Sports Medicine

This blog was written by Brandon Johnson, CSCS, FMS, USAW “How much water should you drink” is a loaded question.  There are a lot of factors that play a role in how water you should consume.  The old saying is “eight servings of eight ounces of water a day,” but that does not take into […]READ MORE

This blog was written by Corey Anderson, CSCS. An overhead athlete can be anyone whose sport involves arm action over the athlete’s head. The first sport to come to mind is baseball but can include sports such as swimming, volleyball, water polo, or even tennis. Athletes involved in such sports need careful consideration when it […]READ MORE

This blog was written by Sam Waagen, PT, DPT, OCS, Cert. DN. Dry needling is the insertion of a thin monofilament needle within a variety of different sites within the neuromuscular system. Some examples include the belly of a muscle, within regions of peripheral nerves or neurovascular bundles, and teno-osseus insertion points. Dry needling differs from acupuncture […]READ MORE

The below is a testimonial of a runner with the Advanced 10k Training Team who is going through the run performance program at Bon Secours Physical Therapy and Sports Performance. “I started running again two years ago, and I’ve been lucky to not experience serious problems. When I learned about the gait analysis and performance […]READ MORE

This blog was written by Brandon Johnson CSCS, FMS, USAW. What if I could give you one simple key to running faster, decreasing injuries and feeling better when you run?  Would you be excited to learn about what you are missing in your training program?  The simple answer: weight training!  Weight training is becoming much more […]READ MORE

This blog was written by Damien Howell, PT, DPT, OCS. How hard a walker or runner impacts the ground can be described with several different bio-mechanical terms, including vertical impact loading rate, braking impulse force, or shock.  Scientists have determined that it is not the magnitude of force, but rather the rate at which the force […]READ MORE

This blog was written by Lori Strobl, PT, DPT, PRC  Do you ever wonder why you might have pain on one side and not another?  Why your body’s muscles aren’t the same size from one side to another?  Why muscles on one side of your body might be tight and the other side loose and weak? […]READ MORE

Teenage girls have a greater risk of sustaining overuse injuries from playing high school sports than boys of the same age. Overuse injuries such as stress fractures, tendinitis and joint pain can occur when athletes repeatedly perform the same motion. Many high school athletes spend more than 18 hours a week participating in athletics. Some play […]READ MORE

This blog was written by Corey Anderson, CSCS, Sports Performance Coordinator, Memorial Regional Medical Center No matter how hard we try, at some point in our life, we are bound to experience back, knee, or shoulder pain of some kind. In fact, surveys have shown that chronic low back pain is the leading cause of […]READ MORE

We are proud to announce our Sports Performance opening at the Bon Secours Washington Redskins Training Center. We offer world-class sports performance training at the brand new, state-of-the-art Training Center — you can now train where the Redskins train! Our highly educated staff specializes in speed and agility training, combine-specific training, Functional Movement Screening, injury […]READ MORE