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Living Life Without Back Pain
you experienced back pain, whether as a result of a work injury, trip-and-fall accident, or even just as a result of aging, the answer was almost always the same: head home, take a long rest, and give your back time to heal. This isn’t the way that things go anymore, and for several reasons. To start, the world isn’t as forgiving. Heading home and taking a long rest until your back is healed may work for some, but not for most. With deadlines andcarpoolsandworkschedules tokeepupwith, thereneeds tobeanalternatesolution to dealing with back pain that doesn’t require you to completely remove yourself from your responsibilities. What’smore, recent research indicates that restingmaynotactuallybe the idealsolution for long-term back care. Spending too much timeon the couch or off your feet can cause thebackmuscles toweakenandcanevenweakenbonestrength.Thiscould lead tomore long-term issues with back pain — not fewer. Exercise, in general, is shown to increase strength and flexibility, supporting healthy muscles and bones, and therefore supporting ideal back health. Physical Therapy for Back Pain While rest and relaxation can help you overcome the immediate pain of a back injury, and may even be recommended by your physician in the early days following an injury, it is not a long-term solution. Physical therapy offers a long-term solution to back pain by using targeted exercises that focus on the cause of the pain. Through a combination of strength and flexibility training that focuses on muscle development and joint movement, physical therapy can address the underlying cause of the pain and significantly improve your quality of life.
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3. If further assessment is warranted, your therapist
2. Your therapist can
1. Feel free to call us and ask to speak to your therapist.
discuss with you why your pain is bothering you again and what you might do about it at home.
might recommend you come in for an appointment.
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