Health Blog Category: wellness
Constantly needing your pain meds refilled? Talk to your doctor about how physical therapy can help you ditch the opioids!
Chronic pain affects 50 million adults in America—that’s about 20 percent of us! You may be one of them if pain and dysfunction have been a part of your daily life for at least three months or more.
At Rehability, our experienced and friendly physical therapist staff is dedicated to helping you move with greater confidence, comfort, and ease. From our very first session with you, we’ll implement an individualized treatment plan that can help you find relief from your daily aches and pains AND help you understand why you’re having them in the first place so you can prevent them from recurring.
Read full blogAthletes Can Achieve Peak Performance with Chiropractic Care
Improve Your Game with Chiropractic Treatments!
It used to be viewed with some skepticism, but professional athletes’ enthusiasm for chiropractic care has helped the general public understand its benefits. Pros as diverse as Joe Montana, Tom Brady and Lance Armstrong have all discussed how this former “alternative” treatment helped them recover from injury and even improve their mental focus.
Whether you’re on a team or committed to a serious workout program, chiropractic care improves your athletic performance by treating current problems, helping avoid future injuries and boosting your overall health.
Read full blogDrugs Don’t Have to be the Answer for Pain Relief – Try PT Instead
You Don’t Have to Risk the Harmful Side Effects of Drugs – Find Natural Pain Relief with Physical Therapy
Pain can be a helpful messenger, a warning that something needs to be repaired in your body—but it can also be an agonizing nuisance that destroys your quality of life.
To make matters worse, many pain issues are rooted in deep-seated underlying disorders, often arising from a part of the body other than a part of the body with symptoms.
Read full blogDo You Have A Herniated Disk? Solve the Mystery Of That Curious Back Pain
Has a friend or family member ever told you they have a “slipped disc”? You’ve probably heard the term a few times, however, it’s actually a misnomer, since discs don’t actually ever “slip” but either degenerate, bulge, or herniate.
Painful? Maybe. Annoying? Absolutely. Fortunately, a physical therapist can treat all these issues!
The latter condition, called disc herniation, occurs when the outer layer of the disc tears. This allows the disc’s inner gel-like substance to leak out into the surrounding joint area.
Read full blogStaying Healthy As We Age: The Importance of Physical Activity
It’s pretty common to be less active the older we get, but if we want to remain as healthy as possible, we must incorporate as much physical activity into our daily lives as we can! Thankfully there are many easy ways to increase your levels of activity that most people can include in their everyday routine. Call our office today for more information about how you can increase your physical activity and lead a healthier life.
Read full blogWhat are the Benefits of Seeing a Chiropractor?
Could You Benefit from Chiropractic Care?
Approximately 22 million Americans visit a chiropractor each year.
If you are already seeing a physical therapist restore your functional potential, you may not realize how chiropractic care can also be integrated into the same treatment plan for optimum results.
While our physical therapists focus on reducing your pain and increasing your mobility so you may maintain an active lifestyle, chiropractic care to restore spinal alignment and uninterrupted nerve flow to the rest of your body will enhance your overall health.
Read full blogImprove Your Health By Adding Stretching Into Your Daily Routine
Have You Discovered the Many Benefits of Stretching?
Can some simple physical motions dramatically improve your overall health, wellness, and quality of life? In the case of stretching, the answer is most definitely yes. Stretching exercises are a staple of physical therapy for just that reason.
You might be surprised to discover just how many ways stretches can help you. Here are some prime reasons that our physical therapist might prescribe stretches to enhance your life.
Read full blogConsidering Back Surgery? Try PT First
There are few more debilitating conditions than back pain. Ranging from a dull ache to excruciating, back pain can keep you from performing simple daily tasks you once enjoyed.
While nearly 80 percent of adults experience back pain at some point in their lives, the treatments used to alleviate it are varied. Yet many people automatically think surgery is the best option to relieve back pain. Carrying high levels of risk and requiring months of recovery, back surgery is nothing to be undertaken lightly.
Read full blog7 Simple Ways to Improve Your Overall Fitness
Lots of people believe that in order to stay in good shape, they have to spend 2 or more hours a day working out or going to the gym. This is the reason so many people claim they don’t hve time to exercise, as well! The thing is, staying active and physically fit doesn’t have to claim hours out of your day. There are a few things you can do starting today that can drastically improve your life and health!
Read full blogWhat is the Difference Between Physical Therapy and Chiropractic Care?
Find Out Which Will be Best For You!
Think about the last time you felt any kind of chronic pain. If it was related to your back, your friends or family might have recommended that you go and see a chiropractor, but did anyone recommend that you see a physical therapist? Chiropractic care is different from physical therapy, but many people don’t understand what sets these two forms of pain management apart from each other.
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