by Rebecca Moore | Jun 26, 2017 | Balance Boards, Exercise Balls, FlexBar, Foam Rollers and Wraps, Kinesiology Tape, Programs and Partners, Soft Weights, Stability Trainer, TheraBand CLX
If you’re looking for game-changing golf swing tips, exercises for golfers that can be done anywhere and treatment protocol for common golf injuries, pull up a chair; you’re going to want to be sitting down for this. The ultimate golf swing trainer Whether you play...
by Dr. Phil Page | Jun 1, 2017 | FlexBar, Research Updates, Supported Researchers, Thera-Band Elastic Resistance, TheraBand CLX, TRAC 2016
Workplace wellness is quite popular today as employers seek to reduce work-related injury and healthcare costs. Danish researchers including TRAC member Lars Andersen PhD have studied workplace exercises with TheraBand® resistance in several settings. In...
by Rebecca Moore | Apr 10, 2017 | FlexBar, Soft Weights, Stability Trainer, Thera-Band Elastic Resistance, TheraBand CLX
With baseball season getting into full swing, coaches, trainers and clinicians are all at-bat to prevent and treat injuries as they arise. The rotator cuff is (quite literally) a sore subject for many of baseball players, which involves a lot of training and...
by Rebecca Moore | Mar 23, 2017 | Exercises, FlexBar
Lateral and medial epicondylitis (known on the streets as tennis and golfer’s elbow respectively) plague those who have never even considered picking up a golf club or tennis racket. Overuse of the tendons of the forearm and elbow cause nagging pain and can...
by Rebecca Moore | Jul 13, 2016 | Exercises, Expert Showcase Presentations, FlexBar, Supported Researchers, TheraBand CLX
For eight Wednesdays, we will be bringing you leaders in the physical therapy industry to share their expertise on hot topics like shoulder rehab, postural correction, taping, and more. These “Expert Showcase” presentations were filmed live at the APTA CSM 2016 in...
by Rebecca Moore | Mar 24, 2016 | Exercises, FlexBar, Thera-Band Elastic Resistance, TheraBand CLX
We’ve done a bit of research on eccentric training, especially when it comes to lateral elbow pain; the most frequent of which presents itself as lateral epicondylalgia, or “tennis elbow.” We, along with Tim Tyler MS, PT, ATC have founded a phenomenal eccentric...
by Rebecca Moore | Dec 28, 2015 | FlexBar, Soft Weights, Thera-Band Elastic Resistance, TheraBand CLX
Serve after serve, shot after shot, tennis players’ shoulders are bound to feel the burn. Unfortunately, the repetitive serves and returns can result in chronic shoulder pain or more serious injuries. To reduce the possibility of injury or to rehabilitate athletes,...
by Dr. Phil Page | Jul 28, 2014 | FlexBar
A few years ago, sports physical therapist Tim Tyler developed a revolutionary exercise for tennis elbow using the TheraBand Flexbar. Using “eccentric” resistance, patients with chronic tennis elbow significantly improved in strength and pain. His results using the...
by Dr. Phil Page | Jul 3, 2013 | FlexBar
Elbow pain is often related to injury of the tendons, occurring frequently in overhead athletes. Sports Physical Therapist and Director of Sports Medicine for the ATP World Tour, Todd Ellenbecker DPT recently published an article, “Current Concepts in Examination and...
by admin | Apr 20, 2012 | FlexBar, In the News, Programs and Partners, Seminars & Training, Stability Trainer, Thera-Band Elastic Resistance
Akron, Ohio – Through a donation of Thera-Band® Professional Resistance Exercise products, Performance Health is underwriting the exercise equipment costs for the American Physical Therapy Association/Geriatric Section’s geriatric PT certification program. The...
by Dr. Phil Page | Jul 27, 2011 | FlexBar
The popular Tyler Twist exercise for tennis elbow with the FlexBar was recently featured in a story on National Public Radio (NPR). Reporter Allison Aubrey featured physical therapist Barton Bishop at Sport and Spine Rehab in Rockville, Maryland instructing a patient...
by admin | Jun 3, 2011 | FlexBar, In the News
Akron, OH (PRWEB) June 01, 2011. The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) has endorsed the Thera-Band® FlexBar®, a lightweight, easy to grip, portable resistance exerciser for rehabilitating and strengthening hands, wrists, forearms, shoulders and elbows....
by Dr. Phil Page | Jan 24, 2011 | Biofreeze, FlexBar, In the News, Supported Researchers
PTTalker.com, a blog for business news and ideas for physical therapists, recently featured researchers Dr. Robert Topp and Tim Tyler, PT ATC, who are members of the Thera-Band Research Advisory Committee (TRAC). Each researcher was interviewed on a podcast by Jeff...
by Dr. Phil Page | Jan 14, 2011 | FlexBar, In the News, Supported Researchers
Last week, I asked you to rank your favorite Top Blog Post of 2010….and we had a tie! Not surprisingly, the posts about Tim Tyler’s FlexBar exercises for tennis elbow and golfers elbow were the top vote-getters from our readers. The “Tyler...
by Dr. Phil Page | Dec 23, 2010 | Exercises, FlexBar, In the News, Other
The “Tyler Twist” has gained quite a bit of attention since it was introduced last year at the American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine meeting; but you probably already know that if you follow the Academy blog! The novel exercise using the Thera-Band®...
by Dr. Phil Page | Nov 29, 2010 | Exercises, FlexBar, Research Updates, Soft Weights, Thera-Band Elastic Resistance
Shoulder impingement and rotator cuff injuries often respond well to physical therapy exercises. The success of the exercise program will depend on an accurate clinical assessment and an evidence-based approach to prescribing appropriate interventions. Two expert...
by Dr. Phil Page | Oct 7, 2010 | FlexBar, Research Updates, Supported Researchers, Thera-Band Elastic Resistance, Thera-Band Loops, TRAC 2010
Electromyography (EMG) is a helpful tool for clinicians to decide which exercise would be best for their patients rehabilitation. Many studies have investigated the muscle activation levels of elastic resistance, including Thera-Band® resistance bands. Dr. Todd...
by Dr. Phil Page | Sep 16, 2010 | FlexBar, Research Updates, Supported Researchers
I’m proud to announce that the North American Journal of Sports Physical Therapy has just published my review paper on the “Tyler Twist” outcome study. The Tyler et al. study was just published in the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. Download...
by Dr. Phil Page | Sep 8, 2010 | FlexBar, Research Updates, Supported Researchers, TRAC 2010
Akron, Ohio – September 8, 2010 – A simple and novel exercise using the Thera-Band® FlexBar® has been found to be effective at reducing the pain associated with chronic lateral epicondylitis — a.k.a. tennis elbow. Two recent studies support the effectiveness of...
by Dr. Phil Page | Aug 26, 2010 | FlexBar, Supported Researchers
Tim Tyler’s study on the novel FlexBar® exercise for tennis elbow has been published in this month’s Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. Congratulations to Tim and his co-authors! Their study using the “Tyler Twist” exercise for patients...
