So...When do you plan on taking care of your pain?
Physical therapy is a much needed therapy to get your body back into optimum shape to enjoy an active and healthy lifestyle. This type of therapy is needed for various reasons such as after vehicle accidents, surgeries, sports injuries and falls. Physical therapy can also help someone finally get over the pain associated with older injuries and muscle issues as well. Many people put off much needed physical therapy assuming they will heal on their own or simply because they feel they don’t have time for scheduled therapy appointments. The problem with putting off therapy is that the pain will persist and can become worse.
One of the most common complaints in the United States today is back pain. Especially due to our stressful and fast-paced lifestyles, many of us are not able to take the time to stretch and strengthen our backs properly. We often spend hours and hours slumped over at desks or driving in the car. Without proper ergonomics and adequate exercise, we are destined to experience back pain at some point in our lives. However, physical therapy can help us prevent and treat this all too common complaint.
Physical therapy is just for people who have had strokes or surgery.
This is really is more of a misunderstanding than a myth. The scope of physical therapy is broad. The profession of physical therapy addresses a wide variety of conditions: yes strokes and surgeries… but also sprains/strains, tendonitis, bursitis, back pain, shoulder pain, TMJ, urinary incontinence, headaches, dizziness, etc. The concept to understand is that PAIN is just merely a symptom…it is not the problem. Some underlying problem (dysfunction) with the human body causes the signaling of pain. Physical therapy is designed to identify and handle the underlying problem so that your pain has no reason to exist. When you handle the problem causing the pain, the pain goes away. So if you have pain, physical therapy can help.
Shoulder pain is a common complaint seen in virtually every physical therapy office. This part of the body is used in so many activities and for so many functions that it is no wonder the majority of people will experience some type of shoulder discomfort at some point in their lives. As it is so crucial to our everyday movements, it is all the more important to get the pain taken care of so you can improve your quality of life as well as prevent any further and future injuries. Peak Physical Therapy takes a thorough assessment of your injury, develops a plan in order to take care of any current discomfort, and then helps you to avoid the same sort of injury down the line.
