Health Blog Category: Physical Therapy
Is Your Arthritis Causing Your Joints to Ache? Physical Therapy Can Relieve Your Pain in These 4 Ways
Whether it is a pop in the knee with every step that you take, or a crack of your fingers with every attempt to open a jar, chances are that you aren’t going to realize just how much you rely on your joints to perform up to par until you are experiencing regular joint pain.
Arthritis is one of the leading causes of joint pain, and this means that pain in the ankles, knees, elbows and hips can happen to just about anyone.
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Arthritis Doesn’t Have to Limit Your Life
Arthritis is a common cause of joint pain in people of all ages. While there is no cure for arthritis, physical therapy can help you learn how to manage your arthritis pain naturally.
Prescription pain medications may appear to be the only option for many people living with chronic arthritis pain. Our skilled physical therapists, on the other hand, advise performing a variety of targeted exercises instead, in order to reduce inflammation, increase mobility, and alleviate arthritis pain.
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You Don’t Have to Live in Pain
Did you know that physical therapy is a natural form of pain relief that can be used to treat a wide range of conditions?
Unfortunately, many people do not realize that physical therapy treatments are an excellent way to reduce chronic pain and other recurring symptoms until they have exhausted other traditional treatment options, such as surgery or prescription painkillers.
If you have a condition that is causing you pain, you might be a good candidate for physical therapy.
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Get Moving with This PT Advice!
Do you get up and move around every day? This can extend your life, improve your mood, and assist you in maintaining a healthy weight. The movement also helps to improve your strength, flexibility, endurance, and balance, which can all assist you in managing chronic pain and other health conditions.
Regular physical activity is so important that our physical therapy team is always looking for new ways to help our patients get moving.
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Reclaim Your Life with Physical Therapy
As stated by the American Physical Therapy Association, back pain is the most common type of pain reported among Americans. In fact, one in every four Americans has experienced back pain in the last three months.
Chronic back pain is defined as pain that lasts three months or longer. This type of pain can be caused by a number of factors, including spinal arthritis, aging, disc problems, and myofascial pain syndrome.
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Discover the Benefits of Physical Therapy for Joint Pain Management
Arthritis is a broad term that encompasses hundreds of different diseases. Inflammation and pain in the joints are common symptoms of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and other types of arthritis.
Whatever type of arthritis you have, you’re probably dealing with varying degrees of pain. If you’re taking opioids for arthritis pain, you should be aware that there is an alternative: physical therapy.
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Physical Therapy Can Help You Live Comfortably Once Again
Chronic pain is defined as any pain that lasts more than three months. When people experience chronic pain for an extended period of time, it can lead to a downward spiral. As a result of the pain, they become more inactive and sedentary, and their health deteriorates.
As stated by the APTA Website, “The White House has announced that APTA is among the organizations that have joined a public-private partnership to combat opioid usage and prescription drug abuse, and that the association will reach out to the public and its members to deliver the message that pain can be effectively managed through conservative, non drug approaches.
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If You’re Living with Any of These Conditions, Physical Therapy Can Help!
Did you know that physical therapy is a natural form of pain relief treatment that can be used to manage a variety of different conditions?
Unfortunately, many people don’t realize that physical therapy treatments are a great way to reduce their chronic pain and other recurring symptoms until after they’ve tried other traditional treatment methods like surgery and prescription painkillers.
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Physical Therapy Can Help You Find the Relief You Have Been Seeking
Chronic back pain is typically defined as a pain that lasts for three months or longer. This type of pain may have developed for a variety of reasons, including spinal arthritis, aging, disc problems, or myofascial pain syndrome.
With spinal arthritis, a slow thinning of the cartilage inside the spine can result in pain. A herniated or bulging disc can also result in discomfort if it is compressing on the nerve.
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Move with Ease Once Again with Physical Therapy Treatments for Hip and Knee Pain!
The knee is considered to be a hinge joint while the hip is a ball-and-socket joint. They are both complex joints with a network of muscles, tendons, ligaments, bones, and cartilage, all working together to keep you moving.
With these many moving parts, it’s not surprising that, as we age or engage in strenuous activity, we sometimes experience pain.
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