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How To Approach Flexion-Based Low Back Pain
In this video, I differentiate how low back pain caused in flexion-based positions should be approached versus that in extension-based positions.
Why Your Tibialis Anterior Might Be The Missing Link in Knee Rehabilitation
This post discusses how tibialis anterior strengthening could be a missing link in knee pain rehabilitation.
How To Manage Hip Tightness (Or Is It An Impingement?)
This post discusses how you can manage hip tightness and how to differentiate whether or not you might be dealing with a hip impingement.
Why A Cookie Cutter Approach To Physical Therapy Is Good For Business, Not Results.
This post discusses how physical therapy that changes every session according to your needs is the only way to ensure positive results. A copy/paste approach will just keep you returning for treatment over and over again.
How Manual Therapy Reduces Muscle Spasms
This post discusses how physical therapists use trigger point release to reduce muscle spasms that cause pain.
Back Surgery Was Supposed To Be The Answer...
This post discusses a patient’s struggles with back pain after surgery.
Popliteus Strain: What Is It And How Do You Manage It?
Dr. Jordan Seda discusses how physical therapy can help manage popliteus strains.
Why You Hold Stress In Your Neck And Shoulders
Dr. Jordan Seda discusses how controlling respiration through the diaphragm could be the key to reducing neck and shoulder pain.
Isometrics: The Pain Relievers To Take To The Gym
This post discusses how isometric exercises could provide you with pain relief on the spot while managing any injury.
Tough Case: Knee Pain With No MRI Findings
This is a case study regarding a patient with complex knee pain symptoms.
Managing Chronic Pain Through Physical Therapy
Dr. Jordan Seda discusses treating chronic pain through a multifaceted approach via graded exposure and understanding potential triggers.
Updated Treatment Approach For Plantar Fasciitis
This post discusses modern treatment methods to help manage plantar fasciitis.
Torn Meniscus! Now What?
This post discusses how to recover after being diagnosed with a torn meniscus.
How I Fought Neck Pain And Won!
Dr. Jordan Seda, physical therapist, trainer and capoeira coach in NYC, discusses how a traumatic neck injury turned into a learning experience on managing and reducing pain with training.
ACL Case Study: What Needs To Be Strengthened?
Dr. Jordan Seda, physical therapist, trainer and capoeira coach in NYC, reflects on a case in which a patient who tore his ACL was advised to do one thing, but may have needed to do another.
End Of 2022: Reflections Of A Capoeirista
Dr. Jordan Seda, physical therapist, trainer and capoeira coach in NYC, reflects on challenges, growth opportunities and progress he has made in both business as a physical therapist and training as a capoeirista.
Complex Case Study: Weird Sciatic Pain
Dr. Jordan, capoeirista and physical therapist in NYC, discusses the difference between flexibility and mobility, which are both used interchangeably and should not be! You’ll also learn how to apply mobility training principles today!
Capoeira Case Study: Wrist Pain With Au
Dr. Jordan discusses how he has helped a capoeirista manage wrist pain while performing movements that involve bearing weight through his arm like an ‘au’.
The Core Foundations Of Health And Wellness (feat. Patrick Montalto and Ruby Ann Muñoz)
In this podcast episode, Dr. Jordan, physical therapist, trainer and capoeirista in NYC, is joined by client couple, Patrick Montalto and Ruby Ann Muñoz! Patrick went from wanting to get jacked to focusing more on leading a sustainable, healthy lifestyle. Ruby was a longtime dancer with a history of back pain that has grown to incorporate nonlinear movement into her life!
From Powerlifting To Capoeira: My Journey To Today
Dr. Jordan shares how he got into capoeira after years of powerlifting and what he has learned as a result.