Category: Orthopedic Injuries

The Importance of Physical Therapy Post Back Surgery

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Deciding on whether or not to get a spinal surgery can be a daunting task. If all conservative measures have failed and you are living with debilitating pain, then choosing surgery is perhaps your best option. Hopefully you have given physical therapy a chance before deciding to get the surgery!

The All-important Home Exercise Program

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How important is it to do your Home Exercise Program? You’ve made it to physical therapy.  You decided to enlist the help of a therapist to recover from injury or surgery, or deal with chronic pain that’s been nagging you for years.  You’ve made the first step by coming into our office for treatment, but […]

Moving Well, Part 5: A Pain in the Neck

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“Sit up straight.” “Stop slumping.” “Sitting is the new smoking.” We’ve all heard the cautions against poor posture and sitting too much.  It seems pretty cut and dry: bad posture and prolonged sitting must be the cause of increasing neck pain and headache prevalence in this country. However, the research does not support this. Sitting […]