Health Blog Category: back pain relief
LightForce® Laser Therapy: Innovative Treatment For Chronic Pain
Chronic pain, which is mild or severe pain that lasts for weeks to years, can make it difficult to do everyday tasks. It can also affect your mental health, sleep, and stress levels, which in turn can cause your pain to become worse. At Complete Physical Rehabilitation, we are proud to offer LightForce® Laser Therapy at our Elizabeth and Jersey City locations as an effective, medication-free therapy for chronic pain.
Laser Therapy is a treatment option that uses photobiomodulation (PBM), sometimes known as light therapy, to speed up recovery naturally.
Read full blogStop Back Pain Before It Starts When Snow Shoveling – 5 Top Tips
Let the great dig out BEGIN! With winter storm Orlena dropping upwards of 20 inches of heavy snow in our area, back pain can quickly take hold as we start to dig out of this mess.
If you keep these tips in mind, hopefully you’ll be able to prevent extensive back problems from snow removal.
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Improve Your Posture and Relieve Back Pain with Physical Therapy!
Are you looking for a way to relieve back pain that’s taking control of your life? Most people are unable to sit and stand up straight. As adolescents, many of us can recall our parents and teachers telling us that good posture was the secret to good health later in life!
We all rolled our eyes back then, as this demand seemed irritating.
Read full blogStop Back Pain With Proper Snow Shoveling Technique
Let the great dig out BEGIN! With winter storm Orlena dropping upwards of 20 inches of heavy snow in our area, back pain can quickly take hold as we start to dig out of this mess.
If you keep these tips in mind, hopefully you’ll be able to prevent extensive back problems from snow removal.
Read full blogDiscover The Key To Sciatica Relief
Our bodies are composed of a complex network of muscles, tendons, ligaments, and nerves. Your sciatic nerve is the largest nerve you’ve got in your body. It extends from the lumbar spine through the buttocks area, and if there is unnecessary pressure applied to it, it can cause a world of problems for you.
Sciatica, also known as “lumbar radiculopathy,” is a very painful condition that results from the irritation of the sciatic nerve.
Read full blogStand Up to Your Back Pain with Physical Therapy Relief
Most Americans will suffer temporary back pain at some point in their lives. When back pain is not temporary, however, it becomes a major quality of life issue. The good news is that you don’t have to live with back pain permanently. Taking a proactive approach like working with a physical therapist can help you find back pain relief at long last. Contact Complete Physical Complete Physical Rehabilitation for more information on how physical therapy can relieve your back pain.
Read full blog“I Became A New Me!” With Back Pain Physical Therapy
Back pain without physical therapy treatment can really cause problems for even the simplest of movements. Without treatment, a simple movement like bending down to pick something up can feel like the hardest task in the whole world. But there is hope!
For our recent physical therapy patient Dieudonne, we could not be happier with her results. With a specialized back pain program created by Dr. Stefan Paul, she was able to first get back to basics and get down to the source of her back pain. Once the source of the pain was found, the entire physical therapy team got to work on getting rid of the pain in addition to giving her the tools to make sure that the pain won’t return again. The results, in addition to the smile on her face, say it all!
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Will physical therapy work for your back pain due to sciatica? Our patient Maria would tell you that the answer is a definite YES!
After her stay with us for physical therapy, she can confidently say that her back pain is gone. And now she’s starting to get back to enjoying the outdoors, right in time to start enjoying the wonderful spring weather.
Read full blogThe Top Home Exercises For Sciatica (Part 1)
When undergoing a course of Physical Therapy for sciatica, an efficient recovery includes home exercises that patients must complete in order to have the best chance and reducing pain symptoms and getting better faster. Studies have shown that skilled Physical Therapy in the clinic in conjunction with a good home exercise program produce the best and most efficient recoveries from back pain due to sciatica.
So what we’ll do is go through my top home exercises for sciatica that I regularly recommend for all my back pain and sciatica Physical Therapy patients
Read full blogSciatica: The Top Sign To Look For
As we’ve continued our series on sciatica, I think it would be a great idea to give you a sense of what to look for. Not all back pain is created equal, and it would be very helpful to know what to look for when looking for symptoms that might signal sciatica, so that you can communicate this to your Physical Therapist when you go in for your Physical Therapy appointment.
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