Health Blog Category: Physical Therapy
Benefits of Pre-Hab: How Can Therapy Before Surgery Help You?
It’s no secret that physical therapy helps you heal faster after an injury or surgery. But what if there was a method to avoid an injury altogether? What if you could speed up your recovery from surgery even before you go under the knife?
Pre-hab, also known as preventative rehabilitation, helps patients heal faster after surgery, recover faster, and, in many situations, avoid operations altogether. Call our office at Mile High Physical Therapy Pine Brook, NJ now to schedule an appointment with one of our physical therapists.
Read full blogEliminate Pain With A Healthy Diet
You Know The Saying…We Are What We Eat!
If you’re already visiting a physical therapist for internal inflammation, you’re aware that this is a condition that can have a significant impact on your general health. Physical therapy can assist whether you have a particular diagnosis for your inflammation (such as osteoarthritis) or you’re not sure what’s causing your back and joint pain.
Chronic inflammation, according to Harvard Health, can cause a range of health problems, including heart disease and diabetes.
Read full blogFeeling Discouraged From Lower Back Pain? PT Could Help You!
Many people experience lower back discomfort and are unsure how to get long-term relief. Dealing with this type of discomfort can take time away from relaxing, working, spending time with family, and generally enjoying life. It can also make a person irritated, anxious, and lead to a range of other health problems!
According to the World Health Organization, 149 million days of work are lost in the United States owing to low back discomfort.
Read full blogDealing With Arthritis Pain? Say Goodbye To Discomfort With PT
Arthritis is a pretty common term used to describe over 100 different types of joint pain and disease. Many people believe that arthritis only affects elderly people, but this is far from the truth. According to a study published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine, about 30 percent of male athletes who regularly play contact sports such as football, basketball, or soccer will develop arthritis in their knees and hips at some point.
Many people attempt to ease their pain with over the counter medications, but unfortunately, these can cause some nasty, long-lasting side effects.
Read full blog3 Ways Physical Therapy Can Help With Stress-Related Headaches
Did you know that headaches rank third among the most prevalent types of pain? That is correct. Headaches are very frequent and can be extremely debilitating, affecting a person’s quality of life. Dealing with headaches on a daily basis can be incredibly difficult and it can leave a person fatigued.
Fortunately, through physical therapy, long term relief is possible. A trained physical therapist can help you achieve immediate pain relief from stress-related headaches as well as any other pain conditions or ailments that may be contributing to your discomfort.
Read full blogSay No To Drugs For Chronic Pain, and Yes To Physical Therapy!
Pain can be a beneficial messenger, alerting you to the fact that something in your body needs to be fixed, but it can also be a vexing inconvenience that degrades your quality of life.
To make matters worse, many pain issues are the result of long-standing underlying diseases that often originate in a different portion of the body than the one displaying symptoms.
Medication may temporarily hide your pain, but it will not fix a chronic underlying functioning issue.
Read full blogOptimize Your Athletic Performance and Reduce Recovery Time with Therapeutic Massage
If you are an athlete, you likely already understand the importance of maintaining good health, especially when it comes to competing in the sport you love. But did you know that working with an experienced physical therapist can hugely improve your athletic performance and your overall health, especially when you’re recovering from an injury?
When it comes to helping athletes heal from painful injuries, many physical therapists rely on a technique known as therapeutic massage.
Read full blog3 Reasons To Call A PT For Sciatica Pain
Each of your sciatic nerves runs down each leg from either side of your lower back. As a result, shooting pain on one side is a characteristic indicator of sciatica.
While compression of one of your sciatic nerves can be excruciating, it doesn’t necessarily necessitate medical intervention, yet sometimes physical therapy is your best bet to banish sciatica symptoms.
So, how can you tell when to go it alone, and when to call a physical therapist?
Read full blogPhysical Therapy: Your Path to Natural, Drug-free Pain Relief
Did you know that 66% of the United States adult population, or more than 131 million people, use prescription drugs everyday? Some prescription drugs can be helpful, and are important for treating a variety of illnesses, but the national opioid epidemic should encourage us all to think twice about relying on prescription medication for pain-relief.
Fortunately, physical therapy offers a natural and completely safe way to treat pain. If you’re tired of suffering from chronic pain, contact Mile High Physical Therapy Pine Brook, NJ today to discover how we can help you access a natural form of long-lasting pain relief —without any of the harmful side-effects of prescription drugs.
Read full blogBetter Balance Starts at the Core: How to Improve Your Stability with PT
Are you familiar with the connection between core strength and better balance? When the core muscles around your trunk are strong, you are less likely to experience harmful chronic conditions, including lower back pain, balance and gait disorders, and general injuries.
A stronger core also helps to keep you upright – especially as you age and face a much higher risk of falls and fall-related injuries.
If you believe you need to work on your balance, but don’t know where to start, contact Mile High Physical Therapy Pine Brook, NJ today.
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