If you’re dealing with knee pain that keeps you from training, hiking, or finishing the BOLDERBoulder, it’s time to look at how physical therapy can help. You don’t need to wait until your pain is severe or your only option is knee surgery. A sports-focused physical therapist can guide you toward recovery using research-backed, movement-driven methods designed for active people like you.

At Rise Rehab and Sport Performance in Denver, we hear this all the time. The truth is: yes, many people recover from a torn meniscus with physical therapy alone — but it depends on several key factors. Let’s break it down.

You feel a sharp, burning pain in your chest or upper back. It radiates around your ribcage and makes you pause, wondering if you're having a heart attack. But here's the twist: it's not your heart. It could be thoracic radiculopathy—a condition where a nerve in your mid-back gets irritated or compressed. This can mimic serious cardiac symptoms. That’s why understanding what’s actually going on in your spine matters.

There’s something uniquely rewarding about hiking in Colorado: endless blue skies, challenging terrain, and breathtaking summit views. But, if you’ve ever finished a hike only to be greeted by nagging lower back pain when walking, you’re not alone. At Rise Rehab and Sport Performance, we often work with hikers who experience pain in their lumbar spine after a day on the trail.

If you’re a runner in Colorado, chances are you’ve felt that nagging ache just above your heel. Maybe it started as tightness in the morning. Maybe it flared up after a few hill repeats. Either way, Achilles tendon pain is one of the most common overuse injuries we see at Rise Rehab and Sport Performance in Denver. And here’s the kicker: resting it rarely solves the problem.

If you’ve noticed pain on the outside of your elbow after playing, you might be dealing with lateral epicondylitis, better known as tennis elbow. And yes, despite the name, it doesn’t just happen to tennis players.

If you’re an active adult in Colorado, whether you're lifting, running, biking, or climbing, hip impingement pain can be a serious roadblock.  One of the most common complaints we hear at Rise Rehab and Sport Performance is that familiar pinch in the front of the hip: tight, sharp, and limiting.  Sound familiar? You may be dealing with femoroacetabular impingement (FAI), commonly referred to as hip impingement. But here’s the good news: hip impingement doesn’t have to be a l