Valencia Sports Medicine

With relatively recent increases in popularity—certain reports reveal that more than 3 million Americans use it each year—the benefits of acupuncture are becoming more and more well known. Acupuncture therapy is a practice that involves the insertion of small, fine needles at specific points, or acupoints. These points are believed to aid in the ...

Back pain is one of the most common ailments in the United States. In fact, according to the American Chiropractic Association, lower back pain affects about 31 million Americans on a daily basis. With jobs that require hours of sitting in front of a computer, the frequent rate of accidents and injuries, and countless Americans hitting the gym each ...

What to Do After Pulling a Hamstring The hamstrings are one of the most important muscle groups for runners and other athletes. Located in the back of the upper leg, these muscles play a major role in activities like running, jumping, and climbing. Unfortunately, injuries such as a pulled hamstring are extremely common for athletes, and most people ...

When accidents happen and you have hurt your body in some way, you’ll always end up either going to the chiropractor to get adjusted or to a physical therapist to regain strength in those particular muscles. Now, both of these, on their own, are great things for your body, but, did you know that both treatments actually work well together? With ...

Over the years, people have been finding a need for physical therapy more and more. Whether it’s someone with a sport injury or one of our amazing service men and women losing a limb for our country, the need for physical therapists has steadily grown. And with the start of this new year already passing, it’s time to start it the right way. If ...

Throughout the world, people hurt themselves in a million possible ways. When this happens, another someone somewhere has to help correct it and that someone is a physical therapist. Now, a lot of people go to a physical therapist when they need treatment for issues such as back pain, surgery recovery, and even ankle sprains. However, while most ...

Over the years, the term “weekend warrior” has gotten a negative connotation, where in fact, it was supposed to describe a person who prefers to exercise during weekends. For instance, if you like to play badminton on Saturdays and Sundays, but you still remain tied in front of your computer the rest of the week, then you can be called a “weekend ...

Whether you are a professional runner training for a national competition or a newbie who is working your way to your first 3K run, having an injury during your training can be very challenging, both physically and emotionally. Lucky for you, on this blog, the experts at Valencia Sports Medicine will address some of these common training injuries ...

Physical therapy is considered a great help to people, who are suffering from injuries, illnesses, and medical conditions, that affect their ability to move. And although it says “physical” therapy, it isn’t actually limited to physical problems alone. It may also include neurological and cardiopulmonary complications. So how can one benefit from ...