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Relieve Chronic Back Pain with These 5 Tips According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, around 1 in 5 people have chronic pain. If you experience back pain and discomfort on a daily basis, we encourage you to consult with a physical therapist who can work with you to address the symptoms and causes of your pain and help you to function better. Are you looking for other ways to feel less pain? Here are five of our top tips, all supported by research and relatively easy to implement. 1. Make sure you are maintaining proper posture Do [...]
Discover the Relief You’ve Been Looking For! Millions of people suffer from a variety of headaches. This may include sinus headaches, hormonal headaches, and migraines. Various types of stress can also play a role in causing headaches. In fact, stress-related headaches are considered to be one of the most common headaches people experience. It is important to understand how stress headaches differ from other types of headaches, in addition to the causes of these types of headaches and how a physical therapist can help. As stated by Choose PT, “There is an effective treatment for almost every type of headache.” [...]
Find Out How Physical Therapy Can Help You Fight Painful Mornings! Do you jump out of bed excited to experience another morning—or do you just lie there, afraid to move because of the aches and pains you know you’ll feel when you get up? Aches and pains are never welcome, but they can really break your spirits when they have plagued you from the very first moments of your awakening. It helps to understand why these discomforts occur in different parts of your body, and how you can stop them by using safe, drug-free methods such as physical therapy. How [...]
Discover How Physical Therapy Can Make Your Recovery Quicker and Easier! Every year, our PT team treats thousands of people recovering from surgery. Whether you’re undergoing a joint replacement, back surgery, or some other procedure, we’re confident that working with a physical therapist can help you heal and get back to your active lifestyle as efficiently and safely as possible. What can physical therapy do for me after surgery? A trained physical therapist can advise you regarding the best post-surgical plan for your specific needs. As soon as you know when your surgery is scheduled you’ll want to make an [...]
Find Relief for Your Aches and Pains with Nutritional Changes Could you be feeding your chronic aches and pains without even realizing it? If your pain problems have steadily worsened, you may need to look at your nutritional choices. Certain foods have been known to alleviate inflammation, where some foods can aggravate it. In fact, according to Harvard Health Publishing, “A lot of chronic pain is the result of chronic inflammation, and the evidence is quite strong that your diet can contribute to increased systemic inflammation.” Eating too much and/or eating the wrong types of foods can trigger your inflammatory [...]
You Don’t Have to Live with Constant Pains! There are many factors that could lead to pain in the hips and knees, from excess weight, to sports injuries, to rising age, to repetitive motion injuries. Regardless of the cause of your hip and/or knee pain, if you experience it regularly, it’s important to find a way to manage it. Hip and knee pain can be difficult to live with. According to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, knee pain is a common condition resulting in 19.4 million pain-related visits to a physician’s office each year! Many people rely on medications, [...]
A Sedentary Job Doesn’t Have to Mean a Sedentary Life! At our PT clinic, we see many hard-working patients with desk jobs—but it can be difficult to find time to stay active in sedentary environments. Unfortunately, many people eventually realize that it is the sedentary nature of their work that directly affects their health and job performance. Everyone needs to move a lot throughout the day. However, if you’re sitting for most of your working day, it’s essential to find a way to move more frequently. Not only will regular movement help mitigate the risks associated with excessive sedentary behavior [...]
Do You Know if Your Back Pain is From a Herniated Disc? Do you seem to have trouble performing even simple everyday activities due to severe back or neck pain? Do you have strange neurological symptoms in your arms or legs that you simply cannot account for? Has your spine never quite worked as it should since you experienced a recent accident? You may be struggling with a condition known as a herniated disc. But before you stress yourself out over the prospect of undergoing major neck or back surgery, rest assured that many cases of herniated discs respond well [...]
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