If you’ve ever tweaked your back moving furniture, stepped off a curb wrong, added a little too much weight to your barbell without properly warming up or even slept funny, you know how annoying acute low back pain can...read more
Dry needling, which is different from acupuncture, is one of the only invasive methods that physical therapist can deploy to alleviate patient’s symptoms. Tight muscular knots or “trigger points,” occur within muscles, which can cause localized pain in the...read more
CAO Sports Performance and Therapy was proud to host the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT) to help capture valuable content for the education and testing of the next generation of physical therapists attempting to join the...read more
Cupping therapy is a form of manual therapy that has historically be used in the realm of alternative medicine. This technique involves placing cups made of glass, plastic, or silicone directly on the skin to create suction. The vacuum...read more
Shout out here to Maddie and her hard work! She sustained an ACL injury and arrived to us May 2022 for pre-operative rehab before she underwent her reconstruction. She worked with us for close to 1 month pre-operatively to...read more
Erin is a St Mary’s College of Maryland and CAO alumni. First we need to recognize Erin’s hard work and determination. Secondly, a huge shout out to the amazing collaboration with SMCM Athletic Trainers, particularly Bailey because it was...read more
