Health Blog Category: jersey city physical therapy
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Here’s How To Improve Your Balance Quick And Easy!
Are you finding that your having problems with your balance lately? Did you know that strengthening your core muscles is related to the development of better balance? It’s true!
When your core muscles are good, they have a better chance of stopping you from suffering chronic lower back pain and other injuries.
They can even stop you from losing your balance or falling over.
Read full blogDo You Have a Herniated Disc? Find out with PT!
Are Herniated Discs the Cause of Your Back Pain?
Herniated discs refer to an issue with one of the rubbery cushions that are in between the vertebrae. A spinal disc has a soft jellylike interior with a tougher exterior.
Strange neck pains, back pains, or extremity symptoms can indicate a variety of potential problems – including one or more herniated discs.
How can you tell for sure whether you have this specific problem?
Read full blogHow Yoga and Physical Therapy Can Help You Live Pain-Free!
Do you suffer from nagging, chronic pain? If that’s the case, you’ve probably looked into a variety of treatment options to alleviate your discomfort. Medication and surgery are two of the most commonly sought solutions for this issue, but they aren’t the only options available to those in pain.
Yoga and physical therapy are both excellent ways to improve your overall health and relieve pain. All of our patients who are looking for a different way to stay in shape or manage a chronic pain condition can benefit from yoga-based rehabilitation and strength training at Complete Physical Rehab in Elizabeth and Jersey City.
Are you living with a chronic pain condition or trying to recover from an acute injury that’s limiting your physical activity?
Read full blogLiving with Pain? PT Can Help in These 3 Ways – All Without Opioids!
Say NO to Opioids and YES to These Benefits of Physical Therapy!
Does the prospect of taking painkilling drugs for the rest of your life fill you with concern? If it doesn’t, then it should – especially if the drugs in question are opioids.
Many chronic pain sufferers who can’t get the relief they need from NSAIDs or steroids feel that they have no choice but to turn to the more powerful opioid drugs.
Read full blogPhysical Therapy Can Help Ankle Pains, Strains, & Sprains
Everything You Need To Know To Get Up & Moving Again
If you are experiencing ankle pain that just won’t go away, there is a large chance you’ve suffered from a strain or sprain! People often use these two words interchangeably, however, there is a difference between them. A strain is the tearing or overstretching of a muscle or tendon. These tendons connect bones to muscles. The most common location for a strain is your lower back or a hamstring.
Read full blogSay Goodbye To Hip And Knee Pain!
Say Goodbye To Hip And Knee Pain!
Sedentary habits can have negative effects on the hips and knees, especially with so many of us spending more time at home, but at Complete Physical Rehab, we know that it doesn’t mean that you can’t still get moving and find relief for the aches and pains that come with sitting around the house. If you have noticed achy, painful, or tight joints while being quarantined, you are not alone – and you can find relief from the comfort of your own home!
Read full blogTop 3 Stretches For Runners
With indoor gyms still closed in the tri-state area and more and more people looking outdoors for a workout, my patients have been asking for top stretches for runners in order to deal with pain that has come up as a result of running, jogging, and walking on pavement and roads, as opposed to treadmills that lessen the impact on joints.
As a certified sports physical therapist that has focused on training runners for almost 20 years, I myself and both used and recommended these 3 simple stretches for all my runners, as they are they have been shown to be the most reliable, overall, for both preventing and relieving pain.
Read full blogTop 3 Ways To Prevent Home Office Back Pain
In one of my last blogs, I went over my top 3 exercises for dealing with back pain in a home office setting. But if we take a step back for a second, what you’ll find is that we can and should be trying to stop back pain before it even starts to creep up. As we have all been working more from home, my patients have been finding that they are actually more sedentary than when they were in their normal offices. Much of this can be attributed to more “alone time” at a desk at home with less interaction with fellow co-workers, in addition to smaller work spaces with easier and closer access to amenities such as bathrooms, kitchens, etc. All of this leads to less overall movement during a workday.
Read full blogSafe Physical Therapy Success In Jersey City
If there’s one thing that we’ve learned during this challenging time of trying to provide safe physical therapy, it’s this: pain problems happen, virus or no virus. Even in this time of immense challenge, we have seen an increase in pain problems with our patients. Stay-at-home orders, combined with working at home and inactivity due to lack of access to fitness classes and gyms have made it very challenging to stay active, fit, and healthy, to say the least.
Read full blogPhysical Therapy COVID-19 Safety Rules & Guidelines
May 29th 2020As we move forward providing top physical therapy care in Elizabeth and Jersey City, we are continually reviewing our COVID-19 safety rules & guidelines to keep in line with all New Jersey state and local requirements.
First and foremost, Complete Physical Rehabilitation staff members will be wearing masks during treatment hours. Disinfection and cleaning of all treatment areas and therapeutic equipment will remain at its’ current, increased level.
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