Category Archives for "Athletic Therapy"

How to properly stretch your hip flexors in 3 moves

At least a handful of times a week, I will assess someone suffering from hip or knee pain that is caused by their hip flexors. I’m sure if you think hard enough, you’ve surely heard someone say, “I pulled my hip flexor” or, “my hip flexor is bugging me today” or even, “I have tight…

Do Pro Athlete’s Heal Faster Than Average People?

As physiotherapists dealing with injuries to various parts of the body, we often hear that “such-and-such professional athlete had the same injury as me, how come he/she was back to playing so much faster?” In reality, no one injury or condition is completely like another.  While healing timelines for soft tissue injuries are roughly the…