Health Blog Category: Physical Therapy
3 Reasons To Add Stretching Into Your Daily Routine!
You might not think about it, but there are many simple physical motions you can do every day that will dramatically improve your overall health, wellness, and quality of life! Stretching happens to be one of them. These exercises are a staple of physical therapy, a natural and safe way to gain relief from chronic pain symptoms.
You might be surprised to discover just how many ways stretches can help you.
Read full blogAre You Constantly In Pain? It May Be Time To Change Your Diet
Inflammation is a natural process the body uses to protect itself and promote healing. During the inflammation process, your body increases its production of white blood cells. Chronic inflammation, however, can damage the body.
Living with continual inflammation can cause pain, swelling, and redness in the affected areas. It can also increase your risk of diabetes, cancer, heart disease, and stroke. There are several ways you can improve your nutrition and decrease pain and inflammation, however.
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Did You Know PT Can Help Even the Most Persistent Pain?
Did you know that approximately 80 percent of Americans have experienced (or will experience) back pain? That’s a depressing statistic, especially if you’re already one of those sufferers.
Chronic back pain can prevent you from performing the countless daily tasks you need or want to perform. Even when you’re not engaged in activity, your back pain may be keeping you miserable 24/7.
Read full blogAre You Dependent on Opioids For Pain Relief?
When people If you depend on pain medications to make it through the day because of a chronic pain condition, know that you are not alone. You should also know that even though this is a common problem for many Americans, it is not normal or healthy in the slightest. Our nation is currently experiencing what the U.S Department of Health & Human Services refers to as an “opioid epidemic.”
Thankfully, there is another option for this kind of pain management.
Read full blogExperiencing Back Pain? A Herniated Disc Could Be The Culprit
Experiencing Back Pain? A Herniated Disc Could Be The Culprit
You may have been in this position before. Something feels terribly wrong with your back, but you’re not quite sure what it is. You might be experiencing strange neck pains, back pains, or other symptoms in your extremities. These sensations can indicate a variety of potential problems – including one or more herniated discs in your back.
So, you might be wondering: how can you tell for sure whether you have this specific problem?
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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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Do you move every day? Doing so can increase your lifespan, improve your mood, help you maintain a healthy weight, increase your strength, flexibility, endurance, and balance, and help you manage chronic pain and other health conditions.
Regular physical activity is so important that our physical therapy team is always looking for tips to offer our patients that will help them get moving. Here are seven suggestions to keep in mind!
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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 blogNO MORE OPIOIDS! Seek help from a physical therapist.
You’ve seen the headlines, and you know that opioids are the major driver behind the widespread drug crisis in America. We also know that if you or a loved one has chronic pain, you may be feeling frustrated and confused about your options.
At our physical therapy clinic, we stand with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other professional organizations that recommend physical therapy and other alternatives over prescription opioids for the management of chronic pain.
Read full blogHip and Knee Pain Relief with Physical Therapy
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.
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