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04/28/2022

Wondering what makes physical therapy so significant?

Here are a few ways it can help:

Eliminate or Reduce Pain
Physical therapy techniques for instance soft tissue and joint mobilization or treatments such as ultrasound, electrical stimulation or taping may help reduce pain and restore muscle and joint function. Such therapies can also stop pain from recurring.

Avoid Surgery
If physical therapy helps out to eliminate pain or heal from an injury, surgery may not be necessary. And even if surgery is necessary, you may still benefit from pre-surgery physical therapy. If you’re going into a surgery stronger and in better shape, you will recover faster subsequently in many cases. Also, by avoiding surgery, health care costs are reduced.

Develop Mobility
If you’re having trouble moving, walking, or standing—no matter your age—physical therapy can lend a hand. Strengthening and stretching exercises assist to reinstate your capability to move. Physical therapists can appropriately fit individuals with crutches, a cane, or any other assistive device, or assess for orthotic treatments.

Recover from a Stroke
It’s ordinary to lose some level of function and movement following a stroke. Physical therapy assist strengthen weakened parts of the body and recover equilibrium. Physical therapists can also advance stroke patients’ ability to move and go around in bed so that they can be more self-regulating around the house, and decrease their burden of care for bathing, dressing, toileting, and other daily activities.

Recuperate From or Stop a Sports Injury
Physical therapists know how different sports can amplify your risk for specific types of injuries. They can design appropriate recuperation or prevention exercise programs for you to make sure a safe return to your game.

Improve Your Balance and Prevent Falls
If you are at high risk for falls, therapists will give exercises that carefully and safely challenge your balance as a way to emulate real-life situations. Therapists also assist you with exercises to progress coordination and assistive devices to help with safer striding.
When the balance problem is caused by an issue in one’s vestibular system, Physical therapists can perform detailed manoeuvres that can quickly restore correct vestibule functioning and decrease and get rid of symptoms of dizziness or vertigo.

Manage Diabetes and Vascular Conditions
As part of an general diabetes management plan, exercise can assist successfully control blood sugar. Furthermore, people with diabetes may have trouble with sensation in their feet and legs. Physical therapists can assist provide and educate these patients on proper foot care to prevent additional problems down the road.

Manage Age-Related Issues
As individuals age, they may build up arthritis or osteoporosis or need a joint replacement. Physical therapists are skilled in helping patients get well from joint replacement, and manage arthritic or osteoporotic circumstances conventionally.
Manage Heart and Lung Disease

Manage Women’s Health
Women have specific health concerns, for instance with pregnancy and post-partum care. Physical therapists can present specialized management of issues related to women’s health. Furthermore, PT can provide specialized treatment for: Bowel incontinence, breast cancer, urinary incontinence constipation, fibromyalgia, pelvic pain, male pelvic health, and lymphedema.

Six of the best stretches and exercises to decrease pain and tension in your upper back. Thoracic self-mobilization techniques and strength training exercise...

04/01/2022

A Chiropractic Adjustment refers to a chiropractor physically adjusting the vertebrae in your back. This type of procedure can have a myriad of positive benefits without the stress or invasiveness of surgery or other more intense techniques. Here are 10 reasons how chiropractic adjustments can improve your health. Schedule your adjustment with us today!

1. Blood pressure
High blood pressure medications can have negative side effects including:
-Fatigue
-Nausea
-Dizziness
-Anxiety
-Weight loss

Adjustments have been shown to help patients suffering from low blood pressure as well.

2. A chiropractic adjustment can help with neck and lower back pain
This benefit is probably the most well known when it comes to going to the chiropractor. 80% of Americans experience some sort of lower back pain in their lifetime.
Medications and surgeries are options for this type of pain, but those can be dangerous, expensive, and ineffective.
An adjustment from chiropractor services can significantly reduce your back and neck pain via a non-invasive technique.

3. Scoliosis
Scoliosis is a condition where there is an abnormal curvature of the spine. This can cause pain, abnormal posture, a reduction in your range of motion, and even trouble breathing.
Most scoliosis patients have few options for treatment. But a chiropractic adjustment has been shown to help treat scoliosis patients.
Chiropractic treatment combined with physical therapy could help treat and prevent the progression of scoliosis. The effectiveness of this treatment option varies from patient to patient, but it is a viable option.

