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Gina Pongetti Angeletti, MPT, MA, CSCS, ART-Cert Co-Owner-Achieve Orthopedic Rehab Institute Sports Medicine Most Common Injuries and Challenges! Foot: Calf Strains and plantar fasciitis Elbow and wrist pain Shoulder sti...
Adam Schiff, MD Orthopedic Surgery and Assistant Professor Loyola Medicine Over the last several months, we have been running a series of Q&A sessions with some of the amazing doctors that we have close relationships wit...
Fluid Running by Gina Pongetti Angeletti, MPT, MA, CSCS, ART-Cert. There’s nothing better than a hard workout, leaving you satisfied for your achievements, sweating profusely, heart rate on top of the mountain and stron...
Nicole Ellis, DPT, BS Performing Arts Medicine Outreach The sport of gymnastics receives a lot of attention in the year surrounding the Olympics. The entertainment of the sport in part comes from watching seemingly small...
Owners Brian and Erin Rupsis By Stephen Miwa Outside are snow-covered tractor tires that will lay dormant until the spring, but inside of the innocuous looking building with “CrossFit Darien” on display is an atmospher...
By Courtney Dynes, DPT, ART-Cert. With winter in full swing and the new year quickly approaching, people will be joining gyms and group fitness classes in efforts to improve their overall fitness and health! Over the yea...
In the Community: Diamond Edge Academy Sam Zagorac, Owner by Stephen Miwa The best businesses are those built around great people, and that is exactly what Sam Zagorac is doing with Diamond Edge Academy. Sam is a baseba...
Mark Hutchinson, MD Sports Medicine Orthopedic Surgery Achieve: Tell us about your experience at the 2016 Olympics in Rio. Specifically, how athletes stay healthy, and how much it takes to maintain that level of competit...
Shoulder Health in the Baseball Player: A Never-Ending Career Focus! Gina Pongetti Angeletti, MPT, MA, CSCS, c-ART, (Co-owner and Sports Medicine Director- Achieve) pictured left, and Courtney Odelson Dynes, DPT, c-ART (...
Athlete Spotlight - Kira Olivares by Stephen Miwa “Never settle; always work. If you’re not happy find a place where you are happy.” Every individual has a happy place that can compel the feeling of joy. For Kira Oliva...
The Process of Returning from Labrum Surgery Taylor Byers, PT, DPT, ART-Cert. (Left) and Gina Pongetti, MPT, MA, CSCS, ART-Cert. (Right) Hip arthroscopic procedures are one the most common surgeries we see at Achieve S...
Athlete Spotlight: Bailey Perez by Stephen Miwa Everyone has known that kid who goes bounding around the house and leaping off furniture. While most are told to go outside, some are enrolled in gymnastics where t...
Dr. Brian Cole , MD, MBA Shoulder, Elbow, and Knee Surgery Rush University Medical Center Achieve: When and why did you become interested in medicine? Dr. Brian Cole: I would say, at a very young age; probabl...
What is all the fuss about the ACL? Nicole Ellis, DPT, BS Sports Medicine Physical Therapist If you are a recreational athlete, elite level athlete, or a sports enthusiast of any kind, there is a good chance th...
#Ride2Walk - A Journey Around Lake Superior Robert “Bob” Johnson, Physical Therapist and one of the owners of Achieve, has just started a solo bicycle tour around Lake Superior! “Movement is the Medicine” is a motto o...
Technology and Elbow Pain By Lindsey Rose, PT, DPT, BS Performing Arts Medicine Outreach Technology surrounds us, whether it is your computer at work or the cell phone that never leaves your side. While technology has m...
5 Reasons Your Injury Isn’t Healing and How to Get Better, Stat Dr. Joanna Zeiger’s interview of Gina Pongetti, MPT Dr. Zeiger: What is the most important piece of advice you give to athletes who are coming to y...
Q&A With Lyons Swim Club Head Coach Casey Hnatiuk We sat down with Lyons Swim Club's Head Coach, Casey Hnatiuk, to pick his brain about himself, his thoughts on injuries in swimming, and a couple of his training ti...
The Common Injuries of Swimming What they are and how to avoid them Taylor Millican, PT, DPT, ART-Cert. Sports Medicine Physical Therapist Endurance Sports Medicine Specialist Swimming is a fantastic card...
Right Fit Sport - Fitness - Wellness by Stephen Miwa “Movement is the universal language that bridges barriers and enhances life.” – Suzanne M. Gray This is the motto that creator and owner, Suzanne M. Gray, has est...