Alleviate Blog

Crystal's Tennis Elbow Story

May 31, 2024

Crystal, an amateur swordfighter, IT professional, and a temporary mom of three, decided to take action on her Tennis Elbow pain after two things happened....

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Tennis Elbow Test: How to Do Maudsley's Test to Know If You Have Tennis Elbow

May 22, 2024

It's easy to tell if your elbow pain is due to Tennis Elbow, using a self-administered test. Learn from our physical therapist how to do...

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Taking Care of Hospitality Workers' Foot Health: How Sleepyhead Coffee Does It

April 26, 2024

Workers at restaurants and coffeeshops spend long hours on their feet. Savvy employers know that supporting their hospitality workers' foot health is fundamental to having...

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How I Use Mental Models, Beliefs, and Recipes to Manage My Chronic Pain

April 26, 2024

Three things have been key to my taking ownership of my chronic pain condition: mental models, beliefs and recipes. I share how I use each...

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How I Cultivated an Ownership Mindset to Manage My Chronic Pain

April 16, 2024

A former college hockey player, I'll share my journey from letting pain manage me to actively managing my chronic knee pain. It took me over...

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What is Tennis Elbow? (And Why Some Treatments Keep You in Pain)

March 21, 2024

Tennis Elbow is a repetitive stress injury that affects the ECRB tendon. Many people with Tennis Elbow aren't getting the proven, effective treatment that already...

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3 Key Components of Plantar Fasciitis At-Home Treatment

August 24, 2023

The gold standard of plantar fasciitis treatment has 3 key parts. Most at-home solutions are ineffective because they lack one or more of these key...

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Plantar Fasciitis Recovery Success Stories

August 31, 2022

Plantar Fasciitis can affect people in every walk of life, but you can make a full recovery with the right treatment. Check out real Plantar...

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What is Plantar Fasciitis?

August 16, 2022

Plantar Fasciitis is an overuse injury of the connective tissue at the bottom of the foot, called plantar fascia. Learn how inflammation and scar tissue...

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5 Questions With Alleviate’s Award-Winning Designer

June 7, 2022

Alleviate's Loft Brace won the Red Dot Design Award in the medical products category in 2022. Alleviate CEO Rick and product designer Sean explain how...

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Plantar Fasciitis Physical Therapy at Home: Inventing the Alleviate System for Plantar Fasciitis

February 25, 2022

Having spent 20 years helping elite athletes and regular folks recover from Plantar Fasciitis and other musculoskeletal conditions, our co-founder Luke Ferdinands developed the Alleviate System for...

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The Arch Massager: Inventing the Best Foot Massager for Plantar Fasciitis At-Home Care

February 11, 2022

Read the invention story of the Arch Massager, engineered to be the best Plantar Fasciitis foot massager on the market, as told by Luke Ferdinands,...

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