Improve Your Posture and Relieve Your Pain with Physical Therapy! Most people are unable to sit and stand up straight. As adolescents, many of us can recall our parents and teachers telling us that good posture was the secret to good health later in life! We all rolled our eyes back then, as this demand
Category: Posture
Got Back Pain? Your Posture May Be The Culprit
Good Posture, Great Health Most people struggle with sitting and standing up straight. Many of us can remember as teenagers being told by our parents and teachers that good posture was the key to good health later in life! Back then we all rolled our eyes, as this demand seemed annoying. However, as we grow
Find Help for Your Arthritis Pain Today
If you have arthritis, then you know all about the difficulties with moving and functioning in daily life that it can present. What you might not know, however, is that physical therapy can help you find relief from your arthritis pain. There is no cure for arthritis, but by using the exercises and techniques that
Frustrated by your chronic joint pain? See how physical therapy can help relieve arthritis pain.
Do your joints hurt all the time? You just may have chronic joint pain. Call Lewy Physical Therapy to schedule an appointment with one of our physical therapists. We’ll help alleviate your joint pain. What Is Chronic Joint Pain? Joint pain can occur in any part of the joint, including the muscles, tendons, bone, cartilage
Staying Active During Your 9-5!
If we were the betting type, we’d guess most of the people reading this are sitting down right now. It’s not a wild stretch of the imagination—most Americans spend around 12 hours per day sitting. Unfortunately, this kind of excessive sedentary behavior has been linked with an increased risk for chronic disease and early death.
Sprains, Strains and Ankle Pain! What You Need to Know and When to See a Therapist.
Is Your Ankle in Agony? You Might Need a Physical Therapist It’s an all-too-common scenario: You trip over a clod of turf or get knocked down in a game, only to find that your ankle no longer bears your weight when you try to stand up again. Ankle sprains and strains affect joggers, sprinters, football
Don’t Join the Opioid Epidemic. How Physical Therapy Can Help Ditch the Pain Meds.
It seems like every time you turn on the news there is another story about the opioid epidemic gripping the country. There is good reason for the panic. In 2016 alone, 116 people died each day from opioid-related drug overdoses. Some 11.5 million Americans misused prescription painkillers in some way, costing an estimated $504 million
Suffering with Back Pain? Check Your Posture!
In one longitudinal study, back pain accounted for more than 3 percent of all emergency room visits between 2004 and 2008. It is also estimated that more than 25 million Americans suffer from chronic pain, many with a disability that prevents them from doing normal daily tasks like working and caring for themselves or others.
Treating Arthritis Pain Without The Meds
Arthritis is a catch-all term used to describe more than 100 different kinds of joint pain and joint disease. While arthritis pain is commonly believed to be a condition that afflicts the elderly, the reality is that it can strike people in early middle age. In fact, elite male athletes are more likely to develop