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Health & Fitness Newsletter
2020
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WHERE IS YOUR SHOULDER, ELBOW, & WRIST PAIN COMING FROM?
ALSO INSIDE GET A HANDLE ON SHOULDER, ELBOW, AND WRIST PAIN HEALTHY RECIPE • PATIENT SUCCESS SPOTLIGHT
Health & Fitness Newsletter
2020
N E W S L E T T E R
WHERE IS YOUR COMING FROM? SHOULDER, ELBOW, & WRIST PAIN
a long list of obesity-related diseases. This puts additional stress on your body, which could result in pain in crucial joints like your shoulders, elbows and yes, even your wrists. But even aside from that, there are a lot of potential issues that your body can face as a result of sedentary behavior in the workplace — including shoulder, elbow, and wrist pain. Shoulder, elbow, and wrist injuries are especially common as a result of workplace injury and overuse. While it is sometimes possible to take action to prevent an injury from developing, it is especially important to be able to recognize when an injury develops and to understand ways that you can combat that injury by identifying what may have caused the pain to develop in the first place. Common issues that can lead to shoulder, elbow, and wrist pain include: • Issues with poor posture • Carpal tunnel syndrome, which can develop from overuse of the wrist and regular, repetitive motions, such as typing • Heavy lifting • Athletic injuries
Give Chronic Pain the Cold Shoulder It’s time to say goodbye to shoulder, elbow, and wrist pain once and for all. Identifying the cause of your pain and taking steps to combat ill habits that may be contributing to your discomfort can have a significant impact on your quality of life. Wave goodbye to pain in your hands, shoulders, elbows and wrists with targeted techniques from your experienced physical therapists.
What is Causing the Pain?
Think about the tasks that make up the majority of your day-to-day life. It is often said that life in the 21st century is way easier on the body than life during any other time in human history — and it’s true that there is a fair amount of evidence to support this idea. Rather than spending all of your days working in a factory or on a farm, the vast majority of Americans work indoors, often at a computer for a predetermined number of hours week after week. But this new lifestyle isn’t exactly harmless for the body, either. There are plenty of ways in which the common tasks of 21st-century life put the body under a great deal of stress. Sedentary lifestyles frequently contribute to weight gain, which increases your risk for
• Muscle sprain • Muscle strain • Dislocation or hyperextension of the joints
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GET A HANDLE ON SHOULDER, ELBOW, ANDWRIST PAIN
One of the biggest concerns regarding pain in the shoulder, elbow, and wrist is that it is difficult to impossible to actually allow these parts of the body time to rest. Every movement and action requires these body parts — and when the pain develops in both arms, as it often does, treating the pain becomes even more complicated. It is impossible to care for your basic needs without involving your shoulder or wrist, let alone get through a day at the office. This is why so many issues regarding pain in the shoulder, elbows, and wrists typically become chronic. Since it is difficult to allow these body parts time to properly rest, they continue being overused and the pain can actually worsen. Treating Shoulder, Elbow and Wrist Pain. Addressing the pain early on is the best way to prevent an issue from becoming chronic. Turning to medication and braces for pain management is not a long-term solution and will only push off the inevitable truth — that you need to find a solution for the problem that is causing you pain.
Physical therapy is the ideal tool for support in this regard. Working with a physical therapist will provide you with an opportunity to understand what movements may be causing further discomfort, and can help you to strengthen the surrounding muscles while improving range of motion, which together will likely alleviate some of the pain associated with your injury. Don’t assume that pain in your shoulder, elbows, or wrists will go away on its own. It is more common for the pain to worsen, and compensating for the pain by overusing the opposite arm can cause further injury to develop. For support with learning how to manage the pain, and to learn exercises and techniques that can help you overcome the injury and restore proper strength and functionality to your shoulders, elbows, and wrists, contact your physical therapist.
Discover how our team of specialists can get you moving pain-free again! Call (404) 346-1526 or visit www.ahpcpt.com.
