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Are You Battling Opioid Addiction? There’s A Better Option Available!
If you are suffering from arthritis, particularly in a weight-bearing joint like the knee or hip, taking an opioid painkiller for relief can be a powerful temptation for you. All you want is for the pain to subside so that you can get on with your day, right?
Unfortunately, although opioids can temporarily relieve pain, your bones will continue to grind together, making the underlying cause of the condition even worse. Opioids don’t cure the source of your pain, they only mask it.
Read full blogPhysical Therapy Isn’t Only For Recovery After Surgery
Ranging from a dull ache to excruciating, back pain can keep you from performing simple daily tasks you once enjoyed. There are few conditions that are more uncomfortable than back pain. While nearly 80 percent of adults experience back pain at some point in their lives, the treatments used to alleviate it are varied.
Some people automatically think surgery is the best option to relieve back pain, but that’s not always true. Carrying high levels of risk and requiring months of recovery, back surgery is no small matter.
Read full blogAre You Constantly In Pain? It May Be Time To Change Your Diet
Inflammation is a natural process the body uses to protect itself and promote healing. During the inflammation process, your body increases its production of white blood cells. Chronic inflammation, however, can damage the body.
Living with continual inflammation can cause pain, swelling, and redness in the affected areas. It can also increase your risk of diabetes, cancer, heart disease, and stroke. There are several ways you can improve your nutrition and decrease pain and inflammation, however.
Read full blog3 Reasons To Add Stretching Into Your Daily Routine!
You might not think about it, but there are many simple physical motions you can do every day that will dramatically improve your overall health, wellness, and quality of life! Stretching happens to be one of them. These exercises are a staple of physical therapy, a natural and safe way to gain relief from chronic pain symptoms.
You might be surprised to discover just how many ways stretches can help you. Some of them you may already do!
Read full blogChronic Pain Controlling Your Life? It’s Time For a Solution
Did You Know PT Can Help Even the Most Persistent Pain?
Did you know that approximately 80 percent of Americans have experienced (or will experience) back pain? That’s a depressing statistic, especially if you’re already one of those sufferers.
Chronic back pain can prevent you from performing the countless daily tasks you need or want to perform. Even when you’re not engaged in activity, your back pain may be keeping you miserable 24/7.
Read full blog5 Activities To Put You On a Path Toward Better Health
Do you spend your days hobbling painfully from your bed to your reclining chair and back? Does the simple idea of taking part in any kind of vigorous activity make you cringe?
Physical activity is most likely the furthest thing from your mind if you suffer from chronic pain. The truth, however, is that getting active can vastly improve your health, your comfort, mobility, and overall quality of life!
Why you should care about your health
What does it mean to truly be “healthy?” Essentially, to be healthy means that your body is operating at its highest levels of function in regards to breathing, circulation, digestion, and more.
Read full blog5 Ways To Know You Need Physical Therapy
Physical therapy isn’t just for rehabilitation or athletes in training. There are many reasons why a person might need the assistance of a physical therapist, including injuries, illnesses, and chronic pain conditions.
We put together a list of five basic indicators that you need to visit a physical therapist. If any of these apply to you, be sure to call our office today and set up an appointment with one of our therapists!
Read full blogExperiencing Back Pain? A Herniated Disc Could Be The Culprit
Experiencing Back Pain? A Herniated Disc Could Be The Culprit
You may have been in this position before. Something feels terribly wrong with your back, but you’re not quite sure what it is. You might be experiencing strange neck pains, back pains, or other symptoms in your extremities. These sensations can indicate a variety of potential problems – including one or more herniated discs in your back.
So, you might be wondering: how can you tell for sure whether you have this specific problem?
Read full blog4 Reasons Hip and Knee Pain Doesn’t Have to Control Your Life
If you have been struggling with hip and knee pain for a while, it may feel like your pain is here to stay. You might even feel like nothing in the world can offer you lasting joint pain relief! Good news is on the horizon though — physical therapy is one of the best ways to achieve freedom from hip and knee pain.
With the right physical therapy treatments, you can lessen the pain you experience in your hips and knees – and possibly even eliminate it altogether.
Read full blogManage Your Arthritis the Natural Way – With the Help of Physical Therapy
Arthritis Pains Don’t Need to Slow You Down Any Longer!
If you have arthritis, then you know all about the difficulties with moving and functioning in daily life that it can present. What you might not know, however, is that physical therapy can help you find relief from your arthritis pain.
There is no cure for arthritis, but by using the exercises and techniques that your physical therapist can teach you, the onset of arthritis can be slowed and you will experience less pain overall.
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