Health Blog Category: physical therapist
How To Reduce Joint Pain and Improve Mobility
As we grow older, we may find ourselves thinking the same thing: our joints aren’t what they once were. Perhaps you’re dealing with joint pain that makes movement difficult, or you’ve developed osteoarthritis as a result of age-related “wear and tear.” Whatever the case may be, one thing is certain: without aches and pains, you can’t get around as well.
Taking painkillers or living a sedentary lifestyle to compensate for daily aches and pains, on the other hand, is not a healthy method to deal with your disease.
Read full blogDealing With Low Back Pain? Here Are 3 Tips To Reduce Your Discomfort
Do you have low back pain that won’t go away? If you have, you are aware of how debilitating it can be. It may appear simple to take medication to relieve pain, but with prescription medication overuse becoming a national epidemic, many people with lower back pain are looking for a more straightforward alternative.
According to a white paper from the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), physical therapy is shown to be a more reliable long-term solution to low back pain and chronic pain relief than pain medications, surgery or other alternatives.
Read full blogTop 4 Causes of Hip and Knee Pain and How To Get Relief
To aid in complex movement, the hips and knees have a multitude of tendons, muscles, and joints linked together. It can be tough to perform daily tasks if you have an injury (and consequent discomfort) in a specific location.
Physical therapy, fortunately, can assist you in a variety of methods in permanently resolving your hip and knee pain. To learn more about how a qualified physical therapist may help you manage your pain, call our office right now.
Read full blogSurgery Coming Up? Physical Therapy Can Help Both Before AND After!
Understanding the Benefits of Physical Therapy – Both Before and After Surgical Procedures
It’s a wise idea to work with a physical therapist both before and after surgery.
Working with a physical therapist prior to your operation — sometimes referred to as “prehab” – can help you to prepare emotionally and physically for the surgery.
According to the American Physical Therapy Association, physical therapy can help not only with overall wellness, but also prevention.
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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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 blogWant To Live A Healthier Life? Improve Your Health with These 4 Tips!
Discover Ways to Live A Healthier Life!
How many reminders do you have every day that you need to live a healthier life? Running shoes are collecting dust in your closet. The yoga mat is curled up in the back of your car. You keep paying for the gym membership, but don’t actually use it. We know that sticking to a day-to-day workout routine can be difficult, but hey, no one ever said New Year’s is the only time you can make a commitment to improve your health.
Read full blogFeeling Better Through Yoga & Physical Therapy Treatment
Everyone desires to be healthier, stronger, and more active. This may sometimes feel difficult to accomplish, due to pain, injuries, or poor diets.
Pain increases undesirable chemicals in your body that cause stress, creating a challenge when it comes to exercise. All of this also affects your endocrine system, which regulates your hormones and controls almost everything happening in your body!
Thankfully, there are many exercises that can effectively ease your pain while simultaneously strengthening the affected part(s) of your body.
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 blogRelieve Your Achy Joints with These 3 Tips!
Physical Therapy Can Help You Live Your Life Comfortably
If you are living with chronic joint pain, you are not alone. In fact, 20% of the United States population experiences chronic pain, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
At our physical therapy clinic, we work with people every day who are dealing with the physical and mental effects of chronic pain caused by conditions like arthritis and fibromyalgia.
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