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Welcome to the New Performax Website!

Welcome to the New Performax Website!

Check out what’s new in Performax by keeping up with our blog! Learn more about the practice, physical therapy in general, and other fun tidbits towards living a healthy lifestyle.

5 Best Stretches for Low Back Pain

5 Best Stretches for Low Back Pain

GOT LOW BACK PAIN?  Whether you someone whose job leaves them sitting at a desk all day, or even if you are a highly trained athlete, we are all susceptible to low back pain. But you don’t have to just “live with it” – do something about it! Below are some tips...

Physical Therapist’s Guide to Overall Health & Wellness

Physical Therapist’s Guide to Overall Health & Wellness

10 Easy Exercises for Overall  Wellness Ball Squats – place the aerobic ball against the wall with your lower back against the ball. Squat down until your knees are at a 90 degree angle/thighs are parallel to the floor. Push through the heels to return to...

Do You Know Your Goals?

Do You Know Your Goals?

My Journey with Fitness & Health I have been training at various gyms over my athletic life. I have been fat, skinny, and I have even stepped on stage in several NPC bodybuilding contests. Throughout the many versions of myself I always kept a clear cut goal to...

What is an athletic trainer?

WHAT DO ATHLETIC TRAINERS DO? AND WHY?                                                                                            Have you ever see guy/girl running on the field during a sporting event when an athlete suffers an injury? Guess what?!? I am that guy in...

A View From Down Here

A View From Down Here

  What It’s Like To Be Short & a PT       “How’s the weather down there?” “What’s up short stuff?” “You really got the SHORT end of the stick, huh?” I have heard them all before! Kelly Clarkson said it the best, “What doesn’t kill you...

What Is A Concussion?

What Is A Concussion?

What is a concussion?                 What concussion looks like? A concussion is a mild traumatic brain injury or head injury that is caused when the brain ‘jolts’ or ‘shakes’ inside the skull. This force can be applied directly or indirectly to the head. Concussion...

PT & Pizza

PT & Pizza

PT & Pizza Welcome to my blog!             Hello all and welcome to my new “PT & Pizza” blog. When I am not in the clinic treating patients, at the gym, or fixing my Jeep; I am most likely somewhere eating...

Off Season vs. Prep Season Treatment

Off Season vs. Prep Season Treatment

Why not to have an official Off-Season…. Spring is in the air..  birds are beginning to chirp.. trees are starting to bud.. and the influx of competitors has begun. Prep season is here.  Performax is flooded by bodybuilders, classic/physique guys, bikini and...