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Getting Prepared for Soccer Tryouts
Jun 13
It’s that time of year again- soccer tryouts are here! It’s exciting and can be nerve-wracking, but this is the time to have fun and show the coaches what...
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Keep Moving Forward – Awful to Awesome
Apr 29
Athletes have a love/hate relationship with the sport they play. The game, no matter what it is and what your skill level is, can be completely exhilarating or completely...
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Exercise and Cancer Mortality Rates
Apr 18
In an article published in 2015 by the British Journal of Sports Medicine, they performed a meta-analysis of 71 studies looking at the relationship between exercise and cancer mortality....
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Movement Patterns of the Knee Following ACL Reconstruction
Mar 31
A recently published article in the journal, Sports Medicine, suggests that following Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) reconstruction surgery long term strength, neuromuscular control, and proprioception exercise programs need to...
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Tips to stay comfortable on those Spring Break Road Trips!
Mar 2
Many times patients at Omaha Physical Therapy Institute (OPTI) will ask what they can do to prevent becoming too stiff when going on a long car ride. The most...
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New Marquette-ing Coordinator at OPTI
Feb 23
Meet Omaha Physical Therapy Institute’s new Marketing Coordinator, Marquette Pick! Marquette is now in charge of all of OPTI's social media channels, keeping everyone up to date on all...
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How useful is using resistance when warming up for baseball and softball ?
Jan 30
We have all seen the baseball or softball player in the on deck circle warming up with a weighted donut, two bats or some crazy contraption. Do we ever...
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Exercising with Cancer
Jan 15
In recent years, there has been a significant increase in research related to exercise and cancer. Much of the research focuses on patient’s quality of life. One of the...
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Can sleeping more actually prevent injuries?
Oct 27
When investigating possible factors that can lead to injury, the amount of sleep an athlete gets is not typically considered. The following article looks at the correlation between injury...
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Improve Your Second Half Performance
Sep 18
Halftime can be a time for players to recover from the first half of play. But, can the time that they are taking to recover hinder their performance in...
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Injury Reduction Article
Aug 13
It is so important to educate coaches on how to implement injury reduction strategies into their team's training sessions! It can be SO effective! Please contact Omaha Physical Therapy...
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Ankle injuries?…. Brace or Tape?
Jul 17
A common question we receive from athletes who have suffered an ankle sprain is whether it is better to have the ankle taped or to wear an ankle support...