Back to the beginning

Chester Lin

April 3, 2014

Years ago I began my journey to becoming a physical therapist on top of the hill at Moorpark College. There I fell in love with both this profession and with this town. Fast forward to today, I feel immensely fortunate to open my first physical therapy office here in Moorpark. I’m happy that it will take place here where it all started.

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Aug 19, 2020

Helping Hands for your Helpful Hands

Aug 19, 2020

Our hands are a miraculously complex part of our body. But we can take care of them to prevent and reduce discomforts associated with arthritis and other use of our hands. Learn how to help them feel limber, stronger, and comfortable with simple exercise.

Aug 19, 2020

Aug 4, 2020

The myth of perfect posture & perfect setup

Aug 4, 2020

People ask me to help them find their perfect setup and perfect posture. We can’t really find the perfect thing to rely on and the perfect way to stay still for 8 hours. Instead, I help people improve their strength, flexibility, and habits so that they can be comfortable throughout their day.

Aug 4, 2020

Jul 29, 2020

Proprioception protects your knees

Jul 29, 2020

Proprioception is our awareness of our body. It is a part of how we know how to use our body. Improving her proprioception allowed a client with a knee meniscus tear complete her recovery and get back to walking for miles, jogging, and squatting.

Jul 29, 2020

Jul 27, 2020

Frozen hip

Jul 27, 2020

Can one’s hip get stiff and painful like a frozen shoulder? Can it be helped in the way a frozen shoulder is helped? Read on to see how this gentleman improved his hip and “felt like he was 35 again!”

Jul 27, 2020

Jul 25, 2020

Sciatica - is it the disc, the bones, or the nerve?

Jul 25, 2020

I often see patients with concerns of lingering sciatic nerve pain. Some of the time, I see them after they have already been to physical therapy at another facility. They had improved some but the remaining pain won’t go away. For these patients, epidurals often did not resolve their pain. Let’s discuss why they stopped improving and how we help complete their healing.

Jul 25, 2020

Jul 20, 2020

Hip problem or back problem?

Jul 20, 2020

Being neighbors, your hip and spine greatly affect each other. In this case, we had big success treating the hip initially before progress plateaued. I talk about what made me reassess and change the direction of treatment and how that helped the patient get better.

Jul 20, 2020

Can you just crack my neck?

Jul 20, 2020

If you routinely and necessarily rely on a stretch, or a crack, or a modality to feel better, it’s possible that there is an underlying cause that you have not addressed.

Jul 20, 2020

Jul 19, 2020

Tight, overused hip flexors and back pain

Jul 19, 2020

Sheltering for COVID has motivated people to work out at home. But jumping into a challenging new workout can sometimes have unintended obstacles. Here’s a recent experience we had involving tough new core and hip exercises and back pain.

Jul 19, 2020