Physical Therapy Can Provide You With Faster, Safer, and More Effective Relief Than Opioids Long-term opioid consumption is not a good strategy for chronic pain management. In addition to the risk of addiction, opioids simply reduce the pain that comes as a result of a bigger issue, rather than solving the problem at hand. Physical […]
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There are many effects on the body when having a stroke. This includes: What Are The Benefits? Ready to Change The Way You Move Contact Total Performance Physical Therapy to get you started on improving your life. Sources: Comparison of Aquatic Therapy vs. Dry Land Therapy to Improve Mobility of Chronic Stroke Patients – PMC
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Are you having pain in your groin, inner thigh, or lower abdomen and are unsure what the cause is? Groin strains and hernias are very similar and could both be causing pain in these areas. This post will go through both injuries in their similarities and differences and how to treat them! Groin strain What
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Have you ever had a pinching pain in your groin? This is a pain that can stop you in your tracks even if you are just walking along on a normal day. It generally does not come along with an accident but just a sharp pain that can happen in the groin at seemingly random
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When people treat back pain on their own, they usually do it through some type of anti-inflammatory and rest, meaning laying flat on your back on the couch. This treatment of back pain only keeps the underlying problems going until eventually it fails, and you wind up in the ER or urgent care because it
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More and more people are heading right to specialists to fix their ailments. In the past it had been you started with your primary care physician and then they sent you to the appropriate specialists. But one of the good things that has happened in health care in the last few years is that most
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It happens more often that people are either walking along or going down the steps or just go to stand up and their knee hurts. This pain can be an intense pain, a sharp pain, a burning pain or just an ache. No matter what hype of pain it is, one thing is certain, that
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What is plantar fasciitis? Plantar fasciitis is pain on the bottom of the foot due to an inflammation of the plantar fascia. The plantar fascia runs along the bottom of the foot and can become inflamed when it is overstretched and overused. How is it inflamed? One of the biggest ways that the plantar fascia
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Introduction to the IT Band The IT Band Syndrome Causes and Treatments often center on understanding the iliotibial band and how it affects movement and pain. The IT Band, or iliotibial band, is a tough fibrous tissue found on the outside of the leg, running from the hip down to the knee. Problems with the
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Hip pain that radiates down the leg can be a sign of a serious problem that should not be ignored. There are multiple reasons that this could be occurring. It is important when discussing the fixes that you understand exactly what is causing the problem and that you address the cause of the problem and
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