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	<description>Restoring Lives and Building Performance, One Patient at a Time.</description>
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		<title>Track and Field Season Begins</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Track and field season is off to a start in California. This weekend we will see the first of several invitational meets. High school athletes are in the midst of preparing for the upcoming season. The arduous training can lead to overuse injuries. To ensure your athletes stay healthy throughout the season, FreeMotion Physical Therapy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://freemotionpt.com/blog/2010/03/03/track-and-field-season-begins/</link>
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		<title>Pilates Reformers at FreeMotion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are excited to announce we have two clinical reformers at FreeMotion physical therapy.  Pilates is a unique approach to training in mind/body awareness and controls of movement and posture. The reformer, aspecialized apparatus used in Pilates, provides an opportunity to train a variely of movement patterns.
Pilates has been shown to yield numerous benefits:

Strength and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://freemotionpt.com/blog/2010/02/10/pilates-reformers-at-freemotion/</link>
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		<title>Core Exercises</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whatever your sport - golf, tennis running, walking, throwing - these will enhance your performance and help prevent injuries. Here are three great challenging, core exercises we recommend. Form is important, do not let your low back sag. It is best to do these exercises in front of a mirror. Bridges, prone on forearms, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://freemotionpt.com/blog/2010/02/10/core-exercises/</link>
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		<title>NEW Video Analysis by Dartfish Available!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you a runner struggling with an injury?  A baseball pitcher with a sore shoulder?  Is tennis elbow slowing your number of matches per week?
At FreeMotion Physical Therapy we have the enhanced technology to video you performing your sport and use Dartfish computer/video program to effectively analyze you in motion.  With this latest technology we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://freemotionpt.com/blog/2009/09/28/new-video-analysis-by-dartfish-available/</link>
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		<title>New R:Loop Available for Purchase at FreeMotion Physical Therapy!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are interested in an effective, efficient strengthening device please read on&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;
The R:LOOP™ is a revolutionary solution to the challenges associated with conventional resistive bands.  Made of a new material the R:loop is durable, easy-to-use, latex-free, hypo-allergenic, made in the USA, requires no attachments, and provides graded resistance throughout the full range of motion. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://freemotionpt.com/blog/2009/09/25/new-rloop-available-for-purchase-at-freemotion-physical-therapy/</link>
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		<title>Can a combined Weight and Plyometric training Program Improve Your Golf Game</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A research study was performed to look at the effects of an 8 week weight and plyometric training prgram on golf drive distance and club head speed.
The combined training program consisted of 3 sets of 6 to 8 repetitions on the following free weight exercises: bench press, shoulder press, single arm row, upright row, squats, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://freemotionpt.com/blog/2009/09/14/can-a-combined-weight-and-plyometric-training-program-improve-your-golf-game/</link>
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		<title>A Good Warm Up and Stretch Routine before Playing Golf is Important</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To warm up, walk around, slowly swinging and circling your arms.
Trunk rotation and Hip stretch - Hold driver horizontal behind shoulders, while keeping head and neck straight, rotate shoulders, trunk and hips 5 to 6 times.
Spine and Hip stretch - Hold driver vertically with both hands, thumbs up and squat to a comfortable babalcned position.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://freemotionpt.com/blog/2009/09/14/a-good-warm-up-and-stretch-routine-before-playing-golf-is-important/</link>
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		<title>Flexibility and Your Golf Grip</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Regardless of what grip a golfer prefers; interlocking, overlapping or 10 fingered, good wrist flexibility during the swing requires both hands be in parallel alignment.   Natural wrist motion occurs when the palms are facing one another along the target line.  The most common golf-related injury is tendinitis.  To avoid this, stretching the wrist/forearm before every [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://freemotionpt.com/blog/2009/09/14/flexibility-and-your-golf-grip/</link>
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		<title>Get That Ankle Treated</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Approximately 25,000 people sprain their ankel each day.  The acute ankle injury is the most common sports injury encoutnered today and is responsible for up to 30% of sports related injuries in young athletes.  Left untreated, a sprained ankel can lead to chronic ankle instability, high reoccurrence rate, and secondary complications due to prolonged ankle [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://freemotionpt.com/blog/2009/09/14/get-that-ankle-treated/</link>
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		<title>Shoulder Pain with Surfing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Surfing is gaining in popularity in beautiful South Orange County.  Living close to the beach with easy access to great surf breaks makes it easy to indulge in this exciting sport.  However, it is important to realize the risks involved in surfing.
A couple of years ago my husband and I were on a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://freemotionpt.com/blog/2009/09/14/shoulder-pain-with-surfing/</link>
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