Health Blog Category: Physical Therapy
Are You Suffering from Chronic Back Pain? Physical Therapy Can Help.
Chronic back pain persists for three months and longer. This type of pain can be due to a variety of reasons, including arthritis of the spine, aging, disc problems and myofascial pain syndrome. With arthritis of the spine, there is a slow thinning of the cartilage inside the spine which can cause pain. A herniated or bulging disc may be compressing a nerve. With spinal stenosis, there is a narrowing of the spinal pain that can lead to nerve pain.
Read full blog6 Ways Physical Therapy can Improve Your Quality of Life
Are you recovering from a recent injury or surgical procedure? Do you notice your muscles feeling painful or achy throughout the day? Are you living with a chronic condition that causes constant discomfort?
Whatever the case may be, physical therapy can help improve your health. While there are many benefits to physical therapy, below are some of the top 6 ways physical therapy can improve your quality of life:
1. Physical therapy helps you avoid surgery.
Read full blogManage Your Pain Without the Need for Potentially Harmful Drugs
If you are living with pain, you know how limiting it can be. Chronic pain, or pain lasting for three months or longer, is usually indicative of an underlying condition that needs to be treated. While medication is effective in masking pain in the short term, it won’t provide any relief in the long term.
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), non-pharmaceutical pain treatment is actually preferred over pharmaceutical pain treatment, and in most cases, they even do a better job at controlling pain.
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