Health Blog Category: Pain Free
Physical Therapy can help you ditch the pain meds!
Millions of individuals live with chronic pain. To cope with everything from back and joint pain to debilitating pain from accidents, many people have turned to pain medication. Whether prescription or over-the-counter, there are several drawbacks to relying on medication to relieve pain. Pain pills can sometimes interact with other medications, they can be addictive, and they ultimately only mask symptoms instead of treating them. Physical therapy is a good alternative to the long-term use of pain medication.
Read full blogWhat do you think is causing your back pain? Could it be a herniated disc? Find out.
Has anyone ever told you they have a “slipped disc”? This term is actually a misnomer, since discs don’t really “slip” but either degenerate, bulge, or herniate. Fortunately, a physical therapist can treat all these issues!
The latter condition, called a disc herniation, occurs when the outer layer of the disc tears. This allows the disc’s inner gel-like substance to leak out into the surrounding joint area. This ruptured disc tissue can then press on nearby structures, like nerve roots and joint spaces.
Read full blogGet Back to the Activities You Once Loved With Physical Therapy!
Can’t Live Life on Your Own Terms? Turn to Physical Therapy for Help
That oil painting you started way back when still awaits the finishing touches. You bought a guitar last year, but you can’t stand the thought of trying to play it. Your golf friends wonder if you’re ever going to join them for another nine holes. Your tennis game got rusty shortly after your elbow did the same.
Do these scenarios, or similar ones, strike a little close to home?
Read full blogIf Headaches Are Ruining Your Days, Let Physical Therapy Help!
Dealing with headaches around the clock is incredibly frustrating, and can quickly become debilitating. Whether they are tension headaches or more traditional migraines, waking up with the pain already present in your head only to feel it grow more intense and painful as the day goes on can interfere with whatever you have planned for the day—whether that is a productive day at the office or a fun-filled day with family and friends.
Relying on medication for your migraine headaches can have drastic side effects, as well, that can cause you to feel tired, depressed, or otherwise unable to participate in the activities you love.
Read full blogDon’t Spend The Rest Of Your Life Taking Medicine To Control The Pain.
Our bodies are amazing machines. Not only do they have the ability to heal and repair themselves, they can adapt to nearly any situation. That includes the types of things we put into them. Temporarily taking medicine to control your pain as you recover from an injury or surgery can be a viable part of your treatment plan. However, taking these medications on a regular basis, over a long period of time creates dependency and fails to address the underlying problem.
Read full blog5 Ways to Stay Active If You Sit at a Desk All Day
One of the many benefits of physical therapy is that it helps show you how physical activity is medicine! Our physical therapy team strongly believes that the human body was meant to move, and when it doesn’t, things start to break down. Unfortunately, the modern environment isn’t great for promoting regular physical activity. Many of us sit in chairs for most the workday, and we rely on computers and the internet to do the bulk of our occupational duties.
Read full blogDecrease 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 Physical Therapy can Put an End to Nagging Headaches
The minute you feel that familiar pain and pressure coming on, you know you’re in for a bad time. Headaches are regrettable commonplace in today’s world, with 80 to 90 percent of Americans enduring a tension headache at some point or other. But while some headaches are caused by biochemical imbalances, hypertension, tumors or other causes, many of them are the direct result of musculoskeletal problems.
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.
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