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Why Do I Have Back Pain?

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Is back pain causing you to move a little slower and more cautiously? 

If left untreated, chronic back pain can lead to long-term spinal joint and possibly nerve damage. Back pain is one of the most common physical complaints that people suffer from and more than 80% of the US population will experience back pain at some point in their lifetime. Back pain can interfere with your ability to bend, kneel, lift, reach, do work and enjoy time with your family. Not to mention, it can make you down right irritable and affect others around you.

Physical Therapy And Hamstring Pain

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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. 

Finding A Safe Backpack

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As the summer ended, we all, as parents, went through our yearly ritual of getting our kids reading for the upcoming school year.  As I picked them up after the first day of school, I found myself staring at all these kids, many of which already had loads of books, with bad back pack form.  I just shook my head, as I just knew that back pain was just around the corner.  Despite their potential problems, backpacks are great when used properly.  Before you buy one, though, consider a backpack’s construction. 

Get Rid Of Dizziness With Physical Therapy

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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.

Your Chair Is Killing You!

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You’re injuring yourself at work — daily. But I have an office job, you think; my workplace is altogether too safe. Actually, that’s the problem. Sitting at a desk all day, and the repetitive motions that accompany that sitting, cause microtrauma in our bodies. New studies are beginning to reveal that extended periods of sitting and sedentary behavior have a significant
negative effect on our well-being — and an even greater impact on our overall health than our diets.

The Top Home Exercises For Sciatica (Part 3)

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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?

The Top Home Exercises For Sciatica (Part 2)

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In my previous post, we began the series on my favorite exercises for back pain coming from sciatica that I give all my Physical Therapy patients in the Elizabeth and Jersey City clinics.  We started out with a simple prone prop up on the elbows.  Now that we’ve got the basic prone prop up on the elbows down pat, and once that exercise can be performed with absolutely no discomfort or pain, we can now follow the progression into the next motion:

Feeling “Totally Different” With Physical Therapy

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It’s easy for me as a Physical Therapist to tell my patients that they’re lives are about to be completely changed for the better because they’ve made the decision to come in for Physical Therapy.  But it’s even easier for me to prove my point when they actually begin their Physical Therapy, because it’s one thing to say it, but another thing completely to see it working on yourself day after day.

Taking Time In Physical Therapy

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Have I really made sure that my patient has all of their questions answered?  Do they feel secure about this visit?  These are questions that I’m always asking myself when my patients are progressing through their Physical Therapy visits. 

And this is exactly why we, as a group of Physical Therapists, have made it our company culture over the past 13 years to make sure that we take our time with our patients, and that all their needs are met during each and every visit. 

The Trick To Using The AlterG For Knee Pain

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When knee pain strikes as a result of running, the most common step that is taken when starting Physical Therapy is to first stop running altogether.  As with any injury, when you find out what activity is causing the pain to occur, you have to minimize your exposure to the pain-causing activity while treating so you can get pain levels down, as per the 3 Phases of Healing that Dr. Asha also uses for her sciatica and back pain Physical Therapy patients.  But with the AlterG Treadmill,  if you know how to use it correctly, you can be much more efficient by using one trick.