6 Tips To Help With ARTHRITIS When it comes to treating arthritis, you have more options than you may realize. There is a lot you can do to reduce your daily aches and pains from arthritis, while also regainingmobility and function. People often experience pain from arthritis due to stiffness and inflammation of the affected joints. In addition, the muscles surrounding the painful areas often become weakened and eventually do not properly support the arthritic joint. Our customized physical therapy treatments promote muscle strengthening, improved range of motion, increased mobility and a decrease in overall pain. In addition, coupling your treatments with the following can help you live life to the fullest and get you back to doing the things you love: 1. Education and self-management. When your treatment is over, our experts will have equipped you with the knowledge that you need to continue your progress on your own, including handouts of exercises and stretches related to your specific condition. 2. Weight loss. Maintaining your recommended weight can lessen your pain by reducing stress on your affected joints. Weight loss specifically helps to ease pressure on weight-bearing joints SPINAL DECOMPRESSION Spinal Decompression Therapy (using the Kennedy Neuroflex Table) is a safe, non-surgical treatment that gently lengthens and stretches the spine. By slowly putting tension on the spine and then releasing it, spinal decompression creates negative disc pressure, like a vacuum, which can relieve pinched nerves, rehydrate bulging discs and move them back into place. Spinal Decompression Therapy is very successful in relieving pain associated with bulging or herniated discs, arthritis, degenerative disc
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