Health Blog Category: Aches and Pains
Living With Arthritis Pain? Physical Therapy Could Make Your Life Easier
Millions of people suffer from joint pain and stiffness as a result of arthritis. Many arthritis patients take many steps each day to alleviate their stiff and aching joints. Physical therapy can be a useful component of a pain-relieving approach that also allows you to stay active. Contact our office now to learn how a physical therapy program can help you manage or possibly eliminate arthritis pain!
Staying physically active through physical therapy:
While exercise will not cure arthritis, it will help to slow down the progression of the disease and lower the severity of the symptoms.
Read full blogPutting An End to Your Hip and Knee Pain Naturally
To aid in complex movement, the hips and knees have a multitude of tendons, muscles, and joints linked together. It can be tough to perform daily tasks if you have an injury (and consequent discomfort) in a specific location.
Physical therapy, fortunately, can assist you in a variety of methods in permanently resolving your hip and knee pain. To learn more about how a qualified physical therapist may help you manage your pain, call our office right now.
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You Don’t Have to Live with Daily Aches and Pains
When you are living with chronic back pain, you may feel as if every aspect of your life is disrupted. Workplace pain can lead to decreased productivity, sick days, and increased stress.
Pain at home can make it difficult to care for yourself and your loved ones. Chronic back pain can make it difficult to exercise and stay active, which can lead to additional pain, weight gain, and other issues associated with a sedentary lifestyle.
Read full blogCould Your Shoulder Pain Be Caused By One of These 5 Conditions?
Discover Effective Shoulder Pain Relief Today
Frequent appointments with a physical therapist are suitable for people of all ages! Physical therapy is a non-invasive, safe and effective treatment choice intended to improve movement and alleviate pain arising from a wide variety of work and sports injuries, musculoskeletal disorders, age-related conditions and more. Usually patients undergo physical therapy to help relieve symptoms of chronic pain and avoid potential injuries. One of the most important reasons for new patients to visit our physical therapy clinic is to identify and treat the cause of their chronic shoulder pain.
Read full blogHave You Sustained a Sprain or Strain to Your Ankle? Get Back on Your Feet with Physical Therapy
Ready to Move with Ease Once Again?
If you’re having ankle pain that isn’t going away, there’s a significant chance that you’ve suffered from a strain or a sprain! People sometimes use these two terms interchangeably, but there is actually a big distinction between them.
A strain is the tear or overstretching of a muscle or tendon. These tendons connect the bones to the muscles. Your lower back and hamstrings are the most popular area of strains.
Read full blogExperiencing Back Pain? You Could Have a Herniated Disc.
Have you noticed that you’re experiencing pain when you bend over to put your shoes on, or pick something up? Is your back stiff, sore, or achy in the morning when you get out of bed? Do you notice a feeling of numbness in your arms or legs?
If you’re experiencing these symptoms, you might have a herniated disc. Call Motion Works Physical Therapy today to learn more about how our skilled therapists can help you become pain free without the use of drugs or expensive surgeries.
Read full blogReady to Relieve Pain the Natural Way? Say Goodbye to Drugs with PT
Kick Pain Management Drugs to the Curb Today!
The world we live in today is heavily medicated. Go to any grocery store or pharmacy and you’ll find countless over-the-counter drugs. Doctors also consistently prescribe more extreme pain relievers, including opioids that have been widely abused over the years. Drug abuse is everywhere, and it is an ongoing battle that patients are constantly fighting.
If you’ve ever experienced an injury, you know it can turn your everyday life upside down.
Read full blogYou Don’t Have to Live in Pain – Discover Relief with Physical Therapy
Finally Find the Relief You’ve Been Looking For
Have you suffered from sports injuries or a traffic accident recently? If you have, chances are you’re still struggling with the consequences. It’s time for a shift if you are dealing with acute or chronic pain and have yet to find relief. To learn more about how physical therapy will get you on the road to a pain-free life, contact our office today.
Read full blogLooking For a New Treatment Method for All of Your Aches and Pains? Try Physical Therapy.
It’s no secret that the older we get, the more our bodies experience random aches and pains. A long, tough day at work, an evening spent rough-housing outside with the kids, an unexpected injury — any one of these could cause random pains that never seem to leave you alone!
As we age, our bodies have a harder time hearing and coping with injuries. Something that might have only taken you a couple days to bounce back from as a kid or teenager might now take weeks (or months) to recover from once you’re over the age of 40.
Read full blogHow Physical Therapy Can Help Relieve Your Arthritis Pain (Without Opioids!)
Arthritis pain is one of the most frustrating types of pain. It is chronic, it is intense, and it can interfere with just about everything that you like to do throughout the day, from reducing your grip strength to making it difficult to shift between sitting and standing. There are many different types of medications that are recommended to help ease the discomfort of arthritis pain, but the use of long-term pain medication comes with its own set of complications and health risks, and since arthritis pain is not something that will naturally heal on its own, there is a growing danger of developing a dependency on an opioid based pain medication.
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