Cathy Orlando Physical Therapy

Cathy Orlando Physical Therapy Good healthcare that's more affordable because we all need it!

As a professional Physical Therapist since 2001, I am passionate about offering exceptional physical therapy that is detailed and personalized to assure you get better faster.

05/07/2026

Lateral line tension!
It’s your TFL, it’s your ITBand, AND it goes upward to influence low back and pelvis.
Separating the low back from the pelvis/hip is imperative to resolve the lateral shift moment on the lumbar spine as well as to resolve the influence of tension it has on the hip that causes limitation of motion.
Relief to have those finally separated is significant.

04/29/2026

How many times does one sit to stand and stay seated much less squat and deadlift in a day?
Now take the inability to “sit into” one hip vs the other. Not hard to see the repetition and consistency of that “off” pattern on a daily basis.
Take that forward to cheat patterns developing over years before you feel pain AND why a 15min homework routine of exercise/stretch being insufficient to compete with that structural shift unless you also change the sit pattern of movement.

04/23/2026

Look at the left foot.
The first vid shows stance through the outside of the foot and push off isn’t totally off the big toe. Both heels show they flick towards the midline when pushing off the ball of the foot.
The second vid shows corrected weight bearing from outside heel to push off the big toe, but we still need to fix the whipping in of the heels.
It’s not “just the way he walks”; that correction took work on his hip to knee to ankle to foot. Our walking patterns became patterns because of how we got stuck over the years. This would not have been corrected simply by changing walking mechanics and adding inserts.

04/17/2026

[Full vid on YouTube] The source of WHY you have your pain/issue started long before you felt the symptoms. By the time you’re experiencing pain, there is a lot to unravel to restore proper mechanics through the body. Simple stretch/exercise plateaus in its benefits and 2-3 visits of therapy won’t cure it. Either way, we all need hands-on therapy!

04/09/2026

Great representation of lack of left hip internal rotation that is limited enough to see in a rested standing position.
If the left knee aims out at rest, imagine the influence it has on the back, hips, ankle, and neck when sitting, exercising, lifting, etc.
If your body is unable to rest in neutral, it certainly won’t feel great to exert!

04/01/2026

Restoring mobility that hasn’t been present for years also requires adapting movement patterns that incorporates using the gained mobility.
If we make gains into your limited side, resuming your usual rest positions and movement patterns will simply revert you back to being stuck.
If you wonder why relief is temporary, ask if you’re aware of your habits and patterns and if they’ve changed.

03/25/2026

Symmetry is a huge missing commodity of the body. If you test the few positions per this video, can you claim you have equal mobility to each side WITHOUT cheating?
It is the cheating past your true amount of mobility, repeatedly, that leads to the compensatory drifts of your body. These drifts (that have been sn*******ng over the years) are what leads you to feel the slow progression of your pain. Then, it becomes chronic over time; not because of aging.

03/18/2026

Chronic plantar fasciitis, neuromas, tendonitis, etc. of the foot?
Your pelvis/hips determine how it ‘screws’ your leg and foot into the ground.
Intervening only at the foot/ankle is usually insufficient because it will continually adapt from above.

03/12/2026

Dos your pillow make up the difference between your shoulder and neck?
If not, your head will be tilting this much (or a bit less if using a thin pillow)!
Over time, this can lend to: cervicogenic headaches, cervicogenic dizziness, TMJ issues, facial pain (in areas of the trigeminal nerve), etc.
The above would manifest as worse if you slept on the same side night after night because the tilt wouldn’t get enough of a break to go the other way.

03/03/2026

Mobility band assistance at the hip, and for balance, works a little differently than with squat, lunge, and dead lift.
If you struggle with single leg exercise and you think it’s purely due to declining balance, give this a try for about a month and I think you’ll see a difference!

03/03/2026

Mobility band assistance at the hip, and for balance, works a little differently than with squat, lunge, and dead lift.
If you struggle with single leg exercise and you think it’s purely due to declining balance, give this a try for about a month and I think you’ll see a difference!

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