Injured employees must follow the Workers’ Compensation process carefully to maximize their medical benefits, wage replacement, and return to work modifications. Let’s talk about nine tips to help you get the most from your worker's comp claim and look forward to a healthier, more productive work life. 1. Get Medical Assessment and Treatment Right Away Not only does this benefit your health and overall function, but your hospital ER or PCP will document the kind and extent of your injury. ... [Read More]
Archives for December 2022
The Ultimate Guide to Trigger Point Dry Needling
Dry needling is one of today’s most innovative and effective treatments for chronic pain. The certified dry-needling therapist inserts short, ultra-thin needle-like filaments into muscle groups and their associated fascia. The therapeutic goal is relief from a wide range of pain sources. Let's learn about trigger point dry needling, its function, and where you can go to receive one in Austin, Texas. What Does Trigger Point Dry Needling Treat, and What Happens During a Session Patients who ... [Read More]
Five Tips for Dealing with Overuse Injuries
Overuse, or repetitive use, injuries are common in today’s workplace and sports-driven society. Soft tissues and bones take a beating from keyboarding to squatting to lifting boxes to playing tennis or running your miles. Let’s talk about five tips that help to heal and/or avoid these common musculoskeletal problems, like overuse injuries, and where you can go for outstanding physical therapy in Austin, TX. What Do Overuse Injuries Affect? Overuse injuries stem from constantly repeating the ... [Read More]
Top Three Wrist Exercises to Get Rid of Carpal Tunnel Pain
Involving the wrist and hand, carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is one of the most common overuse injuries. While numbness, tingling, and loss of grip strength frequently plague sufferers of CTS, pain can be a problem too. Here’s more information about CTS and details regarding the top three exercises you can do as part of your physical therapy for carpal tunnel syndrome. What Causes Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? Carpal tunnel syndrome is a chronic nerve entrapment injury of the wrist and hand. The ... [Read More]
