About Melissa Tucker
1. Three words to best describe me… Loyal, kind, and compassionate. 2. What is your personal philosophy? Knowledge is learning something every day. Wisdom is letting go of something every day. 3. What’s one thing you couldn’t live without? COFFEE 4. What’s the greatest challenge you have had to overcome in your life thus far? […]
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International Men’s Health Week — A Look at Male Pelvic Health Disorders
Men’s Health is physical therapy for uniquely male pelvic conditions, often occurring as a consequence of prostate treatment. That fact pelvic floor muscles exist may be news to many men. Not only are muscles in the pelvic area, but they are critically important to maintain sexual function, urinary continence, and lower back health. To meet […]
Back Pain and Lifting: A Video by Dr. Nate Mayberry
What Does It Feel Like to Get Dry Needling Done?
Short answer, it depends. I know, lousy answer, not what you wanted, but it’s true! Everyone is different. Now for the long answer; from all the combined experiences of multiple dry needlers, there is a common trend amongst most people who get dry needled. For almost everyone, the needle is not an issue. We use […]
About Jan Dommerholt, PT, DPT, MPS
Did I want to be a physical therapist? Frankly, physical therapy was not very high on my list when I had to decide what to study. Growing up in the Netherlands, I had to make a choice toward the end of high school. My first choice was to study medicine, but I was also very […]
Bethesda Physiocare Reopening on June 1st: What You Need to Know
At Bethesda Physiocare, your health and well-being are our top priorities. We are following recommendations from the CDC, the Maryland Department of Health, and the “Best Practice Procedures” guidelines from the American Physical Therapy Association, as we are getting ready to slowly open Bethesda Physiocare again to our patients on June 1st. We would like to share […]
Scar Tissue Physical Therapy Management for Pain and Mobility Management
We all at some point have had a wound, big or small, or even a surgery that after a few weeks started to look like normal skin and eventually barely noticeable. But that is not always the case. If you have a scar from a surgical procedure or other injuries it might interfere with how […]
Why You Must Know About Physical Stress Theory to Make the Most Out of Your Rehab
The Physical Stress Theory was proposed in 2012 to help guide physical therapy rehabilitation. It basically says that any change in the stress applied to any tissue in your body will have a predictable response, and that applied stress is a combination of three things: time, intensity, and direction. Translating this into a more practical […]
Exercising Through Injury: The Dos and Don’ts of Recovery
If you regularly exercise or are active through other means, then you may end up with some sort of related injury at some point. There are myriad ways to incur an injury, but most of us will experience an injury at some point in our lives. This in itself is normal, but there is a […]