4. Sciatica
Sciatica refers to pain that radiates from your lower back down your legs because of a damaged or pressured sciatic nerve.
This type of chronic pain can lead to over-medicating and chronic pain. Chiropractic treatment can help relieve pressure on the sciatic nerve that is causing your sciatica. Studies show that patients receiving adjustments reduced the number of pain days they had. They also experienced a reduction in the severity of their pain.

5. Reduce inflammation
Inflammation is one of the top causes of pain, joint issues, and tension. Chronic inflammation has been linked to a number of diseases like heart disease, chronic pain, and cancer.
Chiropractic adjustments have been shown to reduce inflammation which can lead to a number of positive benefits, including:

-Chronic lower back pain relief
-Reduced muscle tension
-Relief of joint pain
-Reduced inflammation can also help reduce your risk of developing diseases that are linked to high inflammation.

6. Headache relief
Both tension and migraine headaches can be caused by back pain and spinal issues. Back misalignment can cause muscle tension and pain which can result in both tension headaches as well as migraine headaches.

7. Improvement in symptoms of neurological conditions
Chiropractic adjustments have been shown to help increase blood flow to the brain. They can help increase the flow of cerebral spinal fluid as well. This can significantly help people suffering from neurological conditions like multiple sclerosis and epilepsy.

8. Children’s health benefits
Kids chiropractic care can significantly improve certain conditions that affect children. The big three conditions that can be helped with an adjustment in children are colic, acid reflux, and ear infections.
-Colic
Colic causes near constant crying and fussiness in young children and babies as a result of abdominal discomfort and gas. Colic can be extremely difficult to treat, which can result in an uncomfortable baby and exhausted parents.

-Acid reflux and ear infections
It’s thought that the nerves in the brain and back along with the nerves in the gut and head are particularly sensitive. When these are affected, it can result in conditions like acid reflux and ear infections.
An adjustment can help to improve what’s known as the gut-brain connection, which is why chiropractic adjustments might help these types of conditions.
This improvement can also boost the immune system, which can help prevent infection.

9. Improved athletic performance
Reduction of inflammation, pain, and other similar conditions can help get the body in top shape. This is especially true for athletes who depend on their body to do their job.
Adjustments can reduce pain and tension caused by sports and activity. Alignments can also reduce inflammation and boost the immune system to help boost an athletes performance.

10. Vertigo
Dizziness and vertigo can make it impossible to do everyday tasks or even get up out of bed without feeling disoriented and nauseous. This is a common condition after experiencing a head or neck injury.
Chiropractic adjustments can help target joints and vertebrae that aren’t moving correctly. This could help reduce vertigo episodes. An adjustment can also help fix your body’s natural balance, which can also cause vertigo if it’s misaligned.

03/10/2022

What is Sciatica?

Sciatica, also called lumbar radiculopathy, is a pain that originates along your sciatic nerve.
This nerve extends from the back of your pelvis down the back of your thigh. Your sciatic nerve is the main nerve in your leg.

If you have sciatica or are experiencing any of these types of pains please give us a call...

In the meantime here are a few stretches that can help relieve some of that pain. Hope to hear from you soon!

"Famous" Physical Therapists Bob Schrupp and Brad Heineck (Bob & Brad) present several One Minute Sciatica Exercises designed to provide you with quick pain ...

03/07/2022

“Be mindful of your body’s limits and don’t push your body to do too much. Listen to your body and do what feels best for you in each moment.”

Conquer lower back pain and tightness with these seven stretches, complete with step-by-step instructions and modifications to meet your needs.

03/03/2022

Our doctors and staff have a genuine concern for your well being. You will receive the best care through the use of modern chiropractic techniques, rehabilitation modalities and massage therapy. Our focus is treating any type of injury. Whether your condition is caused by and accident, on and off the job, we will administer rehabilitative treatments. We offer programs for work hardening, work conditioning and chronic pain management. Our program addresses the impact long term chronic pain has on individuals and their families.

Along with treatment for injuries, we are committed to functional medicine. This involves a personalized approach that deals with primary attention to the underlying causes of chronic disease instead of just the symptoms.

It’s easy to become overwhelmed with the many available treatment options. It takes courage to begin the process of healing when you or a loved one decides it’s time to find help. Our team of clinical professionals provides thorough assessments and then matches the individual with the treatment program that best meets their specific needs.