Top Hand Therapy Exercises
We spoke with Summit Orthopedics hand therapist Sara Balster, MS, OTR/L, CHT, to learn about the top hand therapy exercises you can do to stay limber and pain-free. What...
How Hand Therapy Can Help Hand Arthritis
If you suffer with arthritis in your hands, wrists, or fingers, you know what a negative impact it can have on your day-to-day life. When you are in the...
What Is Dry Needling?
Summit physical therapist Joe Herdzina, PT, DPT, OCS, SCS, explains dry needling: what it is, how it works, and whom it can help. The human body has an astonishing...
A physical therpay success story
From day one, I trusted her and knew she really cared about helping me. I am a 66-year-old woman who has lived with lower back and hip pain for...
Easy Hip Warm-Up Ideas
Summit physical therapist Amanda Thielen, PT, MSPT, covers some easy ways to warm up your hip joint before exercise or activity. There is a right way and a wrong...
Essential Exercises While You Wait for Your Joint Replacement
We got the lowdown from physical therapist, Nate Riess, PT, DPT, on the best exercises you can be doing at home right now to keep your joint in top...
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What Happens in a Physical Therapy Appointment?
Physical therapy manager Nate Riess explains what happens in a physical therapy appointment and provides tips to help you select your therapist.
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Ask Nate Riess: Can Physical Therapy Treat Foot Pain?
Physical therapist Nate Riess discusses the acute and chronic causes of foot pain and explains when physical therapy is an effective treatment.
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Physical Therapy success story
I am writing this letter to you regarding one of your employees, Katlin E. Hanson, who I have had the pleasure of overseeing my physical therapy after my broken...
The ASCEND Program: Patient Qualifications For Participation
Summit’s ASCEND Return to Sport program is focused on safely returning injured athletes to a high level of competitive performance while teaching them how to prevent reinjury. The path...
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