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Get Rid of Pain Meds With Physical Therapy
Every time you turn on the news, there appears to be another article about the country’s opioid crisis.
There’s reason to be concerned. Every day in 2016, 116 individuals died from opioid-related drug overdoses. Prescription painkillers were misused in some form by 11.5 million Americans, costing the economy an estimated $504 million.
According to some academics, many people who would otherwise be able to work are barred from doing so because they would fail a drug test.
Read full blogBenefits of Pre-Hab: How Can Therapy Before Surgery Help You?
It’s no secret that physical therapy helps you heal faster after an injury or surgery. But what if there was a method to avoid an injury altogether? What if you could speed up your recovery from surgery even before you go under the knife?
Pre-hab, also known as preventative rehabilitation, helps patients heal faster after surgery, recover faster, and, in many situations, avoid operations altogether. Call our office now to schedule an appointment with one of our physical therapists.
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You Know The Saying…We Are What We Eat!
If you’re already visiting a physical therapist for internal inflammation, you’re aware that this is a condition that can have a significant impact on your general health. Physical therapy can assist whether you have a particular diagnosis for your inflammation (such as osteoarthritis) or you’re not sure what’s causing your back and joint pain.
Chronic inflammation, according to Harvard Health, can cause a range of health problems, including heart disease and diabetes.
Read full blog3 Reasons To Call A PT For Sciatica Pain
Each of your sciatic nerves runs down each leg from either side of your lower back. As a result, shooting pain on one side is a characteristic indicator of sciatica.
While compression of one of your sciatic nerves can be excruciating, it doesn’t necessarily necessitate medical intervention, yet sometimes physical therapy is your best bet to banish sciatica symptoms.
So, how can you tell when to go it alone, and when to call a physical therapist?
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You’re walking across the park on a bright summer day when your foot accidentally steps in a hole. Before you know it, you’re in agony, crumpled in a heap, hoping no one notices your fall.
Been there before? We get it — it’s embarrassing, but it’s painful!
So, what exactly do you do? How do you tell if an injury will heal on its own and when you should seek treatment from a physical therapist?
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If you’re taking pain relievers and just don’t want to stay dependent on them forever, physical therapy can be exactly the solution you need.
Physical therapy can be very beneficial for both short-term pain (usually, that which lasts just a few weeks or months) and long-term or chronic pain (that which lasts for more than three months).
The opioid epidemic is often in the news, and it may have started you thinking about the effect that pain pills are having on your life.
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Did You Know Physical Therapy Could Help You Finally Find Relief for Your Chronic Pain?
As you may have already learned the hard way, chronic pain can hurt more than just your body. Conditions that limit your mobility and prevent you from pursuing your favorite activities can make you feel a gut-wrenching loss of control over your own life.
The sheer endless onslaught of pain can also promote serious mood disorders such as depression and anxiety.
Read full blogChronic Joint Pain Doesn’t Have to Control Your Life – Find Relief with Physical Therapy
Did You Know An Estimated 54.4 Million U.S. Adults Are Diagnosed With Arthritis?
54.4 million adults living in the United States are diagnosed with arthritis – that equates to about 1 in 4 Americans. Of those, about 27% report experiencing severe joint pain.
If you are one of these adults living day to day with severe joint pain, we can help. Contact us today to learn more about how physical therapy can help find chronic pain relief.
Read full blogAre Headaches Causing You Frequent Pain? Find Relief with Physical Therapy
Did You Know Physical Therapy Could Help With Headache Relief?
The term “sick headache” might have been coined to describe exactly how you feel today — and every day. A one-off headache encounter can be distressing enough, but frequent or constant headache pain can completely disable you.
Many of these headaches have underlying musculoskeletal or biochemical causes – which means that they can be corrected through the right forms of treatment.
Read full blogHave You Been Waking Up Feeling Achy? If So, You’re Not Alone
Did You Know Physical Therapy Can Help You Relieve Your Aches and Pains
There are few things worse than waking up in the morning to chronic pain in your neck, back, or joints. Morning aches and pains can make it difficult to complete even the simplest tasks, like getting up out of bed or putting on your shoes.
But with the help of a few physical therapist approved stretches, you can begin to work certain areas of the body in the AM to help relieve pain and discomfort.
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