HEALTH & WELLNESS The Newsletter About Your Health and Caring for Your Body
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INSIDE: Getting a Handle on Shoulder, Elbow, &Wrist Pain • Service Spotlight Workshop JAN 25: Fundamental Yoga & A Healthy Pelvic Floor
TAKE HOLD OF RELIEF FROM YOUR SHOULDER, ELBOW, & WRIST PAIN
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, wrist and elbow pain include: • Issues with poor posture • Carpal tunnel syndrome, which can develop from overuse of the wrist and regular,repetitivemotions,suchas typing • Heavy lifting • Athletic injuries
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, wrists, elbowsandshoulderswithtargetedtechniques 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 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,evenyourwrists.Butevenaside from that, there are a lot of potential issues that your bodycan faceasaresultofsedentarybehavior 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
• Muscle sprain • Muscle strain
• Dislocationorhyperextensionof the joints Call your local clinic today at Worthington (614-841-3900) or our new location at Grandview (614-487-9715). Physical therapy can help you take hold of relief.
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