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Pickleball Injuries: What to Watch Out For Houston

In Sports Injury and Pain by Royce Bowman, PT, Director

Pickleball injuries on the rise. When we first read that headline, we weren’t surprised. After all, we treat pickleball related injuries in our clinics. The study noted that the most common injuries were lower extremity sprains, strains, and fractures. We’ve seen lower back, rotator cuff, and elbow related pains, too. In fact, most pickleball injuries look like tennis related injuries. …

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Runner’s Knee And Fixing The Pain

In Sports Injury and Pain by Royce Bowman, PT, Director

Do you find yourself getting up and walking around a lot, but still feel like you’re being stabbed in the knee with every step? Or have you been told that it’s your IT band that is causing the knee pain? Does it feel like the knee pain is just starting to come back, even though you took a break from …

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Blood Flow Restriction Therapy: What Olympic Athletes Know And How BFR Can Help You

In Sports Injury and Pain by Royce Bowman, PT, Director

As the 2022 Olympics begin, blood flow restriction received press attention as the “hot new fitness trend”. First developed in 1966 by power lifter Yoshiaki Sato, this “new trend” has transformed the physical therapy industry in the rehabilitation of a wide variety of patients. Blood flow restriction therapy (BFR) is an innovative treatment that has been found to be effective …