Health Blog Category: chronic pain
5 Reasons You’ll Benefit From Seeing a Physical Therapist
This demand for pain-management drugs has caused the opioid crisis we’re all too familiar with today. Opioids are both dangerous and addictive when taken for extended periods of time or in large amounts. Because of this, many Americans are understandably looking for safer pain relief alternatives.
According to the American Academy of Pain Medicine, approximately 100 million Americans live with chronic pain. So, if you are living with chronic pain, or pain lasting three months or longer, you are not alone.
Read full blog5 Tips For Increasing Energy and Decreasing Chronic Pain
You know how limiting pain can be if you live with it. Fortunately, you can reduce your discomfort while also raising your energy levels by making a few simple lifestyle modifications. When you combine these exercises with your physical therapy treatments, you may help yourself heal from discomfort and achieve the physical goals you’ve set for yourself.
To find out more about how we can help you increase your energy and decrease your pain, contact Wood Associates Physical Therapy today!
Read full blogAre You Experiencing Chronic Pain? Improving Your Diet Could Help You Out!
Stop feeding your chronic pain!
Do you live with chronic pain? Do they make it difficult for you to enjoy your daily routine? Is it hard for you to do things that you once loved doing with ease?
If your discomfort has been continuously worsening, you may want to reconsider your eating habits! We truly are what we eat.
Inflammatory responses can be triggered by eating too much or the wrong foods, which can lead to muscle, nerve, or joint discomfort.
Read full blogDiscover the Long-Term Benefits of Hip and Knee Pain Relief with Physical Therapy
Are You Living With Hip and Knee Pain?
Hip and knee pain are some of the most common types of pain people deal with – they are some of the top pains listed on the Centers for Disease Control surveys of adults reporting joint pain.
So, if you are struggling with hip and knee pain, you are definitely not alone, contact Wood Associates Physical Therapy Clinic. Whether your knee hurts, your hip hurts, or you are struggling with pain in both joints, you are well aware of the fact that such pain can make it much harder to live the life you prefer.
Read full blogChronic Pain Doesn’t Have to Take Over Your Life – Find Relief with Physical Therapy
Did You Know You Could Relieve Your Chronic Pain With Natural Treatments?
Have you grown accustomed to feeling a twinge here and a spasm there? Do you suffer from recurring aches and pains for reasons you don’t totally understand? Have you been gritting your teeth and putting up with a longstanding chronic pain condition?
Maybe you’ve been putting off medical treatment for your ailment because you’re afraid of one particular form of care – surgery.
Read full blogReduce Your Aches and Pains with the Help of a Nutritional Diet
If you work with a physical therapist to help manage a chronic pain condition, you will probably receive some nutritional advice as part of the process.
Physical therapists are not nutritionists, but providing nutritional advice to patients is well within the scope of a physical therapist’s duties. For some chronic conditions, dietary changes can make the biggest difference in reducing or eliminating pain.
Certain foods have been known to alleviate inflammation, where some foods can aggravate it.
Read full blogEliminate Your Need for Opioids with Physical Therapy
Physical Therapy Can Manage Your Pain so You can Kick the Drugs!
As stated by the American Physical Therapy Association,
“The White House has announced that APTA is among the organizations that have joined a public-private partnership to combat opioid usage and prescription drug abuse, and that the association will reach out to the public and its members to deliver the message that pain can be effectively managed through conservative, non-drug approaches.
Read full blogChronic Back Pain Doesn’t Have to Control Your Life
Is Chronic Back Pain Slowing You Down? PT is the Answer
Did you know that approximately 80 percent of Americans have experienced (or will experience) back pain?
Do you feel as if your chronic back pain has locked you out of your own life? This nagging, excruciating symptom can stem from a variety of underlying causes, in some cases growing progressively worse from day to day until you can hardly move at all.
Read full blogMove Comfortably Once Again – Find Relief for Your Hip and Knee Pains
Physical Therapy Can Help You Move with Ease Again
According to the Centers for Disease Control, hip and knee pain are both commonly reported areas of discomfort across the United States.
If you’ve been struggling with hip and knee pain for a long time, it may begin to feel as if your pain is here to stay. After all, can you really get any lasting relief from severe and/or chronic joint pain?
Read full blogDaily Stresses Can Lead to Headaches – Luckily, Physical Therapy Can Help
Relieve Your Stress-Related Headaches with Physical Therapy
The work day is almost over, but your inbox is full and your to-do list is long. You are already thinking about the many things you’ll have to handle in the evening, and what will be facing you when you reach your desk again tomorrow. You pinch the bridge of your nose, but to no avail.
The headache has already settled in, and is likely to distract you from the last few hours of your day.
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