Author: Freedom PT

Overused Athletes

13 year old baseball phenom featured in Sports Illustrated; College basketball scholarship offered to 10 year old; 14 year old signs professional soccer contract; While one would think these are stories of fiction, they are actual headlines, and stories of children who are being pushed further into sport specialization at earlier and earlier ages. Specialization […]

Sports Medicine
What is Vertigo?

I have vertigo, but what is it?

50% of American will experience some form of dizziness in their lifetimes. A call to your physician will reveal that nothing serious is going on, and you may receive the diagnosis of “vertigo”, but what does that really mean? Vertigo is a sense of spinning that can accompany hundreds of conditions. Unfortunately, saying “you have […]

Vestibular & Balance