Physio Works Naples - Manual & Exercise Therapy

Bunions got you down? I’ve got the conservative management tools to help!

🦶Bunions (aka Hallux Valgus) are a boney bump at the base of the big toe, can be stubbornly uncomfortable, and become painful enough people opt for surgery. If caught early enough the progression can be haulted or even reversed in the early stages. 🦶 Causes - while genetics can place you at greater risk the main culprit is shoes with too small of a toe box. Especially pointy toed shoes and shoes with a higher heel! The narrow forefoot causes compression of the bones in the feet, especially the first and second ray, adducting the big toe towards the others. Shoes with a smaller forefoot also cause eventual weakening of the intrinsic muscles in the foot making it hard to volitionally splay the toes without shoes on. 🦶 Treatment is multi-factorial. 🙌🏼 Manual therapy can aid in loosening the tighter intrinsic muscles between the feet with a pin and stretch technique and/or dry needling of the foot. 💪🏼 Strengthening the abductor hallucis can help pull the great toe back into a straighter alignment and reduce crowding against the second toe. Strengthening of the foot intrinsics and arch can also lead to a greater toe splay and improves pressure distribution throughout the foot during gait. 💅🏼 Toe spacers (my favorite are Yoga Toes) are for more than just pedicures. They can be a great aid in stretching the toes apart and make for greater adherence to a stretching program due to their ease of use. 👟 Opting for shoes with a wider toe box or functional minimalist shoes can allow for greater toe splay during gait and improve strength of the intrinsic foot muscles. One easy way to tell if your shoes are wide enough is the insole test. Take your insole insert out of your shoe and step on it as shown in the last slide. If part of your foot is hanging off the side it’s too narrow for natural toe splay. 🦶 Walking barefoot has been shown to decrease peak pressure at the heel and metatarsal regions when done habitually. It also allows for more natural splaying of the toes and a return to more anatomical function of the foot. If you want to improve your foot health reach out. We can help! #Bunions #BunionPain #PhysioWorksNaples #PhysioWorks

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Hip Strengthening following a labrum tear 🦵

Following a hip labral tear there are a lot of compensations as well as avoidance of certain ranges of motion and movements that lead to weakness down the line. This was the case for Mika. His labral tear was no longer acute, and he had resumed most activities, but he kept feeling off and requiring body work to keep going. After assessing his strength he was moderately weak with hip flexion and external rotation. Very weak with adduction, and having a hard time accessing his glute on that side because his hip didn’t feel comfortable loading into internal rotation anymore. The exercises we did were to address those issues and included: 1. Seated Hip External Rotation Banded 2. Plank Hip External Rotation Banded 3. Supine Hip Flexion Banded 4. Standing Hip Flexion Banded 5. Wall Supported Hip Airplane 6. Hip Airplane with Foam Roll Assistance 7. Modified Copenhagen Plank Dips 8. Adductor Rock Backs The goal once he strengthens his hip again is to not need so much body work to keep him active. If you find you’re needing to mobilize or get massages all the time, there’s probably a deeper issue with your strength or movement I’d love to help you take a deeper look at.

The other team had already finished... that’s why I’m smiling here, but who else loves team holiday workouts with their friends?

My other favorite is all the 12 days of Christmas workouts 🎄 💪🏼

Post your favorite 12 Days workout below. Maybe I’ll do a new one this year!

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Today was one of those days when you write a 5 round workout, cut it to 4 rounds before you start, cut it to 3 after the first round, try to quit after the second round, and don’t let yourself because your partner won’t quit with you.

Thanks .town23 for the push to keep going. Thank you Murph for all the puppy kisses as I laid on the ground between almost every turn. And thank you for these new born primitive shorts! Love the fun colors they have.

9 more days and we get to compete at the 👏🏼

When I first got pregnant a local photographer contacted me to ask if I’d like to do a progressive photo shoot every other week and I said YES that’s an awesome idea. He even came to my house and photographed me in my garage while the gym was shut down during CoVid! The end result was pretty awesome!
My biggest one yet!
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For those who missed Functional Fitness on Netflix, it has a new home on Amazon Prime. This was a fun documentary to be a part of. Covering the stories of people ranging from competitive exercises to those looking to find fitness and fight chronic disease, if you were around for the earlier days of this movement you’ll definitely find some nostalgia in the film.


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Every Sunday a group of us get together for a longer partner workout. Sometimes we have a big crowd, sometimes we have a small one, but it’s always a good time.
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This one was themed for our favorite Bostonian’s birthday 🎉
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