by Melanie Herron | Jan 29, 2021 | Active Lifestyle, Injury Prevention, Overuse Injury, Sports Performance
Fresh snow is a beautiful thing, and if you’re like many Central Oregonians, you like to do more than look at it from your window. Skiing, whether alpine or nordic and snowboarding, are favorite winter activities among many locals and visitors. Yet, for many, the most...
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,...
by Melanie Herron | Nov 21, 2020 | Active Lifestyle, Back Pain, Chronic Pain, Injury Prevention, Manual Therapy, Massage Therapy, Sports Performance, Staying Healthy
When you enter a massage therapist’s room, you are immediately transported to a place of calm and tranquility. But massage is much more than a tool for relaxation. For over 3000 years, massage has been used to maintain health and wellness. Physical therapists have...
by Melanie Herron | Jul 23, 2019 | Active Lifestyle, Injury Prevention, Sports Performance
While most of the rest of the country is facing record-breaking temperatures, we are fortunate enough to be having a milder summer…so far. Extreme temperatures throughout the world are creating challenges for athletes of all levels. This past spring, during the annual...
by Melanie Herron | Nov 14, 2018 | Overuse Injury, Shoulder Pain, Sports Performance, Youth Sports
Shoulder overuse injuries are becoming more prevalent as young athletes begin specializing in their favorite sport at increasingly younger ages. Over five million children under the age of 18 are treated for sports injuries each year. The vast majority of these are...
by Melanie Herron | Jun 5, 2018 | Fitness, Injury Prevention, Sports Performance
The adage, good intentions die hard, rings true to most individuals at some point in our lives. Unfortunately, it can also pertain to some of our health and wellness rituals. If we exercise to be the strongest and healthiest version of ourselves, it seems...
