely important to stretch before playing basketball because it incorporates so many different muscles.  We found a video that shows four essential stretches that you can knock out in … Continue reading

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Common Running Injuries [Infographic]

Tweet The human foot has 26 bones, 33 joints, 112 ligaments, and a network of tendons, nerves, and blood vessels that work together when we run.  That would explain why there are so many different types of injuries that can … Continue reading

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Fly Without Back Pain

Tweet Are you worrying about flying somewhere for your summer vacation because you usually have chronic back pain throughout your flight?  We have assembled some tips for your next flight to avoid back pain: Plan Ahead With Flight Scheduling Schedule … Continue reading

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