After back pain, neck pain comes in at a close second as one of the most treated issues in our physical therapy clinics in Jersey City and Elizabeth, NJ. Neck pain can come different forms, including a constant ache or sharp pain with movement, which can stop you from enjoying your regular daily activities. A common problem, neck pain affects approximately 2/3rds of the population at one point or another.
So, you’ve done it. You’ve taken the first step to getting rid of your back pain from sciatica by making an appointment for physical therapy and starting a course of treatment. You’re now well on your way to getting back to a pain free life! But you’re still left with a very natural question: how long will it take before the pain goes away?
Sciatica is one of the most common back ailments that we see in our Elizabeth and Jersey City physical therapy clinics today. The symptoms, originating in the lower back, manifesting itself as pain, numbness, or tingling that travel down the sciatic nerve of each leg, can be both disheartening and difficult to handle, affecting numerous aspects of a person’s daily life.
Have you ever disregarded your dizziness symptoms, thinking that they’ll just go away on their own? We have had so many patients make that mistake. Dizziness and vertigo symptoms are two of the most overlooked conditions by both patients and medical professionals. But no matter how long you’ve had your symptoms, you can ALWAYS get it fixed by coming in to us for vestibular physical therapy.
Make your appointment now so that you can get rid of your dizziness problems too!
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.
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.
Yes, I know what you’re thinking. “What does physical therapy have to do with the flu?” Honestly, physical therapy doesn’t have anything to do with the flu directly. However we’ve had a lot of people either come down with the flu or come into our clinics with flu-like symptoms. And as a public facility that serves a large number of physical therapy patients in Elizabeth and Jersey City, in order to help everyone, we’re offering our best flu-prevention tips!
When it comes to high performance athletics, we know that we’re always willing to go the extra mile for our patients. From our AlterG Anti-Gravity Treadmill to personally doing research for each individual patient in order to find the right combination of physical therapy treatments, we’re always willing to do whatever it takes. And it shows in the results of our physical therapy patients.
There are many reasons that our patients come to us for physical therapy. Many come due to a sports injuries, neurological conditions, and post surgery physical therapy. Right up there at the top of the list is injuries sustained as a result of a fall. When it comes to falls, age, gender, or activity level all do not matter. Falls can really cause a lot of damage to the human body. Luckily, physical therapy can easily help you get back!
Has knee pain been wrecking your new year? With millions of Americans suffering from knee pain every year, the #2 reported ailment behind back pain, it’s time that you did something about it!
