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Holistic Approaches to Chronic Pain Management with Physical Therapy
You’ve been in pain for months. There’s no clear underlying cause, and on bad days, it can feel like your entire body aches. This is the reality of living with chronic pain, and finding relief can be a challenge. What you may need is holistic chronic pain management–a whole-person approach to addressing your discomfort.
Fortunately, physical therapy at Peak Orthopedic Physical Therapy plays a vital role in this strategy by addressing the underlying causes of pain and promoting overall wellness.
Read full blogNeck Pain Relief: Exploring Manual Therapy Techniques
Do you ever come home from work, rubbing your neck to try and alleviate your pain? Do you ever wake up in the middle of the night due to neck pain–and can’t fall back asleep? Effective neck pain relief is essential in helping you improve your overall quality of life.
Neck pain is one of the more common musculoskeletal complaints. It can arise from various causes, including poor posture, muscle strain, or injuries such as whiplash, and symptoms can vary accordingly.
Read full blogSports-Related Back Injuries and Recovery
Sports-related back Injuries affect athletes of all levels, from weekend warriors to seasoned professionals. No matter who you are, a back injury can sideline you, causing pain and frustration. Fortunately, physical therapy at Peak Orthopedic Physical Therapy offers effective solutions to help you recover and get back to your sport.
While our physical therapists will address your acute discomfort, we also emphasize strengthening your back and correcting muscular imbalances that might have contributed to your injury.
Read full blogPreventing Back Injuries: Tips and Exercises for a Healthy Spine at Work
Preventing back injuries is crucial for maintaining a healthy and productive work life. Whether you work a physically active job on a construction site or sit at a desk, your back is under constant strain. However, a few simple changes can significantly protect your spine and avoid painful injuries.
Back injuries are some of the most common in the world, whether on the job or in daily life. However, they don’t have to be inevitable!
Read full blogRehabilitation for Chronic Pain: A Path to Recovery
Chronic pain can be debilitating, affecting every aspect of a person’s life. Coping with this persistent discomfort is challenging, but with the right approach, significant improvement is possible. At Peak Orthopedic Physical Therapy, we specialize in chronic pain rehabilitation, offering personalized, evidence-based treatments that help patients regain their quality of life.
The Journey Begins: Sarah’s Struggle with Chronic Pain
Sarah (not her real name), a 45-year-old office worker, had been suffering from chronic shoulder pain for years.
Read full blogRotator Cuff Injury Therapy: Regaining Shoulder Functionality
Have you noticed pain in your shoulder? Does it seem to get worse at night or flare up whenever you perform certain arm movements? There’s a good chance you’re in need of rotator cuff injury therapy.
Your shoulder joint is a complex ball-and-socket joint that connects the upper arm bone to the shoulder blade and collarbone. This complexity allows you to perform a wide range of arm movements, but it has to be stabilized by the rotator cuff, a group of four muscles and their tendons.
Read full blogDo You Know The Differences Between Sprains and Strains?
Does this scenario sound familiar to you? You’re walking down the sidewalk, not really paying much attention to where you’re going, when your ankle slips off the curb. You feel an immediate twinge of pain, but you’re unsure whether or not it requires a trip to the doctor. Ouch!
You’re almost sure something is wrong, but what could it be? A sprained ankle? A strained ankle? How are you supposed to know the difference between the two, and what are you supposed to do to quell the pain once it hits?
Read full blogTherapy Before Surgery: Discovering the Benefits of Preventative Rehabilitation
Are you in need of a surgical procedure? Do you have a physically demanding job or sport? Are your muscles or joints weaker than they used to be? If you identify with any of these scenarios, preventative rehabilitation, or “pre-hab,” may benefit you.
There are several benefits to participating in pre-hab treatments. It can speed up recovery time, help the body heal quicker, and prevent against injuries. There are two different categories of pre-hab: 1) pre-hab for injury prevention and 2) pre-hab for surgical recovery.
Read full blogGet Ready To Toss Your Drugs In The Trash With Physical Therapy
As we all know, our country is dealing with an opioid crisis. Prescription medication addiction is expected to affect 11.5 million people in the United States. If this statistic scares you, it should – this is a severe problem. We shouldn’t take it lightly.
This is a scary moment, but there is a way out. Physical therapy is a natural, safe, and efficient technique to relieve pain. Physical therapy, unlike painkillers, aims to provide long-term relief rather than just concealing pain in the short term.
Read full blog5 Holistic Ways To Quell Pain With Physical Therapy
If you live with chronic pain or pain lasting three months or longer, you are not alone. In fact, according to the American Academy of Pain Medicine, approximately 100 million Americans live with chronic pain. Unfortunately, that also means that the dependency on prescription medications is continuously growing. In 2013, doctors across the U.S. prescribed nearly a quarter of a billion opioid prescriptions – that’s roughly a bottle per person in the United States.
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