Medical Fitness Pros

10/23/2026

Parents of young athletes, this one is for you.

"Growing Pains" is a phrase we need to be careful with. Growing pains are real, but not every pain a growing child feels is a growing pain.

Typical growing pains show up in both legs in the evening or overnight, come and go, are gone by morning, and don't cause a limp.

Pain that keeps showing up during running or jumping, stays in the same spot, or changes how your child moves needs a closer look. Limping, swelling, or pain that is getting worse: get it assessed.

And look at the whole schedule. School practice, club practice, private lessons, weekend tournaments, extra conditioning. Flexibility and recovery need to be part of the program, not an afterthought.

Before saying "they're just growing," ask:
1. When does it hurt?
2. Does it change how they walk or play?
3. How much recovery are they actually getting?

Questions about your young athlete? Message us or call 281-500-6055.

References:
Cleveland Clinic, Growing Pains: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/13019-growing-pains
Mayo Clinic, Growing Pains: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/growing-pains/symptoms-causes/syc-20354349
American Academy of Pediatrics, Knee Pain and Osgood-Schlatter Disease: https://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/injuries-emergencies/sports-injuries/Pages/Knee-Pain-and-Osgood-Schlatter-Disease.aspx
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Sever's Disease: https://www.chop.edu/conditions-diseases/severs-disease-calcaneal-apophysitis

This video is for general education and is not a substitute for an evaluation by your child's physician.

10/14/2026

The first ten minutes of the day tell you a lot. If you wake up stiff, shuffle to the coffee, and don't feel like yourself until the shower — that's not just "getting older." That's a body that spent eight hours in one position and doesn't have the range to move out of it easily.
Morning stiffness usually points to the hips and the mid-back. When those don't rotate and extend well, the low back does the first ten minutes of work by itself, and it lets you know. The bed isn't the problem. The mattress isn't the problem. The problem is what the body brings to the bed.
Our 3DMAPS movement assessment looks at exactly those ranges — in all three planes — and shows us which one went quiet. We train that one. Most people notice the mornings first.
Medical Fitness Pros, Katy. Wake up ready, not stiff

09/21/2026

Sound on for this one, or read the captions. Jordan is interning with us here at Medical Fitness Pros, and he's hypermobile, so we ran him through our movement assessment twice. The first time he used all the range he has. The second time we held him to a controlled range.

Here's the thing. You would think all that flexibility means a great score. It didn't. And when we reassessed him in the controlled range, his score went down, and he told me he felt less stable. That's not a bad result. That's the whole point. When he stops short of where his joints let him go, his muscles have to hold it, and he's never trained there. So that's where we're going to build his strength and stability.

If you have hypermobility, or you've got a family member who's "double jointed" and always seems to be dealing with something, we'd love to take you through the assessment. Call us at 281-500-6055 or go to medicalfitnesspros.com.

08/24/2026

Your foot pain might be a hip problem.

We're seeing a wave of pickleball injuries at Medical Fitness Pros: ankles, knees, hips, backs, shoulders. And in many cases, the spot that hurts is not the spot causing the problem.

One of our current clients came in with foot pain that had him headed toward surgery. When we looked at how his whole body moves, the trail led up the chain to his hip. If the hip can't shift and absorb force, the foot ends up doing all the work, on every single point.

Before you chalk pain up to "just getting older" or push through another season, take a step back and look at the whole picture. That's what we do every day.

A big thank-you to the Gray Institute . Their Applied Functional Science and GIFT program are the foundation of how we see the body, and their work deserves the shout-out.

If this could help someone you play with, tag them or share it. We'd love to help whoever we can.

07/08/2026