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Fighting Chronic Pain with Physical Therapy
Treat Your Chronic Pain Safely!
Any pain that lasts longer than three months is classified as “chronic.” When people have chronic pain for a long time, it can become a downward spiral. As a result of the pain, they become more inactive and sedentary, and more often than not, their health worsens.
People with chronic pain may even turn to extreme options, such as surgery or addictive painkillers, to try to find relief from pain.
Read full blogIs Your Sciatica Causing You Discomfort? Here are 3 Indicators that Physical Therapy is Needed
Did You Know Physical Therapy Is Proven to Help with Sciatica?
Each of your sciatic nerves runs from either side of your lower back down to each of your legs. That’s why a classic sign of sciatica is having a shooting pain on one side only.
While compression of one of your sciatic nerves can literally be a “pain in the butt,” it doesn’t always require medical attention.
Yet sometimes physical therapy is your best bet to banish sciatica symptoms.
Read full blogDealing With Stress-Related Headaches? Here’s 3 Ways Physical Therapy Can Help!
Don’t Let Chronic Headaches Get In The Way Anymore.
Did you know that headaches are the third most common pain complaint? It’s true. Headaches are extremely common and can be so debilitating to the point that they impact a person’s quality of life. Dealing with headaches on the daily alone can be very isolating and leave a person feeling exhausted.
Fortunately, through physical therapy, long term relief is possible.
Read full blogPhysical Therapy Can Help with Chronic Back Pain! Don’t Live in Discomfort Any Longer
Discover Relief for Your Aches and Pains Today
Chronic back pain is a pain that lasts for three months and is longer. This type of pain can occur for a variety of reasons, including spinal arthritis, aging, disc problems, and myofascial pain syndrome.
With spinal arthritis, the slow thinning of the cartilage inside the spine can result in pain. With a herniated or bulging disc, compression may occur around your surrounding nerves, resulting in pain.
Read full blogStress-Related Headaches Can Be Bothersome – Fortunately, PT Can Help
Discover Relief for Your Headaches Today!
Headaches are a common issue that can plague everyone from pre-teens to retirees. However, when recurrent tension or stress-related headaches make it difficult to get through your day, physical therapy may be needed to provide long-lasting pain relief.
Physical therapy can help you overcome stress-related headaches. In fact, as stated by Choose PT, “There is effective treatment for almost every type of headache.” Working with a physical therapist can help you identify tension-reducing exercises and help you find long-term relief from headaches without the need to rely on pain medication.
Read full blogLet Physical Therapy Save You From Arthritis Pain!
Your Days of Living In Pain Are Over
Do You Have Arthritis Pain?
Have you been consistently suffering from pain in your lower back, knees, hands, hips, or joints? The culprit might be arthritis. Arthritis is a joint disorder causing pain, stiffness, swelling, and inflammation. In the case that only a single joint is inflamed, the condition is known as monoarthritis. If two or three joints are involved, it’s referred to as oligoarthritis.
Read full blog5 Ways to Combat Chronic Back Pain
Few problems can render a person’s ability to move and fulfill basic needs inept like chronic back pain. Back pain can often become more than you can manage on your own. It can create several challenges for families, friends, and health providers.
While many traditional treatment methods rely on the use of medications and even surgery, there are safer and healthier alternatives, such as physical therapy. Physical therapy may alleviate symptoms with significant benefits!
Read full blogDiscover Lasting Relief for Your Hip and Knee Pains
Are You Living with Hip and Knee Pains?
The knee is considered to be a hinge joint while the hip is a ball-and-socket joint. They are both complex joints with a network of muscles, tendons, ligaments, bones, and cartilage – all working together to keep you moving.
With these many moving parts, it’s not surprising that as we age or engage in strenuous activity, we sometimes experience pain. If you suffer from hip or knee pains, it can make it difficult to do even the most basic daily activities.
Read full blog4 Ways A Proper Diet Can Relieve Your Aches & Pains
According to the World Health Organization, 60% of factors related to your health and quality of life are directly related to your lifestyle choices. One of the most important lifestyle choices you can make is choosing to buy and eat healthier foods! Do you have chronic pain? If so, you may want to take a closer look at what’s in your grocery cart, fridge, and pantry, because it turns out your diet could be making your pain better or worse.
Read full blogKick The Pain Medication To The Curb: How Physical Therapy Can Provide Relief
People struggling with chronic pain are affected in different ways. Take a moment to think about how your chronic pain affects you. Does it cause you to have a hard time getting out of bed or climbing stairs? Maybe you find yourself feeling stressed, distracted, and depressed at work.
You might wake up in the middle of the night or struggle to fall asleep because of pain. If you’re like many of the 50 million Americans dealing with chronic pain, you may even struggle with something as simple as getting dressed.
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