5 Activities to Get Moving and Improve Your Health
The notion of taking part in some sort of physical exercise may be the farthest thing from your mind, especially if you spend your days hobbling painfully from your bed to your reclining chair and back.
However, the fact is that your fitness, health, flexibility, mobility, and overall quality of life can be greatly enhanced by being involved in physical activities. Here are our physical therapist’s five exercise ideas that you may enjoy incorporating into your lifestyle!
Read full blogTaking Opioids For Arthritis Pain? Physical Therapy is A Better Alternative
Taking an opioid painkiller for relief can be a powerful temptation when a person suffers from arthritis, especially in a weight-bearing joint like the knee or hip.
The bad news is that the patient’s bones begin to rub together while an opioid will temporarily relieve pain, making the underlying cause of the disease even worse. And that’s long before you consider the addictive qualities of opioids.
Find the drug-free solution to arthritis pain instead of turning to opioids: physical therapy.
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Did you know that opioids like morphine and oxycodone are making your pain condition worse? Drugs like these alter your perception of pain, but they don’t relieve it. So, if you’re taking an opioid and believe it’s relieving your pain, know that it’s doing nothing to improve your pain symptoms, it’s only masking them!
Opioids are not the only option you have to get relief. Physical therapy can help you find the peace you’re longing for.
Read full blogAre Pain Meds Worth The Agony? Physical Therapy Can Help
Pain is uncomfortable, but it’s a necessary evil. It’s a helpful messenger, an alert that something in your body needs to be fixed. Regardless, pain can also be an agonizing annoyance that ruins your quality of life.
Many pain problems are rooted in underlying conditions, often originating in a different part of the body than the part exhibiting symptoms.
Although pain medication may mask your pain for a little while, it isn’t going to solve a chronic underlying functional problem.
Read full blogKick Pain and Inflammation With a Healthy Diet
In your daily struggle against pain and inflammation, are you reaching for a pill bottle, or are you looking for a healthy lifestyle change? That latter choice will do more for you in terms of long-term function, mobility, and safety.
Did you know that you can improve your pain and inflammation by choosing to eat healthier foods? It’s true! Pain and inflammation can be significantly reduced through a combination of better lifestyle choices, healthier eating habits, and physical activity.
Read full blog5 Ways To Know You’re In Need of 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. Maybe they were in an auto accident and experienced painful whiplash or broke a bone. It could be that they received an injury on the job site. Physical therapy is not only helpful in cases of obvious injury though!
Our clinic put together five basic indicators that you need to visit a physical therapist.
Read full blogStay Active By Incorporating These 5 Easy Steps into Your Lifestyle
With your busy life, it can be difficult to find time for physical activity. We all understand too well the lengthy to-do list that never seems to get completed. After a full day of work, running errands, making dinner, and still trying to find time to relax, it can be tough to try and force yourself to get out there and exercise. Fortunately, there are some helpful tricks and tips you can incorporate into your daily life that can help you stay motivated and active throughout the day – without taking up too much of your valuable time!
Read full blogHow Can Physical Therapy Relieve Your Chronic Back Pain?
After dealing with chronic back pain for years, many people consider costly surgeries or addictive pain medication to deal with the problem. But did you know that surgery and opioids aren’t the only options available to people suffering from this condition? If you’ve been dealing with chronic back pain and are thinking about surgery to finally feel some relief, contact Physical Therapy & Injury Specialists today to learn about how working with a physical therapist can be an alternative solution to your chronic back pain.
Read full blogYou Can Breakup With Your Pain Medications Through The Help of a Physical Therapist
If you keep up with the news, then you probably already know that right now our country is in the throes of what appears to be an epidemic regarding the use of prescription medications and opioids. It’s a heartbreaking realization to come to, but it’s the truth, and it’s caused practitioners and patients alike a world of pain and anxiety.
There is good reason for the panic. In 2016 alone, 116 people died each day from opioid-related drug overdoses.
Read full blogStrains and Sprains Are Such a Pain, But Physical Therapy Can Help!
Imagine that you are walking through the park on a beautiful summer evening, and then all of a sudden, BAM! You hit the ground. Why? Because your foot magically found a hidden hole, and down you went. Now you’re in pain, collapsed in a heap, and hoping no one saw you go down.
This is embarrassing, yes, but something similar may have happened to you before. What did you do? Did you know whether it was an injury that would go away on its own?
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