An Interview With Our Owner and PT Extraordinaire Courtney
Learn more about Joint Effort's founder, Courtney!
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- Jun 1
- 2 min
What Is Pilates?
“If your spine is inflexibly stiff at 30, you are old. If it is completely flexible at 60, you are young.” – Joseph Pilates What a...
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jointeffortinfo
- May 25
- 1 min
Attention Dancers: Don't Wait to Address Your Pain!
When is the right time to address pain? The answer is NOW. The best thing you can do for yourself, your dance health, and your dance...
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jointeffortinfo
- Apr 25
- 2 min
Massage and Shoulder Pain
By: Jenny Cheek, LMT As a veteran massage therapist who has spent more than half my career in Charleston, South Carolina, I have been...
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jointeffortinfo
- Apr 12
- 3 min
Snapping Hip and Dancers - Is It A Problem?
By: Faith Pelle, Dancer and Doctorate of Physical Therapy Student at Stonybrook University WHAT IS SNAPPING HIP? Snapping hip, also known...
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jointeffortinfo
- Mar 21
- 1 min
Tired and sleepy? Reflexology may be able to help!
Hopefully, you aren't reading this post because it's the middle of the night and you are tired, but can't sleep. If you are, you might...
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jointeffortinfo
- Mar 14
- 2 min
Why Do You Use Buteyko Breathing at Your Clinic?
There are many breathing methods out there - belly breathing, diaphragmatic breathing, box breathing, purse lipped breathing, humming,...
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jointeffortinfo
- Feb 24
- 1 min
Kris Kross’ll Make You…Cross Train!
By: Taylor Lucas- Dancer, Runner, and Student Physical Therapist at East Carolina University Sports are fun! Whether its dance, running,...
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jointeffortinfo
- Feb 16
- 2 min
Our Massage Approach to TMJ Pain
Chances are, you found yourself here because either you, or someone you know, is experiencing discomfort, pain, headaches, muscle...
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jointeffortinfo
- Nov 9, 2022
- 2 min
Feeling unsteady? Here are our Go-to treatments!
Unfortunately, as we get older, sometimes things that are really easy become more difficult. Things like getting up and down off the...
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jointeffortinfo
- Oct 26, 2022
- 2 min
Can My Sneakers Really Make A Difference?
One of the most common questions we get at Joint Effort is "What kind of sneakers should I be wearing?" There are infinite brands and...
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jointeffortinfo
- Oct 12, 2022
- 1 min
Massage Therapy for Pain Management
By Jenny Cheek, LMT As humans, we inevitably find ourselves faced with a new diagnosis, a physical trauma, injury, or persistent postural...
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jointeffortinfo
- Sep 29, 2022
- 2 min
3 Unique things we do to treat pain
Our treatment approach at Joint Effort is quite different from your traditional physical therapy clinics. We specialize in Postural...
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jointeffortinfo
- Jun 9, 2022
- 3 min
Get up or get stuck! Combatting the "Sitting Epidemic"
I don't have to tell you that more people sit for longer periods of time than generations before them. We are starting it at 4 and 5...
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gina3436
- May 18, 2022
- 2 min
How can dry needling help you?
Do you have a muscle that just won’t "let go"? Lacrosse ball, deep tissue massage, and massage guns might help temporarily, but it always...
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Courtney Stearn
- May 6, 2022
- 4 min
Finding your true balance - A Dancer's Perspective
This post is for our dancers, gymnasts, cheerleaders, and Yogis! We're going to talk about balance, why it's easy for some and very...
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Courtney Stearn
- Apr 20, 2022
- 2 min
5 things that will actually help your back pain
Let's be honest, everyone has had at least 1 bout of back pain in their life. It's estimated that 80% of people will experience back pain...
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Courtney Stearn
- Apr 9, 2022
- 2 min
Are you always stretching your hamstrings? Please, stop.
Do you feel like you constantly need to stretch your hamstrings? Do they always feel super tight? Then this is the article for you!
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- Jul 10, 2021
- 3 min
Does Stretching actually help your piriformis syndrome?
I've been seeing several clients right now with complaints of piriformis syndrome. Most of them tried doing figure 4 stretching, pigeon...
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