Category: physical therapist

Stop Your Opioid Use Once and For All with Physical Therapy Jul20th 2021

Stop Your Opioid Use Once and For All with Physical Therapy

Did You Know Physical Therapy Could Decrease the Need for Opioids? If you’ve been struggling with serious pain problems for a while, and you’ve gotten little to no relief from over-the-counter painkillers, your doctor may want to prescribe opioids to control that pain. But as tempting as it might be to numb yourself with these

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Physical Therapy Can Alleviate Your Stress Related Headaches Mar15th 2021

Physical Therapy Can Alleviate Your Stress-Related Headaches

Whether you know it as a stress headache or a tension headache, that vise-like feeling along your forehead can be excruciating. In fact, it just may have you gobbling prescription and OTC medications like candy. But if you’re suffering from frequent bouts of these stress headaches, overdoing it on meds can lead to rebound headaches

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Tips from a physical therapist on dealing with herniated discs Mar5th 2021

Tips From a Physical Therapist On Dealing With Herniated Discs

A herniated disc happens when the outer fibrous layer of a spinal disc (usually in the neck or lower back) tears. This allows the disc’s gel-like filling to leak out into the surrounding joint space. In many cases, this can irritate or compress nearby nerves and other structures, leading to uncomfortable symptoms like back pain,

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