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Physical Therapy Can Reduce or Eliminate Chronic Pain
Have your joints been bothering you consistently for a few months? Well, you’re not alone. Joint pain plagues an alarming number of Americans for several reasons, including chronic pain conditions such as osteoarthritis. If you have chronic joint pain, it’s important that you don’t ignore it.
Allowing your condition to worsen could cause further health issues in the future. For information about the cause of joint pain and how physical therapy techniques can help relieve your pain, give our office a call and set up an appointment with one of our certified physical therapists.
Read full blogHow Physical Therapy Can Help You Before & After Surgery
Many people think that physical therapy can only help someone after an operation has been performed, but this isn’t true! One of the most important times that you could seek physical therapy is before undergoing a surgical correction of a joint or muscle.
Physical therapy has proven time and time again to effectively help with preparing a person’s body for surgical correction, as well as enhancing the recovery process. A physical therapist’s touch can make it possible for a person to get their full strength back as quickly as possible following a surgical procedure.
Read full blog3 Ways Staying Active as You Age Can Benefit Your Overall Health
Are you in your fifth, sixth, or seventh decade of life? You might start to notice aches, pains, and other issues are making movement more difficult for you. There are so many things to look forward to with age—spending more time with loved ones, watching your family grow, and experiencing new things. Unfortunately, as we age we also experience more pain and health problems.
Age-related degenerative conditions and chronic health issues are very common in this day and age.
Read full blogIs Chronic Pain Lowering Your Quality of Life? Physical Therapy Could Help.
Think back to who you were ten years ago, and the things you used to love doing. What got you excited? What kinds of activities did you love to do? Were you a runner? Did you lift at the gym? Or did you just enjoy going for long walks with your pet?
Now, take a step back and think long and hard about this one: What is stopping you from doing those same things now?
Read full blogWaking Up With Aches and Pains? Physical Therapy Can Help You Enjoy Your Mornings Again
At the end of a long day, feeling a little sore is somewhat normal. This is especially true if you work a job that is very physically demanding. Most of us are pushing our bodies for somewhere between 12 – 16 hours, taking care of our families, pets, our work issues, and our homes—who wouldn’t feel a bit sore, right? But if you’re still feeling this soreness in the morning, it’s a whole different ball game.
Read full blogChoosing Physical Therapy As An Alternative to Opioids
If you’re taking pain medications to manage your pain, know that it may not be in your best interest. In 2016 alone, 116 people died each day from opioid-related drug overdoses. Some 11.5 million Americans misused prescription painkillers in some way, costing an estimated $504 million in economic costs. It seems like every time you turn on the news, someone else is on the news talking about the opioid epidemic currently gripping the country. Although it may seem redundant at times, unfortunately, there is a good reason for the panic.
Read full blogBad Back Pain? You Could Have a Herniated Disc.
One of the most common causes of pain among adults in the United States, back pain can develop for any number of endless reasons, and once it develops it doesn’t always go away all that easily. Because it could be a sign of something more serious, back pain is not something you want to ignore for long.
When you experience pain in your back that hangs around beyond the time that an injury would traditionally take to heal, it is called chronic pain.
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