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How Postnatal Rehab Can Benefit You
Congrats! You did it – you finished your pregnancy journey and you made it through your birthing plan. You now have your new little bundle of joy with you that you get to love and enjoy. While your pregnancy journey may be complete, your body is still working hard to get back to equilibrium. That’s right – those same physiological prenatal factors that affected your body so much have now become postnatal factors. Once again, your center of gravity and posture have changed, your weight has fluctuated, your hormones have been altered, and you now have the added stress of caring for new life.
Read full blogStress-Related Headaches Can Be Bothersome – Fortunately, PT Can Help
Discover Relief for Your Headaches Today!
Headaches are a common issue that can plague everyone from pre-teens to retirees. However, when recurrent tension or stress-related headaches make it difficult to get through your day, physical therapy may be needed to provide long-lasting pain relief.
Physical therapy can help you overcome stress-related headaches. In fact, as stated by Choose PT, “There is an effective treatment for almost every type of headache.” Working with a physical therapist can help you identify tension-reducing exercises and help you find long-term relief from headaches without the need to rely on pain medication.
Read full blogDid You Know that Strengthening Your Core Could Relieve Your Pregnancy-Related Pains?
It is no secret that pregnancy takes quite a toll on the body. It severely stretches the abdominal wall, causing core muscles to weaken and resulting in back pain. Fortunately, our physical therapists at Integrated Physical Therapy can help relieve your back pain, both during your pregnancy and after you have given birth. We can help you achieve a complete recovery, even if it has been years since your last pregnancy.
Even if you still exercise regularly, if you do not target your core muscles specifically, an imbalance in muscle strength will occur.
Read full blogTreating Incontinence Issues with Physical Therapy
A physical therapist is highly skilled in evaluating and treating various musculoskeletal and neurological conditions affecting the body. This profession focuses on assessing any underlying factors, such as strength, neuromuscular control, balance, coordination, skeletal alignment, and endurance, which may be contributing to impaired functional mobility, activity, participation, and quality of life. Of course, most people only seek physical therapy when they’re suffering from a common injury or condition, such as whiplash, tendinitis, low back pain, or ligament sprains.
Read full blogBack Pain During Pregnancy Can Be Difficult – Physical Therapy Can Help
It is no secret that pregnancy takes quite the toll on your body. It is normal for expecting mothers to experience musculoskeletal aches and pains, and one of the most commonly reported areas of discomfort is the back. In fact, most expecting mothers experience back pain, usually during the second half of their pregnancy. Fortunately, physical therapy treatments can help relieve your undesirable back pain so you can get back to comfortably doing what matters most – preparing for your new bundle of joy.
Read full blogAre You Dealing With Any of These Women’s Health Conditions?
Many women suffer from common issues, such as pelvic pain, incontinence and other similar conditions. Women’s health issues can be detrimental to mental, physical and social health, interfering with one’s lifestyle and enjoyment. However, you are not alone, and the good news is that you can be helped with the right physical therapy treatments.
Incontinence
Our physical therapists evaluate and treat patients suffering from urinary incontinence symptoms such as increased urinary frequency, leaking with coughing/sneezing, lifting, exercise or from a strong urge.
Read full blogOpioids Don’t Need to Be the Answer for Arthritis Pain Relief
Find Relief for Your Joint Pain the Natural Way!
Arthritis is a general term that actually encompasses hundreds of different diseases. Whether you have osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, or any other type of arthritis, two of the primary symptoms are inflammation and joint pain. Whatever type of arthritis you suffer from, you’re likely struggling to overcome varying degrees of pain. If you are taking opioids for arthritis pain, we’re here to let you know that there is a better option.
Read full blogFind Relief for Your Pelvic Pain Today with the Help of Physical Therapy
If you are a woman suffering from occasional or chronic pelvic pain, physical therapy can help. Pelvic pain can occur for a vast number of reasons, and a certain pelvic therapy known as “pelvic floor rehabilitation” can help reduce or eliminate the pain and symptoms you are experiencing.
Typical patients who would be strong candidates for our pelvic floor rehabilitation treatments include:
- Postpartum women.
- Postmenopausal women.
Not Feeling Your Best? Proper Nutrition Can Help!
Feel Like Yourself Once Again with Nutritional Changes
In your daily struggle against pain and inflammation, are you reaching for a pill bottle, or are you looking for a healthy lifestyle change? That latter choice will do more for you in terms of long-term function, mobility, and safety. But what kinds of lifestyle changes should you pursue? In addition to regular exercise, including the types of targeted exercises you might receive in physical therapy, you should examine your sleep, your workplace ergonomics – and your nutrition.
Read full blogAre You Living with Any of These 5 Conditions? If So, Consider PT!
5 Signs You May be in Need of Physical Therapy!
Did you know that physical therapy can be used to manage a variety of different conditions as a natural form of pain relief?
Unfortunately, it is usually not only until after attempting more conventional medical approaches such as surgery and prescription painkillers that people realize physical therapy sessions are a fantastic way to relieve their chronic pain and other recurrent symptoms.
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