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Published July 31, 2013 | By Don Cornelius Here at First Choice Physical Therapy, we value our patients above all else, which we hope is evident from the time you walk in our door to the time you leave. One of the ways in which First Choice tries to emphasize our attentiveness to patient care […]

Published July 31, 2013 | By Don Cornelius Did you know you can share your favorite blog post from First choice Physical Therapy on Facebook? We make it easy. If you are on the Blog page reading a bunch of posts, you just click on the title of your favorite. That takes you to that […]

Published July 28, 2013 | By Dr. Wade Rinehart Proverbs 22:1 – A good name is to be desired more than riches, to be esteembed is better than silver or gold.

Published July 27, 2013 | By Simon Haussmann My training for the Berlin Marathon is just over half way complete. Obviously, throughout my training plan, my total weekly miles run is ever increasing. It is important when one trains that he does not increase weekly mileage too much. A good, general rule to follow when […]

Published July 24, 2013 | By Don Cornelius We do have a lot of Doctors of Physical Therapy and other very bright people working at First Choice Physical Therapy. Here is an example of the Deep Thoughts that are discussed around the water cooler.

Published July 23, 2013 | By Simon Haussmann I cannot believe that I’ve trained this much and written this many blogs before talking about the importance of running shoes! With running as a hobby you do not need much equipment and do not need to spend a lot of money, but it is important to […]

Published July 18, 2013 | By Don Cornelius Very close to the first of May, First Choice Physical Therapy put up a new sign on our Hwy 390 border. It is a digital sign which allows us to display as many different images as we need to help get our message out to those of […]

Published July 15, 2013 | By Simon Haussmann In my last blog post, I talked about needing a breakthrough. Thankfully, I think I had it this weekend during our long run! At the beginning of my breakthrough run though, I had a headache. I almost talked myself out of running, but thought better of it. […]

Published July 11, 2013 | By Maggie Garbiec During the recent downpours and thunderstorms, a significant number of our patients reported increased join and musculoskeletal pains. Some arthritis sufferers claim that they can predict weather conditions with accuracy surpassing local meteorologists. In spite of widespread beliefs in weather change-induced pain, scientific evidence on the matter […]

Published July 2, 2013 | By Simon Haussmann Breakthrough. That’s what I’m looking for this week. Up until this past weekend, training for the Berlin Marathon in September has been fairly smooth. However, this past Saturday’s 13 mile “run” was a bear! Since then, it’s been a little tough for me to get back into […]

Published June 24, 2013 | By Simon Haussmann It’s hot! Training for a marathon is no joke in this summer heat! Regardless of what type of training you are doing this summer, it is important to make sure you are staying hydrated. In general, here are some guidelines that I try to use for hydration: […]

Published June 13, 2013 | By Brett Frank Research done over the last thirty years or so has consistently shown that prolonged stretching is the key to improving muscle and tendon flexibility and length. The body’s tendons are charged with the task of attaching muscle to bone, with your fascia binding together muscle fibers. Tendons […]