Health Blog Category: Health
Decrease Your Pain and Inflammation with This Nutritious Diet
Is your daily life limited by chronic pain and inflammation? While this isn’t an uncommon occurrence, it is avoidable in many cases. Maintaining a nutritious diet can become an important part of any physical therapy regimen, especially if you are experiencing chronic pain. Everything you consume works to fuel your body, so eating the right foods can aid in a quicker recovery from painful conditions.
By exercising regularly, managing your stress, and eating nutritious meals, you can help significantly reduce the pain and inflammation you are feeling.
Read full blogHow Does Nutrition Help Relieve Pain and Inflammation?
Are you living with chronic pain or inflammation? If so, there may be a simple solution for you: changing your eating habits. Proper nutrition can play an important role in managing your discomfort. Many people live with chronic pains every day, unaware that simply eating the right foods can actually help them find relief. Maintaining a healthy diet, in addition to frequent exercise and reduced stress, can help alleviate your inflammation and chronic pain. For more information on how nutrition can help you find relief, contact our office today.
Read full blogPhysical Therapy Programs for Children
Injuries can happen to any of us at any time and this can include our children. While most people think of physical therapy as being something for older people who have surgery, or adult athletes who have been injured, children can have great results from seeing us here at Motion Works Physical Therapy.
Doctors will often recommend physical therapy for children who have had sports injuries, back pain, or surgery. If problems with movement affect activities of daily living physical therapy can be a great help.
Read full blogOur Patient Experiences at Motion Works Physical Therapy
As a patient-focused physical therapy clinic, our greatest pride is when someone that has come to us in pain or is recovering from surgery heals and improves and is able to get back to their lives once more!
We have experience working with clients who have a variety of surgeries-total hip replacement, knee surgery, back surgery-and other injuries for which physical therapy is an effective treatment . We customize a program based on each patient’s individual needs.
Read full blogAchilles Tendinopathy: PT Can Help
The Achilles tendon is a thick band of tissue that runs along the back of the lower leg and connects the calf muscle to the heel. It is highly active any time you walk, run, or jump and this high level of stress leaves it vulnerable to injury. Achilles tendinopathy is any irritation of the Achilles tendon and it can affect both active and inactive people. It is estimated that 7-9% of runners will be affected by Achilles tendon pain, but it is also common in volleyball and soccer players.
Read full blogPhysical Therapy for Post-Concussion Syndrome
Concussions receive a lot of attention in the media these days. It seems like every week you hear about an NFL player that is out on concussion protocol. Everyone seems to know a young athlete that isn’t playing their sport because of a concussion. The CDC estimates that 1.6 million to 3.8 million people will experience a concussion each year in the United States, with many cases also going unreported. As concussions have become more prevalently reported and more research is being conducted, the role of physical therapy for concussions has been emerging.
Read full blogMike Wezel: Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapists
Almost every day, I answer a lot of questions here at Motion Works Physical Therapy. Why is my knee hurting? How long will it take for my foot pain to go away? Have you seen this type of back pain before? Do you take my insurance?
Another common question I get from patients is: What do those initials behind your name mean? They are of course asking about the initials FAAOMPT. They either saw it on my door or on my website.
Read full blogProper Snow Shoveling Techniques
Nov 30th 2018Another New England winter is almost here and the first snowstorm of the season has already come and gone. Most of us head outside to clear the snow and unfortunately, shoveling snow is one of the most common causes of low back pain in the winter months. Implementing proper body mechanics for snow shoveling can drastically reduce your chance of injury.
Warm Up
Cold, tight muscles are more prone to injury than warm.
Read full blogMotion Works Patient of the Month: Andy
Motion Works Physical Therapy introduces our Patient of the Month, Andy. Andy is a firefighter who hurt his knee while carrying a patient on a stretcher down the stairs. Even after preoperative therapy, he had knee pain and was unable to return to work.
The surgery that Andy had is called a meniscectomy. This is surgical removal of the meniscus, which is a cartilage in the knee that helps cushion the joint.
Read full blogOoh My Aching Back: Physical Therapy For Back Pain
I’m pretty sure that most of us have been there. We have back pain and our first instinct is to sit on the couch or lie down until it gets better. In this case, going against our instincts is going to help us feel so much better.
Research shows that this inactivity can lead to more pain. Getting up and moving might be the last thing you want to do,but physical therapy and exercise can be a effective way to reduce pain.
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