What is the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP)? The Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) is a five-day intervention designed to reduce stress and auditory sensitivity while enhancing social engagement and resilience.  The intervention uses prosodic vocal music that has been filtered to train the middle ear muscles to focus in on the frequency envelope of human speech.  Once human speech… Read more

by Dr. Troy Vander Molen, PT, DPT Do you experience shoulder pain when cleaning the house, playing catch, or doing yard work? Are activities that used to be easy and pain free now more difficult and uncomfortable? Is pain in your shoulder stopping you from doing something you love? Don’t worry. Shoulder pain is one of the most common complaints… Read more

The early years and months of your child’s life are very important for their health and development.  Developmental milestones have been established by professionals to give guidelines as to when a child will grow, change, and be able to achieve certain skills.  Children meet these milestones in how they play, learn, speak, behave, and move. The Centers for Disease Control… Read more

by Dr. Troy Vander Molen, PT, DPT One of our previous blog posts discussed knee arthritis and gave seven practical tips you can use to reduce pain and improve movement. If you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend that you click on the link above and read it. It could change your life. This month I wanted to expound upon… Read more

by Dr. Troy Vander Molen, PT, DPT What are they? [caption id="attachment_615" align="alignright" width="300"] Figure 1: Tension Headaches[/caption] Pain that you experience in any part of the head is called a headache. However, there are many different types of headaches including migraine, cluster, and headaches originating from nerve irritation. Tension headaches (also known as muscle-spasm headaches) are the most common… Read more