Stress Headaches Putting a Damper on Your Day? Try Physical Therapy For Relief
Headaches of any kind can put a major damper on your day, sucking the fun out of planned activities and making it difficult to concentrate on work or anything else that requires your attention. While many people turn to over the counter medications as a means of addressing the lingering pain associated with headaches, these medications do very little to help the headache actually go away. If anything, they’re just a band-aid!
Headaches are pretty common.
Read full blog3 Benefits of Staying Active as You Age
Although some of us dread getting older, there are so many things to look forward to with age, such as spending more time with loved ones, watching your family grow, and experiencing new things. But if you’re in your fifth, sixth, or seventh, decade, you might start to notice aches, pains, and other issues making movement more difficult for you. This is a cause for concern.
You aren’t alone; age-related debility and chronic health conditions are common in our nation.
Read full blogMacronutrients: The Building Blocks of Nutrition
Written by: Michael Hollinger, CPT
Bacon, coffee, and Double Stuf Oreos. Yum! The three main food groups. Pause, stop, hold. While this might be a tempting thought, having a thorough understanding of what macronutrients are is crucial to embarking on a journey towards nutritional health. Macronutrients are the primary building blocks of nutrition consisting of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. When discussing macronutrients, maybe you have heard statements like “If It Fits Your Macros” (IIFYM), cut carbs to lose weight, or up your protein to gain muscle.
Read full blogGot An Upcoming Surgery? Physical Therapy Can Help You Before & After!
Did you know that having rehabilitation before surgery is just as critical as having it after surgery? It’s true! One of the most important times that you could seek physical therapy is when you are facing surgical correction of a joint or muscle. Physical therapy has proven time and time again to benefit a person as they prepare their body for the surgical correction! Physical therapy before an operation also can enhance the recovery process, making it possible to return to full strength as quickly as possible following your surgical procedure.
Read full blogLiving With Achy and Painful Joints? Here are 3 Ways PT Can Help
Did You Know You Could Live Pain-Free with PT?
Do you have achy and painful joints? If so, you’re in the company of at least 20% of the United States population, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
At our physical therapy clinic, we work with people every day who are dealing with the physical and mental effects of chronic pain caused by conditions like arthritis and fibromyalgia.
Read full blog5 Ways to Stay Active at Your Sedentary Desk Job
Finding ways to stay active can be difficult regardless of your weekly schedule, but when your nine-to-five grind means sitting at a desk for 40+ hours every week, the idea of developing an active lifestyle can seem almost laughably unachievable! On average, most of us spend eight hours a day at a desk job, two hours a day driving, and somewhere between six to eight hours each evening in bed! This doesn’t even count the time we’re probably spending on the couch or sitting at the table for a meal.
Read full blogIs Pain Keeping You From a Happy Life? Physical Therapy May Help!
Take a moment to pause and think about who you were five or ten years ago. What kinds of activities did you thrive from doing? Were you a runner? An afternoon gym warrior? Or did you just enjoy going for long evening walks with your dog?
Now, come back to the present moment. Do you still do these things? If not — what is stopping you? Is it within your control?
Sometimes we sustain injuries that cause aching joints, lingering pain, and other lasting negative effects.
Read full blogDo Aches and Pains Make You Dread Mornings? Physical Therapy Has Got You Covered!
Waking up sore and achy can really zap the energy and positivity out of your day. The worst part is that if you don’t address that achiness and soreness first thing, then those feelings are likely to very quickly translate themselves into fatigue, meaning that you are likely to face the entire day feeling sluggish and ready for bed.
At the end of a long day, feeling a little sore is somewhat normal.
Read full blogTired of Relying on Medication for Pain Relief? Physical Therapy Can Help
Are you taking pain medication to manage your pain? If so, this blog just might make you want to kick them once and for all. Pain medications just may not be a good choice. It seems like every time you turn on the news, there is another story about the opioid epidemic gripping the country.
The medical industry is in somewhat of a panic, and with good reason. In 2016 alone, 116 people died each day from opioid-related drug overdoses.
Read full blogIs a Herniated Disc Causing Your Back Pain?
Is a Herniated Disc Causing Your Back Pain?
One of the most common causes of pain among adults in the United States is back pain.
Back pain is not something you want to ignore for long, and it can develop for any number of endless reasons. Once it does develop, making it go away can truly be an uphill battle that you can’t fight alone.
When pain in the back lingers well beyond the time that an injury would traditionally take to heal it is called chronic pain.
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