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Surgery 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 blogNeed To Fix Balance Problems? Here’s The Solution!
In my last post, I talked about the #1 Way to Improve Your Balance, with a simple, easy solution to improving your everyday quality of life. But even with this easy fix, sometimes a more specialized solution is needed. That’s where physical therapy comes in to fix balance problems for good!
When it comes to finding a way to fix balance problems, physical therapy is ALWAYS the best option. Besides being totally holistic and drug free, physical therapy with the right physical therapist gets to the root of the problem. Once the root is found, the problem can then be solved through an individual physical therapy program, so that patients can go back to a normal, daily life. In addition, patients leave physical therapy with a home exercise program that will help keep symptoms away even after the completion of physical therapy. This way, you will know how to handle symptoms if they were to come back!
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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 blogStress-Related Headaches Getting You Down? PT Can Help
Don’t Let Your Headaches Control Your Life!
Whether the pain starts in your neck, the back of your head or front and center behind your eyes, stress headaches can derail your entire day.
While reducing your stress level can often reduce your stress-related headaches, getting rid of the pressure you are under is not always practical.
Call our office today and find out how a physical therapist just may be the key to getting rid of stress-related headaches once and for all.
Read full blogManage Your Pain Without Opioids! Consult with a Physical Therapist
Discover Natural Treatment Methods for Your Pain
If you’ve been living with pain, drugs don’t have to be the answer.
Long-term opioid consumption is not a good strategy for managing chronic pain. In addition to the risk of addiction, opioids simply alleviate the symptoms (pain) of a larger problem.
For very real, measurable improvement over chronic pain, physical therapy has been proven to be a much better option than opioids or other pharmaceutical painkillers.
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 blog3 Post-Thanksgiving Full Body Home Exercises
Even amidst the current COVID pandemic, the end of the Thanksgiving holiday still signals the beginning of a common holiday ritual: exercising after eating all that wonderful holiday food! But due to current circumstances, and with restrictions increasing due to rising COVID-19 numbers, we must adapt while trying to get in that much needed workout. That means that now, more than ever, we can look to home exercise as a way to burn off those calories!
Read full blog3 Quick Full Body At-Home Exercise Tips
With home exercise becoming increasingly popular, as access to outside gyms and gym equipment has become limited, we know these uncertain times can make it difficult to find the motivation to get moving and exercise at home. Especially with gyms, workout classes, intramural leagues, and the like becoming closed or postponed for the foreseeable future, you may be wondering, “what can I do to be more active?”
Well, at Complete Physical Rehab, we want to make sure you are still getting the physical activity you need, even during a quarantine.
Read full blog5 Common Causes of Shoulder Pain And How To Treat It
There are many different factors that attribute to chronic shoulder pain. One thing is for sure though, dealing with shoulder pain can make completing daily tasks nearly impossible without treatment.
If you or a loved one is experiencing shoulder pain, contact our office today to learn how physical therapy can help relieve (or even eliminate) your problem!
How Does Shoulder Pain Occur?
Most people probably go about their day without giving much thought to how they are using their shoulders.
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