Health Blog Category: physical therapists
Unlocking Relief: Benefits of Manual Therapy for Effective Pain Management
Are you living with persistent pain? Does it impact your ability to perform day-to-day tasks or enjoy your favorite recreational activities? Do you feel like you’ve tried everything, and none of it has worked? If so, then you should consider manual therapy for pain management.
Manual therapy goes hand-in-hand with physical therapy. These hands-on treatment techniques have a long history within the field, and the physical therapists at Back To Work PT regularly incorporate them into our customized treatment plans, especially when patients need help with pain management.
Read full blog5 Ways To Stay Active At Your Desk Job
It’s time to get moving!
We encounter a lot of hardworking patients at our physical therapy clinic who want to advance in their jobs and provide for their families, but it’s difficult to do so when you’re suffering with an injury.
Unfortunately, many people soon learn that their job’s sedentary nature has a direct influence on their health and productivity.
Throughout the day, everyone needs to move a lot.
Read full blog3 Reasons To Go To Physical Therapy After Surgery
Whether you’re undergoing a joint replacement, a back surgery, or some other procedure, we’re confident that working with a physical therapist can help you heal up and get back to your active lifestyle as efficiently and safely as possible.
Every year, our physical therapy team meets thousands of individuals recovering from surgery.
Curious about why physical therapy is so important in the post-surgical window?
We’ve got three reasons to pique your interest!
Read full blog3 Ways Physical Therapy Can Help You Combat Long Term Pain
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, around 1 in 5 people have chronic pain. In fact, approximately 80 percent of Americans have experienced (or will experience) chronic back pain. As you can see, chronic pain is incredibly widespread, with over 100 million patients in the United States alone, so you are not alone if you are suffering from it. Standard pain drugs have so many drawbacks that you can’t rely on them to adequately relieve your pain, leaving you to wonder whether you’re doomed to live with it.
Read full blogHip and Knee Pains Got You Down? Here’s A Safe Solution!
Request an appointment with a physical therapist today to find pain relief.
Hip and knee pain can be caused by a variety of factors, including excess weight, sports injuries, advanced age, and repetitive motion injuries.
Whatever the reason for your hip and/or knee pain, you must find a strategy to manage it if you are suffering it regularly!
Typically, people lean on anti-inflammatories and other drugs to alleviate pain.
Read full blogSay Hello To Good Mornings Again With Physical Therapy
Suffering from chronic pain can be a thing of the past.
Do you jump out of bed, ecstatic at the prospect of another new day, or do you lie there, terrified to move because of the anguish you’re sure to feel? Physical Therapy can help!
Aches and aches are never welcome, but they may truly dampen your mood if they start bothering you from the moment you wake up.
It’s useful to know why these aches and pains are happening in different places of your body, and how to avoid them using drug-free, non-invasive approaches like physical therapy at our clinic
Call Back To Work Physical Therapy Clinic today to request an appointment with one of our skilled physical therapists!
Read full blog5 Tips To Help You Address Your Chronic Back Pain Problem
A physical therapist could help you feel better, faster!
Did you know that approximately 80 percent of Americans have experienced (or will experience) back pain? It’s true! In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, around 1 in 5 people have chronic pain.
If you experience pain and discomfort on a daily basis, we encourage you to consult with a physical therapist who can work with you to address the symptoms and causes of your pain and help you gain better function.
Read full blogToss Your Pills In The Trash With Physical Therapy!
Are you sick of leaning on medication for pain relief?
After a car accident or traumatic injury, many people find themselves living with chronic pain. Day in and day out, they live in discomfort and are only able to find solace in prescription medication. The pain-relieving aspects of these drugs only last for a short time, but the addictive habit of taking them is a long-term problem. Physical Therapy can help!
Long-term opiate use is not a good strategy for chronic pain management.
Read full blogEliminate Pain With A Healthy Diet
You Know The Saying…We Are What We Eat!
If you’re already visiting a physical therapist for internal inflammation, you’re aware that this is a condition that can have a significant impact on your general health which can be treated with a proper diet. Physical therapy can assist whether you have a particular diagnosis for your inflammation (such as osteoarthritis) or you’re not sure what’s causing your back and joint pain.
Chronic inflammation, according to Harvard Health, can cause a range of health problems, including heart disease and diabetes.
Read full blogGet Rid of Pain Meds With Physical Therapy
Every time you turn on the news, there appears to be another article about the country’s opioid crisis. Physical Therapy can help!
There’s reason to be concerned. Every day in 2016, 116 individuals died from opioid-related drug overdoses. Prescription painkillers were misused in some form by 11.5 million Americans, costing the economy an estimated $504 million.
According to some academics, many people who would otherwise be able to work are barred from doing so because they would fail a drug test.
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