Health blog Category: Physical Therapy
Headaches and Healing: Physical Therapy for Relief
There are various different types that we might experience. Some of these types might include:
- Tension headaches
- Migraines
- Sinus headaches
- Cluster headaches
All of these types of headaches will generally present differently in where you feel them in your head. When it comes to headaches and healing them we often turn to over the counter pain medication.
Read full blogSetting Fitness Goals in the New Year
So what are your goals for the new year? Not just physical, but anything. They can be academic, athletic, spiritual, emotional, physical, health related; regardless, how are you planning to achieve them?
At LSTC, we’re all about helping people reach their physical goals. In fact, some of the goals we helped people reach last year were:
- Back to golfing
- Picking up a baby without pain
- Back to running
- Completing triathlons and the like…
- Sleeping comfortably
- Doing necessary household chores without wincing
- Managing concussions and getting students back to school and sports
- Dancing again without pain
- Taking trips out of the country pain free
- And so much more…
Here are some tips to start off the New Year right and meet whatever goals you have:
- Be realistic– Set goals that enable you to write out a plan to get there.
Having Shoulder Pain While Putting On Your Jacket?
The rotator cuff is responsible for the rotation and movement of the entire shoulder joint and all of your arm. If you have ever had pain, soreness, pinching, or other discomfort in your shoulder, you most likely had a rotator cuff problem. Experiencing these symptoms when putting on your jacket, is common when dealing with a rotator cuff problem.
WHAT IS YOUR ROTATOR CUFF?
In order to better understand how your rotator cuff works you need to know what it is.
Read full blogPain Free for the Holidays: Travel Tips
Want to be pain free for the holidays? Have a holiday trip is on the calendar?
Trips are always something to look forward to and we want to make sure you get to your final destination without any nagging aches or pains. Avoiding pain and discomfort will allow you to enjoy your trip and can even help you improve daily ergonomic habits when you return home safely after your trip. Let’s keep you pain free for the holidays!
Read full blogRotator Cuff Strains: Causes, Symptoms, and Effective Treatments for Quick Recovery
The rotator cuff is a group of muscles that help stabilize our shoulder within it’s socket as we do overhead movements. There are four muscles that make up the rotator cuff, each muscle has a different action and all must be equally strong and flexible in order to avoid a number of different shoulder injuries.
Shoulder Injuries
Rotator cuff strains are common in professions that require a lot of repetitive overhead movements and rotator cuff tears are common in sport athletes who participate in overhead motions for example baseball, tennis, and basketball.
Read full blogWhat Makes this Joint Pop, Snap, and Crackle?
If you hear or feel your joints pop, snap, or crackle, this could be a sign of patellofemoral pain.
What exactly is patellofemoral pain?
Patellofemoral pain is a general term used to describe pain that resides in the front of the knee and around the kneecap. Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome, PFPS, is also known as both runners’ and jumpers’ knee due to the type of athletes who commonly complain of the problem.
Read full blogSitting for Several Hours Each Day?
Neck pain is a common complaint that we see in physical therapy. Our posture as a society has continued to decline with the increased use of phones and computers. Poor posture when sitting or standing can lead to many neck injuries that can be addressed with physical therapy.
Common Neck Injuries:
Cervical radiculopathy is a term that means radiating pain down into your arms/hands or upper back. This is due to nerve compression in the neck.
Read full blogThe Importance Of Core Strength
When most people think of the core, they think of the abdominals and doing sit-ups and generally know that one needs to have good core strength. Beyond that, most people don’t know much else about the core.
So what are the core muscles and what do they really do?
The core muscles consist of the muscles surrounding and providing stability and postural control to the torso, abdomen and pelvis.
Read full blogCauses of Shoulder Discomfort
Shoulder injuries are one of the most common injuries. Injury or overuse are the most common causes of shoulder discomfort. Some of the most common ailments related to the shoulder include tight/overworked muscles, tendonitis, impingement, and joint stiffness. These not only may cause pain, it may also cause weakness, and limit your ability to drive, prepare your evening dinners, reach into your overhead cabinets and other everyday activities.
Common Causes of Shoulder Injury
- Traumatic injury/dislocation
- Weak muscles
- Repetitive movement
- Poor shoulder mechanics
- Post Surgery
Shoulder pain and discomfort can present itself in many different ways.
Read full blogElbow, Achilles, and Rotator Cuff Tendonitis
Tendonitis can be summarized as inflammation or irritation of the tendon. A tendon is a thick cord like structure that connects muscle to bone. All throughout our body, we have muscles that are attached to bones by tendons, which is why so many people suffer from tendonitis somewhere in their body. Some of the most common types of Tendonitis are; Elbow, Achilles, and Rotator Cuff Tendonitis.
Tendonitis is a result of small micro-tears in the soft tissue.
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