A little prevention goes a long way. If you want to avoid future back pain, you can make sure you’re being good to your back. Ifyou’reexperiencingsciatica,contactaphysician immediately.Medical News Today asserts that over-the-counter painkillers may alleviate pain, but in-depth physical therapy is often needed. Physical therapy can reduce sciatic compression by carefully introducing exercises and relaxing treatments. Thesetreatments,handpickedbymedicalprofessionals,cancompletely eliminatesciaticaovertime. Ifyou’reexperiencingbackpain,don’twait. Call one of our professionals today, and ask about physical therapy options. Your mobility is important, and your back can absolutely be healed. Do you experience pain with any of the following tasks: Do you have back pain or leg pain with standing or walking? Do you have a shooting pain in your leg when you stand up? Do you need to sit down for a minute for the pain to go away? HOW PHYSICAL THERAPY CAN HELP
TRY THIS 30 SECOND SELF-TEST TO SEE IF YOU MIGHT HAVE SCIATICA: 1. Sitting on a chair, look down. 2. Straighten one leg, with toes in the air. 3. Repeat for the other side. What it means: If the leg with pain, numbness or tingling does not go up as high as the other leg, you likely have Sciatica. Your next step is to see what is causing the pressure on your sciatic nerve. Call us today to schedule an appointment. Empower Physical Therapy can help you relieve your Sciatica pain.
Take charge of your back pain by calling or by visiting our website at empoweralaska.com. We can help get your life back.
Sources: https://www.webmd.com/back-pain/what-is-sciatica#1 https://www.medicinenet.com/sciatica/article.htm https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/sciatica/ symptoms-causes/syc-20377435 https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/7619.php
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PROPER LIFTING TECHNIQUE Do not attempt to lift by bending forward. Bend your hips and
“From Taylor at the front desk to JacobandJessicadoingthetherapy we couldn’t be more pleased. My wife has been seeing Jacob off and
knees to squat down to your load,keep itclosetoyourbody, andstraightenyour legsto lift. Never liftaheavyobjectabove shoulder level. Avoid turning or twisting your body while lifting
on for a year and a half because of her back problems and his “dry needling” treatments, which we had never heard of before, have definitely helped her. We recently found out that Jacob can also treat BPPV, which is the conditionofseveredizzinesscausedbycrystals in the inner ear getting out of place. We would highlyrecommendEmpowerPhysicalTherapy to anyone in need of Physical Therapy.” - Donald B.
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