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Southern California Aquatic and Physical Therapy
Living Life Without Back Pain
If 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’tas forgiving.Heading homeand takinga longrestuntil your back is healed may work for some, but not for most. With deadlinesandcarpoolsandwork schedules tokeepupwith, there needs tobeanalternatesolution to dealing with back pain that doesn’trequireyoutocompletely remove yourself from your responsibilities. What’s more, recent research indicates that resting may not actually be the ideal solution for long-term back care. Spending too much time on the couch or off your feetcan cause theback musclestoweakenandcaneven weakenbonestrength.Thiscould
lead to more long-term issues with back pain — not fewer. Exercise, in general, is shown to increase strength and flexibility, supportinghealthymusclesand bones,and thereforesupporting ideal back health. PhysicalTherapyforBackPain While rest and relaxation can help you overcome the immediate pain of a back injury, andmayevenbe 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 targetedexercises that focuson the cause of the pain. Through a combination of strength and flexibility training that focuses on muscle development and joint movement,physical therapycan address the underlying cause of the pain and significantly improve your quality of life.
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