Did You Know An Estimated 54.4 Million U.S. Adults Are Diagnosed With Arthritis? 54.4 million adults living in the United States are diagnosed with arthritis – that equates to about 1 in 4 Americans. Of those, about 27% report experiencing severe joint pain. If you are one of these adults living day to day with
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Chronic Joint Pain Doesn’t Have to Control Your Life – Find Relief with Physical Therapy
December 10th, 2020Are Headaches Causing You Frequent Pain? Find Relief with Physical Therapy
November 20th, 2020Did You Know Physical Therapy Could Help With Headache Relief? The term “sick headache” might have been coined to describe exactly how you feel today — and every day. A one-off headache encounter can be distressing enough, but frequent or constant headache pain can completely disable you. Many of these headaches have underlying musculoskeletal or
Ready to Say Goodbye to Opioids? Physical Therapy Can Help You Find More Effective Relief!
October 20th, 2020Did You Know that Physical Therapy Can Help You Achieve Even Better Results than Opioids? Another day, another trip to the pharmacy. This is the treadmill that many chronic pain sufferers find themselves walking, month after month and year after year. Prescription pain medications can only do so much to keep your suffering at bay
So You Have Back Pain – Chances Are, It Could Be From a Herniated Disc
October 10th, 2020Did You Know Your Back Pain Could Be Stemming From a Herniated Disc? How do you know whether you have a herniated disc or it’s just good old back pain? One telltale sign can be where the pain is located. Strange neck pains, back pains, or extremity symptoms can indicate a variety of potential problems
Suffering with Back Pain? Check Your Posture!
August 10th, 2020If you are like most people, you have had someone tell you to sit or stand up straight — probably during your teenage years. At the time, the demand was probably annoying and one you did your best to ignore. But it turns out that good posture is important for more than just looking confident
Non-invasive Treatment for Your Chronic Aches and Pains
July 20th, 2020Any pain that lasts longer than three months is classified as “chronic.” When people suffer from chronic pain for a long period of time, it can become a downward spiral. They become more inactive and sedentary as a result of the pain, and then their health gets even worse. People with chronic pain will even
Avoiding the Opioid Trap — Thanks to Physical Therapy
July 10th, 2020You have so many things you want or need to do today — but they’ll have to wait until you take your pills. Prescription opioids are powerful medications that can deaden the pain for hours at a time. Unfortunately, they can also cause profound new problems in your life, from the risk of an overdose
Tired of Your Hip and Knee Pain? Find Lasting Relief with Physical Therapy
June 20th, 2020The knee is considered a hinge joint while the hip is a ball-and-socket joint. They are both complex joints with a network of muscles, tendons, ligaments, bone, and cartilage all working together to keep you moving. With this many moving parts it’s not surprising that as we age or engage in strenuous activity that we
7 Easy Ways to Increase Your Activity and Live Healthy
May 20th, 2020Do you move every day? Doing so can increase your lifespan, improve your mood, help you maintain a healthy weight, increase your strength, flexibility, endurance, and balance, and help you manage chronic pain and other health conditions. Regular physical activity is so important that our physical therapy team is always looking for tips to offer
5 Ways Stretching Can Improve Your Overall Health
May 10th, 20201. Stretching Increases Your Flexibility Are you frustrated because you don’t seem to have the same range of motion that you once did? A variety of musculoskeletal challenges can reduce your flexibility, creating stiffness, and making certain motions uncomfortable or even impossible. Stretching can gently coax the stiffness out of tight tissues. Depending on the