As a Physical Therapist, there are many quick exercises that Physical Therapists can teach you that you can do when back pain occurs that can help to relieve back just as quickly as it started. And even better yet, these exercises are, you guessed it, all natural! No harmful drugs necessary!
Our November Physical Therapy newsletter is out now. Even better, we’re now offering our Physical Therapy Patient Newsletters digitally!
This month, we’re going into back pain, its’ causes, and how you can deal with it. Don’t forget to browse through to download the FREE mobile download for your back. In addition, browse around and check out our favorite recipe of the month.
In my last blog post, I went over my 3 steps to maintaining healthy knees. In particular, steps 1 and 2 stressed strengthening certain muscle groups, namely the muscles around the knees. But if you’ve never done this before, it can be difficult to figure out which muscles and specific exercises to start with. So let’s begin with two great starting points, shall we?
For all of our dizziness and vertigo patients, we always get the same reactions as they go through their Physical Therapy sessions: “I wish I had known that Physical Therapy could help my dizziness years ago!” Unfortunately, many patients and doctors do not know that a Physical Therapist can specialize in treating vertigo and dizziness dysfunctions. I, along with Dr. James, have been treating vertigo and dizziness for over 18 years now, and we are the only clinics in Elizabeth and Jersey City to specialize in treating these conditions.
It’s an unfortunate fact of life that you’re most likely going to go through a bout of back pain in your life. Statistics show that about 80 percent of us have had at least one bout. Now there are the obvious routes that you can take to solve your pain that are historically and statistically proven to be the best solutions for back pain, such as beginning your course of Physical Therapy right away. But sometimes, back pain sufferers struggle to find solutions when back pain creeps in during their everyday life.
For high level athletes, returning to sport as efficiently and effectively as possible is of the utmost importance. In Alaine’s case, her elbow and hamstring injury had severely impaired her ability to compete as a world class judo competitor. But on the recommendation of her brother, also a high level judo competitor as well as a former patient of ours, she got into the clinic right away and, with the guidance of Dr. James, got right back to wor
If you’re like most people that we’ve seen for Physical Therapy, then you’ve suffered from back pain at some point in your life. Statistics show that, currently, 80% of the population have had at least one run in with some type of pesky back pain. And, unfortunately, chances are good that the way that you handled the back pain wasn’t the best possible solution. All too often, people go for high-tech tests, heavy drugs, or surgery too soon.
When I first met Gloria, she was in a great deal of pain. A fall had left her unable to walk confidently and was impacting how much she slept at night. On a referral from a friend of hers, who was also a patient of mine at the time, she made the right choice and called to schedule an appointment with me for Physical Therapy.
Dealing with dizziness and vertigo symptoms can definitely be challenging. When undergoing Physical Therapy for these symptoms, the path to better living can be filled with ups and downs. And, as I tell all my dizziness and vertigo patients, you have to keep up the work even after you’re discharged, as they can come back when you least expect it! But even if the symptoms return, you can always get right back into Physical Therapy to quickly rid your life of pesky dizziness and vertigo problems.
So you’ve gotten through part 2 of my top home exercises for back pain due to sciatica without pain. Great! Looks like you’re progressing quite well with my 3 Phases of Healing. I think it’s time to take these Physical Therapy exercises to the next step and get up onto our feet, shall we?
