What is an Ankle Sprain? An ankle sprain is an overstretch or tear of the ligaments that hold your ankle bones together. This is normally due to the ankle rolling or hyperextending beyond its normal positioning. The ligaments in your ankle are there to prevent the bones from moving beyond a normal range. These ligaments…
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Diagnosis, Treatment, and Management What is Fibromyalgia? Fibromyalgia is a neurological disease that may affect the way the body senses pain. The disease causes widespread musculoskeletal pain but can also have symptoms affecting mood, sleep, and memory. Fibromyalgia is notable for causing fatigue in those that it affects. It is also unclear what causes this…
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What is Asthma? Asthma is an inflammatory disease of the respiratory system. Specifically, asthma creates inflammation within the bronchi of the lungs and causes an overproduction of mucus within the respiratory tract that leads to poor breathing. Asthma is normally diagnosed during childhood after an acute asthma attack happens or after symptoms have been seen…
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Decreased Pain Whole body cryotherapy can decrease pain by decreasing swelling and lessening nerve stimulation throughout the body. Decreased Inflammation Clinical studies have shown that cryotherapy decreases pro-inflammatory markers within the body which leads to lessened inflammation. Improved Muscle Recovery Cryotherapy can increase circulation throughout the body due to the drastic changing of temperatures. This…
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A percussive therapy session costs $20 with Leg Up Recovery. The session includes one-on-one time with a health and wellness expert that will walk you through a session. The session can be a broad, general muscle therapy or can be directed at specific sore muscles that you may have. Either way, a heath expert will…
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Introduction Percussive therapy is a relatively new recovery technique that is gaining popularity due to athletes having more access to massage guns like TheraGuns. These guns provide a deep tissue massage without the need for a masseuse. Leg Up Recovery utilizes Hypervolt 2.0 Pro massage guns which deliver a much more powerful vibration-like therapy to…
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EMS Therapy costs $35 per session and there is a one time fee of $8 for the electrode pads. The reason that the pads are sold separately is because they are yours to take with you. The pads last roughly 20-30 uses as long as they are taken care of and cleaned after use. An…
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Introduction Electrical muscle stimulation is a tool that has been used for many years by physical therapists to aid in the muscle recovery process. The basic premise is that users have electrodes placed on their skin that are attached to a machine. The machine then sends faint electrical signals to the electrodes on the user’s…
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The Short Answer is: Cryotherapy is Pretty Cold. This question can become very complicated to answer very quickly. To answer this simply, at Leg Up Recovery, our cryotherapy chamber ranges in therapy temperature between -166°F and -220°F. It has four different therapy modes that incrementally decrease in temperature to fit the users tolerance to cold.…
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Compression therapy costs $40 per session. A typical session consists of the client coming in, filling out the appropriate paperwork, and then discussing their goals of the session with the health and wellness expert. It is important that goals are discussed prior to receiving therapy as it sets the tone for how aggressive the compression…
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