2025 Hip Osteoarthritis Clinical Guideline Update If you’ve noticed any of these signs: ⚠️ Hip or thigh pain when walking or standing⚠️ Morning stiffness or limited motion⚠️ Over 50 years old and feeling your hips getting “stuck” or stiff This one is for you! According to the American Physical Therapy Association Read more…
Do you notice a horizontal fold across your upper belly, like in the photo? That’s a sign of upper abdominal gripping. It means when the upper abs stay tense and pull the upper belly inward, creating that visible crease. In the video, you can see that during normal breathing, most Read more…
When tendons get stubborn, we bring out the big guns 💥 Meet our Intelect® RPW 2, using Radial Pressure Wave technology to kickstart your body’s healing process. Inside the handpiece, a small projectile creates high-energy acoustic pressure waves that spread through the tissue. These waves cause micro-vibrations and cavitation, improving blood flow, cell metabolism, and collagen production. 💡 In Read more…
Chronic Low Back Pain: What the Latest Evidence Says? Chronic low back pain is one of the most common issues we see in the clinic. By the time patients reach physical therapy, many have been in pain for years or even decades, and often with anxiety, fear, or other psychosocial factors involved. They can’t Read more…
Did you know Pilates was originally created by Joseph Pilates during World War I to help injured soldiers recover? Pilates is more than just exercise — it’s about controlled movement, body awareness, and building strength with proper alignment. Many physical therapists use Pilates-based movements in patient training. Some even go Read more…
Post- Total Hip Replacement (THR) or Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA) Recovery 🦵 One of our patients had a left total hip replacement (THR). After surgery, she was left with a long scar on the outside of her hip (the one on the cover). Every time she did a lunge on Read more…
Let me share a quick story about my friend Amy. She’s my basketball buddy, and she loves working out and playing basketball. But two years ago, after a practice, she had such strong pain in both thighs that she couldn’t squat. Since then, every squat and every game came with Read more…
AJ is a Winter Olympic bobsled athlete who came to see us after pulling his left inner thigh muscle during sprint training. He felt pain in his groin area — something that’s actually happened to him before, but this time the pain just wouldn’t go away. After checking his movement, Read more…
On October 17, we hosted a Postural Check Seminar at our clinic, with a total of 12 participants joining the session. Dr. Kosaki led the seminar, sharing practical knowledge about what good posture truly means, how to maintain it through simple exercises, and providing individual postural assessments and feedback for Read more…
Our body isn’t perfectly symmetrical, and it’s not meant to be.The brain, breathing, circulation, and even muscle tone all follow a natural left–right rhythm that keeps us balanced and adaptive. When that rhythm is disrupted by stress, posture imbalance, or chronic tension, the body can get “stuck,” showing up as Read more…
