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Back To Exercising After Physical Therapy
When pain takes hold, it can be hard to stop without help from a qualified physical therapist. As the pain relief experts, a good physical therapist is uniquely qualified to both help relieve pain and teach their patient how to relief future pain symptoms and also how to prevent pain from even coming back.
For over 15 years, our therapist-owned physical therapy practice has been helping people of all differing ages, sizes, and activity levels get rid of pain and go back to their daily lives pain free and also equipped with the tools to prevent future pain as well.
Read full blog6 Ways to Prevent Injuries While Strength Training
One of the most common pieces of advice given to people in strength training programs is simply to “not hurt yourself.” Whether it’s a recovery program from a previous injury or surgery, or you’re simply trying to improve your physical performance, it is a common phrase that you’ll hear. While it may seem easier said than done, a physical therapist can help you gain strength by recommending ways to maximize your training, in addition to providing injury prevention treatments.
Read full blogNutrition & Dehydration Prevention When Traveling
Singapore Eats and Treats… But Don’t Forget the Water
Families traveling to high-temperature destinations usually run into 2 problems: 1. What/where to eat and 2. Dehydration. Like many other travelers, Dr. Asha and I understand the difficulty of maintaining nutrition and being nutritionally conscious while vacationing in a place with unfamiliar cuisine.
Singapore is one of the best places in the world to eat from street vendors, known as Food Hawker Stalls.
Read full blogSleeping And Working With No Back Pain
There are many patients that come in for physical therapy for back pain. Many have, unfortunately, stated to me how their back pain affects their everyday lives in many different ways. All of this is normal for my back pain patients. But what’s unsettling for me is the number of patients that have told me that they’ve had back pain for so long that they accepted it as a part of their everyday life.
Read full blogPost Surgery Back Pain Gone After Physical Therapy
Sometimes, a condition can become so severe that surgery is unavoidable. Even after surgery, the pain might still be there, in addition to the pain that comes from the surgery alone. That’s why physical therapy is so important after a surgery. We always tell our patients, when the doctor gives the ok for physical therapy, the first appointment should be scheduled the very next day. The longer someone waits to start physical therapy, the worse the overall situation becomes.
Read full blogLiving Life Without Back Pain
In the old days, when your back was hurting, your doctor told you to rest until it felt better. However a lot has been learned about proper treatment for back pain since those days, and gone are the days of prolonged bed rest. New studies show that proper movements, posture and a gradual return to activities, has been found to be much more successful to control back pain. This allows you faster pain relief and a return to normal pain-free activities.
Read full blogWhat Is The Cause Of Sciatica?
When sciatica first hits, our physical therapy patients always start their 1st visit with the same question:
What Caused My Sciatica?
It can be very difficult to figure out how back pain started. In general, there are many medical issues that can lead to back pain and significant sciatica issues. That being said, there are 3 common causes of back pain.
So Much Success With Physical Therapy!
We usually try to highlight one patient a week, but with so many amazing results, there just doesn’t seem to be enough weeks! We’d like to thank all of our physical therapy patients for taking the time out to give us a good word on social media and the internet, and for taking the time out to tell us how we’re doing!
Read full blogNeck And Back Pain Relief With Physical Therapy
Jun 1st 2018It can be hard enough to deal with pain in one body part, let along multiple body parts. For Ada, who already deals with back pain issues stemming from a lifelong back condition, she knew that she needed to come in to physical therapy in the Jersey City clinic when she now started to have migraines due to neck pain as well. As a former patient, she knew that Humberto and Dr. James could help her again.
Read full blogNeck Pain FREE With Physical Therapy
Feb 27th 2018When neck pain sets in, it can disrupt every activity, every aspect of our everyday lives. But with physical therapy, you can easily and quickly get rid of your pain and regain your regular movement so that you can get back to your life before you know it!
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