TASTY RECIPE: CROCK POT CHEESEBURGER SOUP
Ingredients
• 2 cups milk • ½ teaspoon salt • ½ teaspoon black pepper • 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
• 1 teaspoon dried parsley • 3 cups chicken broth • 1 pound lean ground beef • 3 Tbsp butter • ¼ cup all-purpose flour
• 4 small potatoes, peeled and diced • 1 small white onion, chopped • 1 cup shredded carrots • ½ cup diced celery • 1 teaspoon dried basil
Place potatoes, onions, carrots, celery, dried basil and parsley in a large crock pot. Pour chicken broth over vegetables. Cover with lid. Cook on low heat 6 to 8 hours OR on high heat 4 to 5 hours or until potatoes are tender. About 45 minutes before serving, cook and crumble ground beef in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Drain any grease. Pour cooked ground beef into crock pot. Carefully wipe out hot skillet with a paper towel then add butter. When butter ismelted whisk in flour and cook until golden brown and bubbly (about 1minute.) Whisk in the milk, salt and pepper. Pour mixture into the crock pot and stir to combine everything. Add the shredded cheese to crock pot. Stir again. Cover with lid and cook another 30 minutes or until cheese is melted. Directions
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an emotional and physical impact on you if you pivot quickly and go with the flow. 4. Look for the good and speak of it often. Think of 7 things that you are grateful for and focus on them. Think of the things that truly put a smile on your face and even those things
As I write this, know that you have truly been in my heart and on my mind. April has been designated as Stress Awareness Month by the Stress Management Society – how timely! For the past four months, the WORLD has been sequestered in a quarantine due to
the coronavirus/COVID19. Every industry known to man has had to adapt. Everyone in the world has been impacted by this event. We all have learned to PIVOT and we ALL have felt the stress of this crisis. Stress awareness is about knowing how YOU respond to stress. Answer this question for me, how do you respond to stress? Do you even know? Are you even aware? Do you tense-up? Do you become impatient? Do
that make you laugh inside and out, i.e. health, family, food, shelter, your funny children or grandbabies, your cute and mischievous dogs, cats, or other pets, etc. Think of these things often, even multiple times a day until you feel a shift in your body that is positive.
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HAS YOUR PAIN COME BACK?
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5. Decompress! The act of decompressing allows you to unplug/remove yourself from the crisis and the stress that it brings. Decompressing varies from person to person, for example, you may like to go outside for a walk, while someone else may just need to go outside and sit to allow the sun and the wind to rejuvenate their heart, mind, and skin. Here are a few ways to decompress: Know how much bad news you can handle and limit how much bad news you ingest, limit how long you speak with people who are bearers of bad news and pay attention to your body so that you are aware when you have had enough, exercise at least 30 minutes a day , hydrate often, eat nutritious meals and snacks, listen to music, write, cook, garden, watch a movie, read a book, drink hot tea, put your feet up and just relax, play with your pets, get a massage, if you are tense or in pain come and see me or members of my team for physical therapy and let us know how we can help. Last but not least, laugh. Laugh often. The GOOD BOOK tells us, “Laughter or a merry heart doeth good like a medicine.” This is some medicine we all LOVE and don’t mind taking. Take this medicine often…laugh often. I hope you are starting to feel lighter. The main thing is, ENJOY LIFE . Don’t allow stress or a crisis to IMPACT every vital organ in your body. PIVOT, PIVOT, PIVOT! It gives me great joy to be your Doctor of Physical Therapy. I am looking forward to seeing you and serving you very soon. MY STAFF and I MISS YOU!
you do more harm to your body by overeating, not eating at all, or not exercising? Do you not sleep or does your body tell you how you are responding to stress by breaking out in hives, your blood pressure is elevated, you catch yourself grinding your teeth, or do you suddenly notice that your hair is thinning or has fallen out? My concern is for YOU and I want you to know that crisis is an external event that can IMPACT every vital organ in your body , your heart, brain, kidneys, liver, and lungs as well as the systems of your body, primarily, your nervous system and your digestive system. Therefore, identifying how you/your body responds to crisis is the first step to overcoming stress and the negative impact that it can potentially bring. I want to share with you my top 5 tips for regaining control – pivoting and overcoming stress during a crisis. 1. Recognize how your body responds to stress. Once you identify how it is responding, make a conscious PIVOT in the right direction. Replace the negative responses with positive ones TIMES 10. In other words, if you are not sleeping, you may have to add music to help you sleep. Allow yourself short naps, exercise so that your body will be tired so that you will fall asleep. Do more things that will help you to accomplish your desired outcome. 2. Find a quiet place to pray/meditate. It’s in these quiet times of prayer and meditation that you can gain clarity on what to do next. 3. Go with the flow. Sometimes, going with the flow is all you can do. The stress may have less of
Your therapist can discuss with you why your pain is bothering you again and what you might do about it at home. If further assessment is warranted, your therapist might recommend you come in for an appointment.
PAT I ENT SUCCESS SPOTL IGHT ! “They work so hard with my dad and the results have been great!” “The staff at Atlanta Human Performance Center are amazing! They work so hard with my dad and the results have been great! I can’t wait to see how he will continue to progress.” - K. H.
Dr. Keith E. Evans, MD, DPT, DN Cert
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