Ground Up Physical Therapy

06/15/2026

Summer months are kind of a crazy time for youth athletes nowadays. The volume of activity can be a lot, sometimes competing in several competitions over the course of a single weekend. Not to mention the number of practices over the course of the week leading to the weekend.

Add that to the progressively increasing temperatures and humidity the summer brings...you’re asking for trouble if those athletes aren’t being taken care of.

As a coach and/or parent, take a few extra measures to make sure that your athlete is not only recoverying more readily so they can continue to compete, but also staying safe this summer.

1. 💧HYDRATE - stating the obvious but hot weather brings on increased sweating and loss of fluids. The name of the game here is to “PRE-HYDRATE” way before competition starts and continue to hydrate during and after competition is done.

2. 🧘‍♀️”Light” stretching - Help the muscles and joints come back to their normal state while accelerating recovery from competition by promoting healthy blood flow back into the system

3. 💪 Weight training 🏋️‍♂️ - nothing crazy here, just challenging muscles in a different way than they do in their sport. They aren’t working to soreness, but should be getting stronger over the course of the season and peaking at the right time to compete at a high level

4. 🍝 EAT RIGHT! 🍳 - Replenishing the right nutrients back into their system not only provides them a high level of energy they will need during their competition, but food also provides the right sources to rebuild tissue that has broken down over the course of their training, not only giving them more opportunity to compete, but also improving their potential to fight off injury

**BONUS TIP** SLEEP(!!!!) 😴

For more tips and advice about youth sports and training, like and follow

06/14/2026

I don’t know how many times during an eval something in an injury history gets forgotten because it feels so minuscule, so unimportant. But in reality, our past shapes our present way more than you imagine

That time you rolled your ankle…
… that time you tripped and landed on your outstretched arm…
…that last bag of mulch you carried from the truck…

Little as it may seem, those things can affect

Acute, minor bumps and bruises can lead to chronic, long-term issues

Performance PT is build to identify movement deficits that can lead to something far worse

If you’re active and something just doesn’t “feel right,” message me and see what Performance PT can do for you

06/13/2026

Grade 1 Hamstring strain + High level Track Athlete (hurdler nonetheless) = Difficult prognosis for return to sport

Even more difficult with an accelerated time table (10 days)

But ONE CLINIC VISIT is all he needed to work his way back into the events he wanted to race in.

We established his plan and with constant feedback and communication allowed his program to evolve with his symptom improvement to continually make progress while continuing to attend practices

He returned at his 10 day goal and not only completed…he set his own personal best, not typically in the realm of possibility with a hamstring strain

Physical Therapy can be done differently

06/10/2026

06/08/2026

Little bit of nostalgia this Monday morning. But memory lane brought me back to the WHY Ground Up Performance Physical Therapy came to be.

Mike didn’t fit “Physical Therapy” but he needed it. He needed guidance to get him from Point A to Point B.

He needed a strategy to get him back to his previous level of training and activity in a safe and effective way that limited setbacks and potential for injury

We were able to work together and program interventions that produced progress and results quickly and got him back to moving the way he was used to.

My PT experience with Mike opened my mind to what Physical Therapy can truly be

06/05/2026

✅ Week 1
Getting fast!

06/04/2026

Real progress can be made

06/02/2026

Speed School Day 1
Great first day, great groups. Excited to see where the summer takes us

05/30/2026

My runs have ALWAYS been limited by my breathing. Until I learned this simple trick.

When my breathing starts getting rapid and shallow, I purposefully SLOW myself down, specifically when exhaling

Using a forceful “HUFF” to expel as much air as possible from your lungs allows more room for good, oxygenated air that you need to keep running.

Two easy practices:
1. Exhale through pursed lips - this helps engage your exhaling muscles more efficiently
2. 2:2 or 3:2 breathing pattern

Try these your next cardio day

Give me a 🔥 if you already know

05/29/2026

Your progress won’t always follow the script

Performance PT is built to go beyond the walls of the clinic and keep you making progress anywhere you go