Blogs written by our Doctors of Physical Therapy to help you decrease your pain, overcome injuries, and improve your health and fitness.

Pain in the front of your hip doesn’t mean you’re broken. It doesn’t mean you should stop squatting. And it definitely doesn’t mean stretching is the only option. Try our 3-step process—and if you need help, that’s exactly what we do. But if you’re dealing with pain, tightness, or pinching in the front of your hips—especially during movements like squats, lunges, or step-ups—more stretching is rarely the long-term solution.

We’ve somehow been led to believe that stretching is the answer to everything—tight hips, back pain, muscle soreness, the works. But if you’re dealing with pain, tightness, or pinching in the front of your hips—especially during movements like squats, lunges, or step-ups—more stretching is rarely the long-term solution.

Athletes in Charlotte are rethinking how they approach injury recovery, performance training, and long-term health — and more of them are turning to cash-based physical therapy to do it.

If you’ve had back pain, especially from a disc injury, that movement can start to feel dangerous. But the goal of physical therapy in Charleston isn’t to avoid this movement forever—it’s to get you back to it safely and confidently.

Our approach to physical therapy for back pain in Charleston focuses on education, progressive strength, and building resilience—not avoiding movement.

  WAY too many people put WAY too much focus on only the hips and glutes, and they completely ignore their poor, neglected quadriceps.

Insurance doesn’t care if you can lift weight overhead at your CrossFit class, if you can run with your friends on the weekends, or if you can chase that new PR.

Mobility work has its place. But it’s not the answer to all pain and injuries. And "tightness" is not always the root cause of your problem. But sometimes... mobility is a real issue. So what do you do?

I know—it might sound a little wild coming from a physical therapist. But after years of experience (and personal trial and error), I’ve realized that stretching is one of the most over-applied, over-prescribed treatments in rehab.

Our rotator cuff muscles (supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, and subscapularis for you nerds out there).

I used to think my shoulder was going to fall off. Seriously. Naturally, I convinced myself I had a rotator cuff tear and that I was doomed to surgery or limited movement forever.

If you’re preparing for or recovering from surgery, we don’t have to tell you how big of a decision it is. But here’s the truth most people don’t realize: Your outcome doesn’t just depend on the surgery. It depends on what you do after surgery.

Strength training is about more than lifting weights; it’s about building the foundation for a healthy and active lifestyle. For individuals in Charleston, strength training improves muscle function, enhances joint stability, and increases bone density, all of which contribute to better overall health.

If you’re training your core to protect your back or reduce pain—but you’re still dealing with back issues—you might be making some common mistakes.

As a seasoned Physical Therapist, I see so many people come in months — sometimes YEARS — after their original injury. It