If You Have Arthritis, You Don’t Have to Turn to Opioids
Physical Therapy Can Help Treat Your Arthritis the Natural Way
Every day in the United States, 130 people die as a result of an opioids overdose. It’s a staggering statistic that, sadly, affects almost every community in our country, as opioid abuse and addiction impacts people from all walks of life.
Many people who develop an addiction to opioids were first prescribed them by a doctor to treat acute or chronic pain.
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Improve Your Health and Wellness by Changing Your Diet
The food you eat can have a significant impact on your energy levels. What’s more difficult to remember is that your dietary choices can also affect your joint pain!
At our physical therapy clinic, we believe in a multifaceted approach to treating acute and chronic pain. You are not merely a diagnosis or a set of symptoms for your physical therapist!
Call Richmond Physical Therapy in Staten Island, NY today to schedule an appointment if you believe you could benefit from a variety of techniques and lifestyle interventions, including dietary changes, to promote long-term relief.
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Find the Relief You’ve Been Looking For with Physical Therapy
Are you one of the millions of people living with chronic pain? According to Choose PT, “Chronic pain is a condition that occurs when the brain concludes there is a threat to a person’s well-being based on the many signals it receives from the body.”
Whether you’re recovering from major surgery, dealing with the physical consequences of an accident, or dealing with a chronic medical condition, pain can keep you from doing the things you enjoy.
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Find the Relief You’ve Been Looking For!
Living with back pain can be aggravating, especially when nothing seems to be helping.
If you are concerned about your back pain symptoms, please contact Richmond Physical Therapy to schedule a consultation.
It is possible that your symptoms could be the result of a herniated disc. If this is the case, a physical therapist can help you feel better and even help the damaged disc heal.
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Arthritis Pains Don’t Need to Slow You Down Any Longer!
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 your physical therapist can teach you, the onset of arthritis can be slowed and you will experience less pain overall.
Read full blogDealing With Hip and Knee Pain? Try Physical Therapy!
There are so many causes of hip and knee pain, from excess weight to sports injuries, advancing age to repetitive motion injuries. Whatever the cause of your hip and/or knee pain, if you are experiencing it regularly you need to find a way to manage it.
Many people use medications like anti-inflammatories to minimize their discomfort. However, these medications do have potential side effects, so it can be helpful to find other ways to relieve your pain.
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Add Targeted Stretches to Your Physical Therapy Treatment Plan Today!
You’ve probably heard that stretching is essential before and after a workout or any strenuous physical activity. While this is true, stretching on a regular basis is also beneficial whether or not you do any type of physical workout.
As stated by Choose PT, “Maintaining your body’s flexibility is important. To keep your muscles flexible, avoid sitting for long periods of time, and stretch regularly.”
Stretching on a regular basis has numerous advantages.
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Are You Ready to Live a Happier and Healthier Life?
The longer you live with chronic pain, the more convinced you become that it will never go away. Once you accept a specific pain as a part of your life, it becomes increasingly difficult to see the pain as something you can handle and treat.
Instead, many people are turning to pain-masking methods, which frequently involve the use of pain medication.
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Find Relief for Your Arthritic Aches and Pains
Almost a quarter of all American adults have arthritis, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This means that over 54 million people are affected by stiff, achy, swollen, and sore joints on a daily basis.
If you or a loved one is suffering from arthritis in your neck, back, shoulders, wrist, hip, knee, or other joint, we encourage you to contact our clinic right away to schedule a consultation.
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Physical Therapy Can Get You Back to the Activities You Love!
Chronic pain can be a huge burden, affecting nearly every aspect of your life to the point where it seems impossible to believe that things will ever be “normal” again. This can feel like you will never find relief.
Chronic pain can become increasingly difficult to manage overtime, whether as a result of normal wear and tear or as a result of a traumatic experience such as an injury or a car accident.
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