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Heel Pain in Kids – What is Sever’s Disease?

What is Sever’s disease?  Sever’s disease, also known as calcaneal apophysitis, is the most common cause of pediatric heel pain.1 The “calcaneus” is the heel bone and an “apophysis” is a growth plate.  Thus, you might have guessed that “calcaneal

In Person or Virtual Physical Therapy? Maybe Both!

In Person or Virtual Physical Therapy? Maybe Both! Virtual physical therapy has quickly moved from a niche offering to the mainstream. At Girl Fit Physical Therapy, we spent mid-March through the end of June providing all Telehealth, or virtual physical

5 Reasons to Schedule a Wellness Visit

What is a Wellness Visit?  At Girl Fit Physical Therapy, we strongly believe that physical therapists play an important role in injury prevention.  Why would we wait to treat an injury when we can help prevent it?  We want to

“I am a runner.” – A Girl Fit patient’s success story

At 24, I found my way to running.  You know those people who running seems to come naturally for?  The, “I’ve never run before, but wow I ran a 10k in 40 minutes” kind of people?  Not me.  I wasn’t

Maintaining a Safe Environment for Girl Fit Patients and Staff

We are looking forward to returning to a limited number of in-person physical therapy and wellness visits starting July 8, 2020. We know that safety is at the forefront of everyone’s minds and we have been taking extra precautions for

Specialized Treatment of Young Female Athletes

Specialized care for female athletes At Girl Fit Physical Therapy, our highly skilled physical therapists understand the unique physical needs presented by young female athletes. During the peak growth spurt, which usually occurs between ages 11 and 13  for girls,

Importance of Postpartum Physical Therapy

Why is physical therapy important after having a baby, even if you don’t have pain?   We all know the female body undergoes a lot of changes during the nine months spent growing a baby. After giving birth, it seems

A Month of Telehealth Physical Therapy at Girl Fit

It’s been a month since our Girl Fit PTs made the quick, but important, change from in person visits to Telehealth physical therapy and we wanted to share how it is going! Our incredibly helpful remote office staff has helped

Telehealth Physical Therapy in Massachusetts

Just because you are home doesn’t mean you have to stop the progress you are making with physical therapy or even start physical therapy in the first place!  At Girl Fit Physical Therapy, we are prepped and ready to continue