The goal of physical therapy is to alleviate pain and restore or improve your body’s function and mobility. A physical therapist has years of training in how to help your body heal and ways to optimize its function. This could mean getting back to work (occupational therapy), or exceeding performance milestones in sports. Here are some of the reasons you might want to see a physical therapist. Joint pain Whether you have osteoarthritis or an acute injury, joint pain can seriously interfere ... [Read More]
Relieving back pain
Dry Needling and Low Back Pain
If you suffer from chronic low back pain, you know that there are many treatment options out there. But pain medication can have dangerous side effects and even cause dependency. Surgery is rarely recommended unless other treatments have failed to provide relief, and injections don’t always provide lasting results. Dry needling is a physical therapy technique that offers an alternative treatment for low back pain without the potential for dangerous side effects. Dry needling is included in ... [Read More]
Is Your Back Pain Caused by Your Job?
It is not always intentional, but many jobs end up putting their workers at a high risk for back pain and injury. Information from the World Health Organization's International Labour Office reveals that the problem is global. The organization lists “musculoskeletal diseases” as common, and part of 268 million non-fatal workplace accidents in which employees miss work. According to Everyday Health, back pain is one of the most common medical problems in the United States, and the leading cause ... [Read More]
Exercises to Help Relieve Back Pain
If you’ve had to go to your doctor due to back pain, you know that it can get pretty bad. Back pain is actually a very common reason for a visit to the doctor, and a big reason that people end up being absent from work. When a bad low back flare-up comes along, people can be laid up for days from the debilitating pain. According to the Mayo Clinic, 80 percent of all Americans will have low back pain at least once in their lifetime. Back pain is also a leading cause of disability cases in the ... [Read More]
