Health Blog Category: Health
9 Reasons Why Stretching Will Benefit You
If stretching isn’t currently part of your daily life, it should be! No matter who you are, a good stretch is the perfect way to start your day. There are tremendous benefits to stretching, and if you don’t know where to begin, that is perfectly fine! A physical therapist can help walk you through why stretching would be good for you personally, and how it can help you improve your overall quality of life.
Read full blogGet Rid of Your Constant Stress-Related Headaches With Physical Therapy
We all do it – we feel that all-too-familiar twinge of a headache coming on, and we pop in the Ibuprofen or Advil or Tylenol. However, sometimes a pill just doesn’t cut it when it comes to stress headaches. The sensation of a stress headache is described as a band of pressure around your head, in addition to a generalized aching and tenderness.
Fortunately, physical therapy treatments can provide relaxation and posture correction, in order to relieve your pain.
Read full blog5 Simple Ways to Keep Yourself Active
In your busy life, it may seem as if you are on a never-ending hamster wheel that demands you do as much as possible. However, it is important for everyone to understand what realistically is and isn’t possible through sheer willpower. It is important to understand that your willpower has limits.
It is hard enough to accomplish your to-do list within the limited hours you have in the day without feeling tired and drained.
Read full blogThe Natural Way to Treat Your Arthritic Aches and Pains
The minute you feel that familiar pain and pressure coming on, you know you’re in for a bad time. Headaches are regrettable commonplace in today’s world, with 80 to 90 percent of Americans enduring a tension headache at some point or other. But while some headaches are caused by biochemical imbalances, hypertension, tumors or other causes, many of them are the direct result of musculoskeletal problems.
Read full blog3 Simple Ways to Reduce Lower Back Pain
Are you suffering from lower back pain? If so, you know how debilitating it can be. It seems easy enough to take medication to ease the pain, but with over-dependence on prescription medication becoming a national epidemic, many people with lower back pain are looking for a simpler solution. According to a study published in BMC Health Services, physical therapy has been known to prevent habit-forming dependencies on prescription medication, and to reduce the overall health cost that a patient will have to pay for pain relief.
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