Washington Injury and Sports Performance Clinic

Due to an almost total lack of reimbursement we at WISPC have decided to stop accepting new patients with CIGNA health insurance. We apologizes for the inconvenience but there is no reason to continue accepting CIGNA if we are not payed for treatment rendered. Current patients with CIGNA health insurance will be notified individually how this will effect their treatment. Once again we apologize. The most constructive thing you, as the insured patient, can do is call and complain to CIGNA about their coverage or in this case lack thereof.

On Tuesday Jan. 17th Dr. Tim Vidale will be joining the WISPC family. Dr. Vidale is a Doctor of Physical Therapy that will begin to perform rehab for of our patients. When you stop in say hello and make him feel welcomed.

Due to the increase in number of patients and lack of appointment times Dr. Glodzik will no longer be holding walk-in hours. We apologize for the inconvience for anyone that hopes to walk-in for an appointment.

WISPC will be closed this Thursday and Friday August 4 and 5th. Dr. Glodzik will be taking a much needed long weekend to relax and be better able to treat patients after a full year of working without a break. The office will re-open on Monday August 8th.

WISPC is now locatable via the use of sites such as Yelp and CitySearch. If you are currently being treated by Dr. Glodzik and would like to rate his treatment please head to either site. In advance

Dr. Glodzik has returned from his conference in Colorado Springs with new cutting edge research on strength training applications for endurance athletes. He will now be incorporating these ideas into his treatment protocols for his patients.

On Friday April 1st Washington Injury and Sports Performance Clinic will be closed. Dr. Glodzik is heading to Colorado Springs to the US Olympic Training Center to take a seminar on strength training for endurance athletes. He is looking forward to utilizing new training techniques upon his return on Monday April 4th.

Many patients have had issues finding the new office. To prevent this in the future, please enter the building through the North entrance NOT the entrance adjacent to Starbucks or 711.

Doctor Glodzik will be participating in the Multi Sport clinic Bike Fit this Saturday, March 12th from 9-11am at JCC (16th & Q NW).  He will be discussing correct training techniques to help reduce the effects of being in an aerodynamic position while bike riding.

Now that we are experiencing our first warm spell don’t you want to get outside and be more active? Remember that you can enjoy the warmer weather more if you take a few precautions before you start to exercise again.

1) Make sure that you set a realistic goal. Don’t go out and run 10 miles if you haven’t been running all winter.

2) Even though you may be feeling warmer your muscles still need a good warm up. Spend 5-10 minutes performing an active warm up that mimics what you are about to do.

3) While exercising make sure to get plenty of fluids. You may not sweat that much but your body has more than likely been depleted all winter because of heated environments.

4) Listen to your body. If some activity feels like it is too much. STOP!

5) After training make sure that you eat a good meal (lots of carbs and protein) within two hours. Also continue to drink fluids and ice anything that may be sore. This will help decrease soreness tomorrow and allow you to get back outside again.

6) Most of all enjoy yourself! No one is trying to PR in any event today. You will have months of training to get you  there.

7) If you do injury yourself seek treatment immediately. It is far better to rest and recover now instead of right before your event months from now. 

Feel free to contact WISPC at 202-363-1011 if you have any injury concerns or just have questions about preventing injuries.