Pain Shouldn’t be a Part of Your Everyday Life. Take Back Control with Physical Therapy!
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Chronic pain can take over your life if you don’t take proactive measures to overcome it. Instead of enjoying life to the fullest, daily pain can become the central focus of your life. You start skipping out on social activities, playing with children or grandchildren, or other activities that used to be routine. Instead, the pain has become the first and last thing on your mind every day. If that sounds like you, it’s time to contact a physical therapist in Spectrum Therapy Consultants and schedule an appointment.
Read full blogPhysical Therapy Can Provide Relief For These 5 Common Shoulder Pain Conditions
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Physical therapy is a safe, effective, and non-invasive treatment option that is designed to relieve pain resulting from a wide range of musculoskeletal conditions, sports injuries, workplace injuries, and more. Patients typically see a physical therapist to help manage chronic pain symptoms and prevent future injury, and regular appointments with a physical therapist are ideal for people of all ages.
One of the biggest reasons new patients visit our licensed physical therapists each day is to address chronic shoulder pain.
Read full blog5 Ways Athletes Can Benefit From Therapeutic Massage
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If you are an athlete, you already know that you’ve got to maintain optimal health if you want to keep playing the sport you love. Participating in a treatment plan with an experienced physical therapist is a big part of that, especially when you’re recovering from an injury. Therapeutic massage is one of the main parts of a good physical therapy regimen following an injury. There are several ways that therapeutic massage can benefit any athlete, including, but not limited to:
1.Relaxed muscles.
Read full blogDo You Have Any of These 5 Conditions? If So, PT Can Help
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Say Goodbye to Your Pains with Physical Therapy Relief!
Did you know that physical therapy is a natural form of pain relief treatment that can be used to manage a variety of different conditions?
Unfortunately, many people don’t realize that physical therapy treatments are a great way to reduce their chronic pain and other recurring symptoms until after they’ve tried other traditional treatment methods like surgery and prescription painkillers.
Read full blogFeel Great with the Right Nutrition Plan For You
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In your everyday struggle against pain and inflammation, do you reach for a pill bottle, or do you seek healthy lifestyle changes? The latter choice will do more for you in terms of long-term function, mobility and safety.
But what kinds of lifestyle changes should you pursue? In addition to regular exercise, including the types of targeted exercises you might receive in physical therapy, you should examine your sleep, your workplace ergonomics – and your nutrition.
Read full blogMove Freely Again By Finding Effective Relief for Your Hip and Knee Pains
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Move with Comfort and Ease with the Help of our Physical Therapists!
The knee is considered a hinge joint while the hip is a ball-and-socket joint. They are both complex joints with a network of muscles, tendons, ligaments, bone, and cartilage all working together to keep you moving.
With this many moving parts, it’s not surprising that as we age or engage in strenuous activity that we sometimes experience pain.
Read full blogPhysical Therapy can help you leave the pain relievers behind
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If you’re taking pain relievers and just don’t want to stay dependent on them forever, physical therapy can be exactly the solution you need. Physical therapy can be very beneficial for both short-term pain (usually, that which lasts just a few weeks or months) and long-term or chronic pain (that which lasts for more than three months).
The opioid epidemic is often in the news, and it may have started you thinking about the effect that pain pills are having on your life.
Read full blogStand up to your back pain! Physical therapy can help relieve chronic low back pain.
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Got low back pain? Then get a physical therapy referral!
Physical therapy is a leading professional involved in the diagnosis and treatment of low back pain. In fact, low back pain is one of the most common reasons people come to work with a physical therapist. Researchers in our field have even developed concise and comprehensive practice guidelines to help therapists manage this condition in their patients.
Read full blogCould your back pain be caused by a herniated disc? Here’s what to look for.
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How do you know whether you have a herniated disc or it’s just good old back pain? One telltale sign can be where the pain is located. With a herniated disc, the pain is typically located in the lumbar spine. That’s the lower part of your backbone. The pain may radiate from the back to the thighs, buttocks or calves. A herniated disc can cause pain whether you’re resting or active. Even a cough or sneeze can cause pain as it puts pressure on pinched nerves.
Read full blogDo you sit at a desk most of the day? Here’s how to stay active during the 9-5!
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Would you be embarrassed if you got caught doing jumping jacks in your office? We hope not—and we think many successful companies would likely applaud the effort!
It’s becoming more well known that staying physically active throughout the workday isn’t just better for your health. It can also boost productivity, job satisfaction, and psychological well-being, too. Even if you work at a desk, there are plenty of simple things you can do to get moving more often.
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