Yonemoto Physical Therapy
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Alhambra, CA 91801
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Alternate Phone Number

2/10/2015

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We have an alternate number to call our clinic. It’s (626) 538-3966, this is the alternate number to call when our main number isn’t working.

To book an appointment, get directions and other information please call us at our alternate number.

Sincerely,
Yonemoto Physical Therapy Staff

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Physical Therapy for Athletes

1/15/2011

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Many athletes use pain as the end point of an exercise workout, measuring their success by degree of soreness. The body gives many signals letting you know you are nearing your safe limits of exercise.

You just have to become aware of what those signals are. For example, there could be perceived exertion, feelings of fatigue, shortness of breath, having to concentrate harder, and/or sweating more. Sports, by their very nature invite injury.

The physical therapist is a key member of the total health care “team,” trained to improve movement and function, relieve pain and expand mobility potential. Through educational programs of treatment, physical therapists can help existing programs and provide preventive health care for athletes.

The phrase ‘no pain, no gain’ is not an accurate statement. Actually, it is partially true. The phrase is generally associated with strength training, and people who have used it to guide their exercise program have gotten stronger. The training is actually taken to the point where minor tears occur in the muscles, signaling the body to build stronger muscles so future tearing doesn’t occur.

But the body has to repair the damage before building up any muscles. So, in essence, the strength training occurs at a pace of two steps forward and one step backward. Actually, one can train at a pace of one step forward, one step forward, etc., without having to suffer any pain.”

Decreasing skin tightness and connective tissue tightness can increase tolerance to pain. Tightness in the skin and connective tissue surrounding the nervous tissue can create a more sensitive system, and more easily stimulated pain fibers. If you can increase slack in your nervous system, it makes you less taut with less likelihood your nerves will fire off pain signals.

You can use techniques to help increase your tolerance to pain, or you can modify your activities to allow the healing process to take place. Many physical therapy exercises include techniques to decrease the mechanical deformation of tissues, which helps alleviate pain.

The American Physical Therapy Association describes physical therapy as a form of health care that prevents, identifies, corrects and alleviates acute or prolonged dysfunction of movement of an anatomic or physiologic origin. Begun in time, physical therapy can often prevent permanent damage and relieve pain and discomfort. If a serious injury is neglected it might cause life long disability or even complete loss of function.

The staff at Yonemoto Physical Therapy in Alhambra, CA can design a specific program for you or a member of your family that will strengthen muscles and be sport-specific so serious injuries will be held to a minimum. They can and will work with you and show you strengthening exercises and teach you how to maintain your fitness and alleviate muscle soreness and pain.

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