My Love/Hate Relationship With the Jigsaw Puzzle

I think I’m an old soul sometimes. Besides all my gray hair, I just think I belong in a different generation than the one I’m in. I hold on to things as long as possible (just ask me how old my coffee pot is), I am terrible with keeping up with pop culture, and I...

My Surgeries: Time on the Sideline and Lessons Learned

As a physical therapist, I use my hands a lot. I had loved that about my job, but in early 2017, this was becoming a problem. One of my shoulders started bothering me. At first it was just a quick, sharp pain, which while unpleasant, I could work through. But then,...

Split Personality: The Two Sides of Me When I’m at Work

I was doing a treatment technique on my wife Tess one night recently at home (She tells me free treatment was in our marriage contract, but I don’t recall seeing that clause…). The technique helped her, she felt better, and a night or two later, she asked me to do it...

Most Important and Most Ignored by PTs: The Thoracic Spine

Ever had that neck pain that just never quite went away? Or that low back pain that, despite getting some therapy on it, keeps coming back? Tight shoulders? Or hips? Something still feels off and it just doesn’t seem like this is from “normal aging”.   I’m...