Bladder Leakage Is Not Normal and Physical Therapy Can Fix It. By Kelly Brown Gross, PT, MPT, WCS | Ashworth Chiropractic, Physical Therapy & Acupuncture | West Des Moines, Iowa You cough, and you leak. You sneeze, and you leak. You jump, laugh, run, or pick up something heavy — and there it is [...]
Shockwave Therapy for Rotator Cuff Pain & Calcific Shoulder:1,093 Patients. 16 Clinical Trials. Here's What the Research Found. By Dr. Matthew Wilson, DC, FIACA | Ashworth Chiropractic, Physical Therapy & Acupuncture | West Des Moines, Iowa Shoulder pain has a way of quietly taking over. You stop reaching overhead. You sleep on the other [...]
Shockwave Therapy for Tennis Elbow: Why Cortisone Works Fast But Shockwave Wins Long-Term By Dr. Matthew Wilson, DC, FIACA | Ashworth Chiropractic, Physical Therapy & Acupuncture | West Des Moines, Iowa Tennis elbow has one of the most misleading names in all of musculoskeletal medicine. Most people who get it have never picked up [...]
Shockwave Therapy for Achilles Tendinopathy: Why Chronic Tendon Pain Stops Healing — and What Actually Fixes It By Dr. Matthew Wilson, DC, FIACA | Ashworth Chiropractic, Physical Therapy & Acupuncture | West Des Moines, Iowa Your Achilles tendon is the strongest tendon in your body. It bears forces several times your body weight with [...]
Postpartum Pelvic Floor Recovery: What Nobody Tells You — and What Actually Helps By Kelly Brown Gross, PT, MPT, WCS | Ashworth Chiropractic, Physical Therapy & Acupuncture | West Des Moines, Iowa You grew a human. You delivered a baby. And then — somewhere around six weeks postpartum — the world kind of expects [...]
Shockwave Therapy for Plantar Fasciitis: What the Research Shows and What to Expect By Dr. Matthew Wilson, DC, FIACA | Ashworth Chiropractic, Physical Therapy & Acupuncture | West Des Moines, Iowa Plantar fasciitis is one of the most common — and most frustrating — musculoskeletal conditions we treat. If you're dealing with sharp heel [...]
What is Shockwave Therapy? By Dr. Matthew Wilson, DC, FIACA | Ashworth Chiropractic, Physical Therapy & Acupuncture | West Des Moines, Iowa We've been practicing physical medicine in West Des Moines for a long time. And in that time, very few technologies have genuinely impressed us enough to add them to what we offer. [...]
Exercise With Oxygen Therapy (EWOT) is a supervised approach that pairs physical movement with the use of concentrated oxygen, delivered through a mask connected to an oxygen-concentrating system. During EWOT, oxygen levels typically range from 94–98% (sometimes cited as 92–97%), which is significantly higher than the approximately 21% oxygen found in [...]
🌿Recovery Isn’t a Luxury—It’s the Path to Healing In today’s world, where busyness is praised and exhaustion is normalized, recovery has been wrongly labeled as indulgent. We hear it all the time: “I’ll rest when things slow down.” “I can push through it.” “I just need to toughen up.” But here’s the reality: ignoring [...]
5 Effective Treatments for Pelvic Floor Health Comprehensive Guide to Pelvic Floor Health We are excited to welcome Kelly Brown Gross, PT, MPT, WCS, an expert in pelvic health with nearly two decades of experience, to Ashworth Chiropractic, Physical Therapy, and Acupuncture. Having previously served patients at The Iowa Clinic in West Des Moines, [...]
