Health Blog Category: Health and Wellness
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Arthritis Slowing You Down? Physical Therapy Can Get You Moving Once Again!
Arthritis is a common joint pain issue that can affect people of all ages. And while there is no cure for arthritis, with physical therapy you can learn to manage your arthritis pain naturally.
For many people with chronic arthritis pain, prescription pain medications may seem like the only pain relief option. However, our experienced physical therapist recommends completing a variety of different targeted exercises to reduce inflammation, increase mobility, and relieve your arthritis pain.
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Find Natural Relief for Your Pains With our Physical Therapists!
You have so many things you want or need to do today – but they’ll have to wait until you take your pills. Prescription opioids are powerful medications that can deaden the pain for hours at a time.
Unfortunately, they can also cause profound new problems in your life, from the risk of an overdose to the stifling grip of addiction.
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Say Goodbye to Your Persistent Aches and Pains with Physical Therapy!
Any pain that lasts longer than three months is classified as “chronic.” When people suffer from chronic pain for a long period of time, it can become a downward spiral. They become more inactive and sedentary as a result of the pain, and then their health gets even worse.
As stated by the APTA website, “The White House has announced that APTA is among the organizations that have joined a public-private partnership to combat opioid usage and prescription drug abuse, and that the association will reach out to the public and its members to deliver the message that pain can be effectively managed through conservative, non-drug approaches.
Read full blogDo You Have Any of These 5 Conditions? If So, PT Can Help
Say Goodbye to Your Pains with Physical Therapy Relief!
Did you know that physical therapy is a natural form of pain relief treatment that can be used to manage a variety of different conditions?
Unfortunately, many people don’t realize that physical therapy treatments are a great way to reduce their chronic pain and other recurring symptoms until after they’ve tried other traditional treatment methods like surgery and prescription painkillers.
If you are experiencing any of our top 5 most common aches and pains, you may be a good candidate for physical therapy.
Read full blogMove Freely Again By Finding Effective Relief for Your Hip and Knee Pains
Move with Comfort and Ease with the Help of our Physical Therapists!
The knee is considered a hinge joint while the hip is a ball-and-socket joint. They are both complex joints with a network of muscles, tendons, ligaments, bone, and cartilage all working together to keep you moving.
With this many moving parts, it’s not surprising that as we age or engage in strenuous activity that we sometimes experience pain. When you’re suffering from hip or knee pain it can make doing even the most basic daily activities difficult.
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There are so many causes of hip and knee pain, from excess weight to sports injuries, advancing age to repetitive motion injuries. Whatever the cause of your hip and/or knee pain, if you are experiencing it regularly you need to find a way to manage it. Many people use medications like anti-inflammatories to minimize their discomfort. However, these medications do have potential side effects, so it can be helpful to find other ways to relieve your pain.
Read full blogWhy it’s Important to Get Active! Here are 5 Fun Activities for all Fitness Levels.
Maintaining a high level of physical activity can possibly lengthen your life as well as improve the overall quality. According to PT in Motion News, 80 percent of Americans aren’t meeting physical activity guidelines set forth by the US Department of Health and Human Services. Finding the time or motivation to exercise is difficult for many people. The key is to find a fun activity that you enjoy doing and that also fits your current fitness level.
Read full blogTreat Stress-Related Headaches with Physical Therapy. Find Out How it Works.
There is nothing worse than that feeling of having your head in a clamp. Whether the pain starts in your neck, the back of your head, or front and center behind your eyes, stress headaches can derail your entire day. While reducing your stress level can often reduce your stress-related headaches, getting rid of the pressure you are under is not always practical. Call our office today and find out how a physical therapist just may be the key to getting rid of stress-related headaches once and for all.
Read full blogRelieve Your Pain While Also Increasing Your Energy with These 5 Steps
If you live with pain, you know how limiting it can be. Fortunately, there are some simple lifestyle changes you can make in order to decrease your pain while simultaneously increasing your energy. When you do these in addition to your physical therapy treatments, you can help recover from your pain and reach the physical goals you’ve been aiming towards.
To find out more about how we can help you increase your energy and decrease your pain, contact Nebraska Orthopaedic today!
Read full blogWhy Use Opioids When You Can Find Natural Relief?
We’re all aware of the opioid crisis plaguing the nation. It’s scary – it’s as if every time we turn on the news, we hear another story about the epidemic.
Approximately 11.5 million people in the United States misused the painkilling drugs they were prescribed, costing an estimated $504 million in economic costs. According to researchers, it is believed that numerous people are even being denied jobs due to a failure to pass opioid-free drug tests.
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