You Don’t Need to Live Life With Opioids – PT Can Allow for Natural Pain Relief
Relieve Your Pain with Holistic Methods!
Chronic pain can become a huge burden, affecting just about every aspect of your life until it seems impossible to feel that things will ever be “normal” again.
Whether as a result of wear and tear over time, or following a traumatic experience such as injury or a car accident, chronic pain can become increasingly difficult to cope with as time passes.
Learning to cope with discomfort is not always realistic.
Read full blogIf You Have Arthritis, You’re Not Alone
Physical Therapy Can Help You Find the Relief You’ve Been Looking For
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), almost a quarter of all American adults are living with arthritis! This means that every day, over 54 million people live with stiff, achy, swollen, and sore joints.
If you or a loved one has been affected by arthritis in your neck, back, shoulders, wrist, hip, knee, or other joint, we encourage you to call our clinic today to schedule a consultation.
Read full blogLooking to Add More Exercise Into Your Life? These 7 Tips Can Help
Get Moving Today!
The longer you deal with chronic pain, the more you begin to feel that the pain will never go away. Once you begin to accept a particular pain as part of your life, it becomes more and more difficult to see the pain as something you can handle and treat.
Instead, many people are starting to turn to ways of masking the pain, often involving the use of pain medication.
Read full blog5 Ways to Combat Chronic Back Pain
Few problems can render a person’s ability to move and fulfill basic needs inept like chronic back pain. Back pain can often become more than you can manage on your own. It can create several challenges for families, friends, and health providers.
While many traditional treatment methods rely on the use of medications and even surgery, there are safer and healthier alternatives, such as physical therapy. Physical therapy may alleviate symptoms with significant benefits!
Read full blogOpioids Don’t Have to be the Answer for Arthritis Pain
Discover a Safer and More Natural Pain Relief Alternative
130: that’s how many people die of opioid overdose on average every day in the United States. It’s a stunning statistic that unfortunately affects almost every community in our country, as opioid abuse and addiction affects people from all walks of life.
Many people who become addicted to opioids were first prescribed by a medical doctor to treat acute or chronic pain.
Read full blogFats: Oiling Your Engine 101
Nov 22nd 2021What comes to mind when you hear the word fats? Do you envision bacon sizzling in a greasy pan; smooth, olive oil drizzling onto a bed of greens; or maybe even a sockeye salmon gracefully swimming up the Kenai River? All of these images involve fats of various kinds. Knowing the basic principles of how fats metabolize in the body as well as the kinds of fats humans ingest in their diets is necessary for maintaining health.
Read full blogHave You Discovered All the Benefits of Stretching?
Improve Your Health and Wellness by Adding Stretching into Your Lifestyle!
You’ve probably heard that stretching is important before and after a workout or any kind of tough physical activity. While this is true, it is also beneficial to stretch on a regular basis whether or not you do any kind of physical workout.
As stated by Choose PT, “Maintaining your body’s flexibility is important. To keep your muscles flexible, avoid sitting for long periods of time, and stretch regularly.”
There are many benefits of stretching on a regular basis.
Read full blogTurmeric: Fighting Inflammation since 2000 BC
For over four thousand years, turmeric has been used as both a cooking spice and a medicinal substance (1). Making an appearance in India around 2500 BC, this spice was used for a range of purposes (2). From wound recovery and congestion reduction to small pox recuperation and shingles alleviation, turmeric played an important role in many of the cultures of South Eastern Asia (3). Today, it is gaining attraction in large portions of society as scientists begin to research the health benefits of using the spice.
Read full blogCinna-Yum! The Secret Power of Cinnamon
Produced from the bark of the cinnamon tree (1), cinnamon packs a potent punch. This ruddy spice often inauspiciously finds its way into numerous desserts, breakfast cereals, and even chai lattes. While these might not be the healthiest helpings, cinnamon by no means is the culprit. Cinnamon actually carries with it an array of health benefits.
First, cinnamon helps increase insulin sensitivity. When the body processes food for energy, it becomes glucose in the blood.
Read full blogLiving with Chronic Pain? PT Can Help You Get Back to Your Life
Life Life Comfortably Once Again with Physical Therapy
When you have chronic back pain, you may feel that every aspect of your life is interrupted. Pain at work can lead to reduced productivity, sick days, and increased stress.
Pain at home can prevent you from being able to take care of yourself and your loved ones. Chronic back pain may even make it difficult to exercise and remain active, which may lead to even more pain, weight gain, and other problems associated with a sedentary lifestyle.
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