A basic fact of life is that we all live extremely busy lives. From work, to family, and everything in between, there is always something that needs to be done. With that time crunch, our experience with our patients is that our health usually takes a back seat, because we always think, “I’ll deal with that tomorrow.” But there are just some things that shouldn’t wait until tomorrow, especially when dealing with back pain.
Low back pain patients who underwent early physical therapy reportedly had better outcomes than those who did not. Early physical therapy was also more cost-effective, according to researchers.
In the study, published recently in the journal Spine, researchers studied the effect of early physical therapy on 220 patients with low back pain, with respect to both outcomes and costs.
Will physical therapy work for your back pain due to sciatica? Our patient Maria would tell you that the answer is a definite YES!
After her stay with us for physical therapy, she can confidently say that her back pain is gone. And now she’s starting to get back to enjoying the outdoors, right in time to start enjoying the wonderful spring weather.
When a patient comes in for sciatica physical therapy in the Elizabeth or Jersey City clinics, we always give each patient a personalized home exercise program. Numerous studies show that physical therapy in conjunction with a consistent home exercise program has the best results with getting rid of sciatica pain. But many patients often have the same, burning questions:
How often should I do my exercises? And do I need to do them forever?
When it comes to back pain, I always let my physical therapy patients know that treatment may be an ongoing thing. We can always help you get back from injury, but once you get back out on your own, there is always a chance for re-injury, which means you may need to come back for physical therapy.
If you’ve ever suffered from back pain from sciatica, as many of our Physical Therapy patients have, then you know how uncomfortable it can be. But you don’t have to live with that pain any longer!
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.
For back pain, we’ve heard the tips about maintaining living a healthy life, and maintaining a healthy weight before. But what if you’ve a healthy adult that’s followed all the “rules” but still have back pain that just won’t seem to go away? What does this mean for you?
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.
