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Menopause and the Aging Athlete: Five Tips for Fighting Back

Menopause and the Aging Athlete: Five Tips for Fighting Back

by Melanie Herron | Dec 9, 2020 | Active Lifestyle, Aging, Injury Prevention, Pelvic Pain, Sports Performance, Staying Healthy, Women's Health

If you ask 100 menopausal athletes what frustrated them most about menopause, chances are the majority will say how it changed their body.  Menopause comes with all kinds of exciting changes. From hot flashes and belly fat to lean muscle loss and bone deterioration,...
Urinary Incontinence: Taking Control of the Bladder

Urinary Incontinence: Taking Control of the Bladder

by Melanie Herron | Nov 16, 2020 | Active Lifestyle, Aging, Pelvic Pain, Women's Health

There are certain things that people aren’t comfortable talking about.  And while we all have bladders, many of us don’t like to talk about them. Fear of embarrassment when things aren’t functioning correctly often prevents people from seeking treatment. But bladder...
Why Your Back, Hip or Knee Pain May Actually be Caused by Your Feet

Why Your Back, Hip or Knee Pain May Actually be Caused by Your Feet

by Melanie Herron | Dec 5, 2019 | Active Lifestyle, Aging, Arthritis, Back Pain, Chronic Pain, Hip, Knee Pain, Overuse Injury, Pelvic Pain, Spine Care

Many people come to physical therapy thinking one thing is wrong, only to discover the cause of their pain is something entirely different.  When Missy began lower extremity physical therapy for her knees, she thought running was the culprit.  “I continuously heard...
Why You Shouldn’t Ignore Hip Pain

Why You Shouldn’t Ignore Hip Pain

by Melanie Herron | May 1, 2019 | Active Lifestyle, Aging, Hip, Pelvic Pain

Hip pain isn’t something that only happens with age. A growing number of the younger generation are plagued with chronic hip pain. The hips are part of the body’s core foundation, connecting to the largest and most powerful muscle groups in the body (the glutes,...
Don’t Do This if You Have Pain

Don’t Do This if You Have Pain

by Melanie Herron | Apr 10, 2019 | Aging, Arthritis, Back Pain, Chronic Pain, Injury Prevention, Knee Pain, neck pain, Pelvic Pain, Shoulder Pain

When you have pain it is natural to want to rest in order to heal. In fact, that’s often the first piece of advice someone will give you. But inactivity may actually do more harm than good. “Motion is the Lotion.” Something you will frequently hear from orthopedic...

Meet Molly Nelson, DPT, Step & Spine’s newest Physical Therapist

by Melanie Herron | Jul 15, 2013 | News & Happenings, Pelvic Pain

Years before Molly Nelson, DPT, was hired as our newest physical therapist here at Step & Spine Physical Therapy, she was a teenage athlete growing up in southern Minnesota – a teen who loved to run but who found herself battling shin splints. In seeking treatment...

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