If you’ve recently had surgery that affects your ability to move at all, your doctor will refer you to a physical therapist for rehabilitation. This physical treatment is designed to help speed up your recovery. Physical therapy allows you to get moving again and to avoid possible complications as you heal. Let’s talk about the
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Common Symptoms of Degenerative Disc Disease
Like all body systems, the musculoskeletal system deteriorates as we get older. After about age 20, the cushions between your bones starts to wear down, affecting even those found in the spine. This condition is known as disc degeneration. It occurs when the discs found between the vertebrae of your spine degenerate and weaken. If
Read MoreL1 Thru S5: Identifying the Source of Your Low Back Pain
Low back pain is one of the most common conditions to send people to see an orthopedic doctor. Everyone will experience low back pain at least once in their life, and when this happens, there is a tendency to want to self-diagnose. While low back pain is often managed well without surgery, it could be
Read MoreCommon Orthopedic Injuries in the Winter
Oh what fun it is to go outside and enjoy the snow and ice in the winter! Whether you’re skiing, ice-skating, sledding, or even just shoveling snow or walking on an icy sidewalk, wintertime is definitely an injury-prone time of the year. Let’s talk about some of the injuries that orthopedic doctors frequently treat during
Read MoreFacet Blocks Vs Nerve Block Injections
If you’re like many Americans who suffer from chronic pain, you may be wondering about ways to achieve long-lasting pain relief. If pain is caused by injury or arthritis and the pain is located in your neck or back, ask your doctor about injection therapy for pain management. Injection therapy is an effective, non-surgical way
Read MoreTypes of Hip Fractures
Suffering a broken hip is one of the most-dreaded types of injury among the elderly. This is because hip fractures can result in permanent disability or even death. A hip fracture occurs when there is a break in the top quarter of your thighbone (femur). There is no such thing as a “hip bone” because the
Read MoreTips for preventing cervical (neck) pain
Everyone experiences cervical or neck pain from time to time. It could be due to a bad sleeping position or being in a hunched over sitting position at work. Neck pain from such issues is usually due to an irritation of soft tissues, such as muscles, tendons, and ligaments. However common neck pain may be,
Read MoreWhat Is Cervical Spondylosis?
As we get older, we may experience unexplained neck pain and stiffness. The reason for this is that the vertebral bones begin to rub against each other as you move, because the protective discs in your neck can wear down and dry out over time. The uppermost part of your spine is in your neck,
Read MoreLinks Between Degenerative Disc Disease and Neck Pain
Between each set of two adjacent vertebrae in the spine – which extends all the way from the neck to the lower back – is a cushion composed of cartilage called a disc. These discs throughout the spine work together to enable you to bend and move your back, but they do tend to degenerate
Read MoreHow to Improve Your Health with Physical Therapy
Physical therapy deals with the preservation, rehabilitation, and improvement of physical capability and function in a patient. Therapists employ techniques such as exercise, stretching, the use of assistive devices, external modalities (such as hot or cold therapy), and education to help patients improve their health and get stronger. Physical therapy is virtually always prescribed after
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