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Don’t Settle for Living with Hip and Knee Pain – Find Effective PT Relief
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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Stretching Has Numerous Proven Health Benefits – Here’s Some of the Best!
Have you ever noticed how good a stretch is after a nap, when you first wake up in the morning, or after vigorous physical activity?
That good feeling is just the beginning of the many healthy benefits you can get from daily stretching!
That’s why our physical therapist commonly recommends specific types of stretching exercises to complement other physical therapy methods and treatments.
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You Can Boost Your Energy and Relieve Your Pain Simply by Changing Your Diet
In your daily struggle against pain and inflammation, are you finding yourself reaching for a pill bottle, or are you looking for a healthy lifestyle change? This latter choice will do more for you in terms of long-term function, mobility, and safety.
But what kinds of lifestyle changes should you pursue? In addition to regular exercise, including the types of targeted exercises you might receive in physical therapy, you should examine your sleep, your workplace ergonomics – and your nutrition.
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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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Are You Doing Everything You Can for Your Health?
Do you move around every day? If not, you really should be! Getting regular exercise can increase your lifespan, improve your mood, help you maintain a healthy weight, and increase your strength, flexibility, endurance and balance.
Additionally, exercising can help you manage chronic pain and other health conditions that may be making life difficult.
Frequent physical activity is so important that our physical therapy team is always looking for tips to help our patients move.
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Addressing chronic back pain: 5 Tips to help you feel better faster
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, around 1 in 5 people have chronic pain.
If you experience pain and discomfort on a daily basis, we encourage you to consult with a physical therapist who can work with you to address the symptoms and causes of your pain and help you gain better function.
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 to 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 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 blogDealing With Tension Headaches? Physical Therapy Can Help.
Have you ever seen someone at work or in a difficult situation holding their head? What was your first initial thought? Most of us would assume either that they’re under extreme stress, or that they have a headache.
In fact, you may be right on both counts. Both physical and emotional stress can cause tension headaches. They can also trigger cervicogenic and migraine headaches, both of which can leave you effectively disabled for the remainder of your day.
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