By Chris Ricard, DPT · Explore Physical Therapy · North Kingstown, RI Mountain biking runs your hip through the same arc thousands of times per ride. Pedal stroke after pedal stroke, the hip moves from deep flexion at the top down through extension at the bottom, repeated across hours of trail and climb. Most riders never think about it until something in the front or side of the hip starts complaining. When it does, the instinct is usually to blame the bike. Saddle too high, saddle too far...

By Chris Ricard, DPT · Explore Physical Therapy · North Kingstown, RI You paddle out, feel fine for the first fifteen minutes, and then something at the front or top of your shoulder starts quietly complaining every time your arm reaches forward. Maybe it's been building across a few sessions. Maybe it flared after a longer swell day and hasn't settled since. You've probably been told it's a rotator cuff issue, given some band exercises, and sent on your way, without much to show for it....

By Chris Ricard, DPT · Explore Physical Therapy · North Kingstown, RI My R Knee After a Cartilage Surgery for Chronic PFPS Well, the front of your knee hurts. That much you know. But trail runners with knee pain make one of two very different mistakes depending on which condition they actually have, and treating the wrong one keeps you sidelined far longer than necessary. Patellofemoral pain syndrome and patellar tendinopathy both show up as anterior knee pain in runners, they're both common,...