Health Blog Category: Aches and Pains
Pain Shouldn’t be a Part of Your Everyday Life. Take Back Control with Physical Therapy!
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. It that sounds like you, it’s time to contact a physical therapist at REHABILITY and schedule an appointment.
Read full blog5 Quick Tips for Less Pain and More Energy
Millions of individuals live with varying degrees of pain while also experiencing limited amounts of energy. There are several quick and effective ways you can increase your energy levels while reducing pain. Incorporating physical therapy into your regular routine is one way to limit pain. Call REHABILITY for more information regarding the use of physical therapy for pain relief.
- Change Your Diet
What you eat can have an enormous impact on how much pain you experience and the amount of energy you have throughout the day.
Read full blogReduce Pain and Inflammation Through Nutrition
Internal inflammation can wreak havoc with your health. You may already be seeing a physical therapist for inflammation-related health issues, such as arthritis. Whether you have a specific diagnosis or generalized pain in your back and joints, Rehability LLC Physical Therapy Freehold, NJ can help. Your physical therapist may also suggest an anti-inflammatory diet for additional pain relief.
What to Avoid
One of the quickest way to reverse nutrition-based inflammation is to stop eating the foods most associated with it.
Read full blog5 Ways to Avoid Joint Pain
Do you find your joints aching for no apparent reason? Even small aches and pains are your body’s way of telling you something is not working and should not be ignored. According to a Centers for Disease Control (CDC) study, 30% of the people surveyed reported some form of joint pain within a 30 day period. The greatest number of respondents had knee joint pain, followed by shoulder, finger and then hip joint pain.
Read full blogSix Easy Steps to Less Pain and More Energy
Do you sometimes feel sluggish, tired, achy, sore, or have low energy? Those could be signs that a daily routine of sitting for long hours in your car, at your desk, or at home watching TV is starting to wear your body down. Your body is meant to move, so the unnatural act of sitting still for long periods can actually cause some serious problems: It can slow down your circulatory, lymphatic and digestive systems; deprive your heart and lungs of the movement they need to be their healthiest; and contribute to the chronic lower back pain, headaches, neck pain, shoulder pain and hip pain that plagues many working Americans.
Read full blogIncreasing Core Strength to Relieve Pain
Core strength has become a popular topic because it affects the function of the entire body. A strong core means better stability, fewer injuries and less physical stress.
Weak core muscles can lead to chronic back and neck pain. Signs of weak core muscles include slumping in your chair, poor posture at your desk or lack of balance.
Why Do Core Muscles Matter?
Read full blogIs Pain Stopping You From Getting Back in the Game?
Sports represent a healthy way to stay in shape, enjoy socialization with friends and family, and provide an effective outlet for stress. Nothing else in life compares to the invigorating and stimulating enjoyment that comes from participating in sports. As you play, however, you may develop some pain or injuries that prevent you from fully enjoying your sports activity. When this happens, a negative spiral can occur. The suddenly sedentary life may lead to weight gain, mood swings or depression, or feelings of hopelessness.
Read full blogWhere Is Your Pain Coming From?
No matter your age, aches and pains can take the joy out of life’s activities. Whether it’s sore knees after taking a job, or a stiff back while getting out of bed, determining the true cause of the pain can seem frustrating if not impossible. Since pain is the body’s response to a wide variety of stimuli, it is important to pay careful consideration to a variety of factors. By listening to your body, and making sure not to aggravate it further, you can determine where your pain is coming from.
Read full blogArthritis Pain Sufferer? Find Out How to Stop the Pain & Get Relief
Arthritis pain is a common and growing problem for many Americans today. According to recent statistics compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), osteoarthritis (OA), is the most common type of arthritis and now afflicts at least 13.9% of the adult population, aged 25 or older. OA and other types of arthritis are serious degenerative diseases, characterized by the wearing away of joint cartilage over time.
Read full blogAre Aches and Pains Ruining Your Day? Discover Why You Hurt and How You Can Lessen the Pain
As people age, many develop aches and pains that become progressively worse and begin to interfere with their normal work requirements, daily activities and even healthy sleep patterns. In many cases these aches and pains are worse upon awakening in the morning and ease as the person arises and begins to move about. Although this type of pain can have a number of causes, some of the most common ones are those related to a decrease in the level of overall health or activity, an illness or injury, a sedentary lifestyle, inadequate or improper exercise and poor nutrition.
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