It is a common aspiration to become healthier, stronger, or more active. However, this can sometimes be a difficult feat, with lack of time, pain, injuries, or difficulty sticking to a nutritious diet. Janice Anderson can attest to much of this. Janice’s sciatica was affecting her knees and a friend recommended that she go to Choice Therapy to get some help.
YOUR HEALTH N E W S L E T T E R
Become Healthier, Stronger & More Active OVERCOME SCIATICA PAIN
Janice Anderson - Clearbrook Resident!
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YOUR HEALTH N E W S L E T T E R
OVERCOME SCIATICA PAIN Become Healthier, Stronger & More Active
It is a common aspiration to become healthier, stronger, or more active. However, this can sometimes be a difficult feat, with lack of time, pain, injuries, or difficulty sticking to a nutritious diet. Janice Anderson can attest to much of this. Janice’s sciatica was affecting her knees and a friend recommended that she go to Choice Therapy to get some help. Treatment of Janice’s sciatica, withKristynBergh, DPT andMonicaWellner, PTA involved implementing specific leg stretches into her treatment plan to loosen the sciatic nerve. This restores the natural health of the nerve and quickly reduced symptoms in the knee. After receiving therapy, she was able get back to her regular activities of weight lifting, squats, kick boxing and jumping jacks. Now, she is enjoying her home gymto its fullest! When you are in pain, undesirable chemicals within your body are heightened, which can increase stress. As a result, your endocrine system becomes affected, which works to regulate the hormones in your body. Fortunately, the vast majority of aches and pains can be successfully treated by a licensed physical therapist. At Choice Therapy, our team is comprised of movement experts who have the knowledge and training to diagnose, evaluate, and treat any musculoskeletal condition that comes their way. To find out more about how our services can help you live a healthier, stronger, and more active life, contact our office today!
Your health and you: The term“health” is all relative. It essentiallymeans that your body is operating at its highest levels of function in regards to breathing, circulation, digestion, and more. It doesn’t necessarily mean that you have to be the most athletic person in the room. Any step you make toward helping your body function at its optimum levels is a step toward becoming a healthier you. Your physical therapist can provide you with exercises, stretches, and nutritional tips that can help increase your health and help you feel physically better overall. Increasing your strength and flexibility: It is no secret that strength and flexibility both play important roles in your health. Did you know that there are approximately 642 skeletal muscles in the human body? Your muscles work hard, not only to help you move, but also to support your circulatory and breathing systems. When you become stronger and more flexible, you become healthier overall. Our physical therapists can guide you through proper exercises and specialized treatments in order to relieve your joint andmuscle pain, increase your strength and flexibility, and improve your overall health. BECOME HEALTHIER, STRONGER & MORE ACTIVE
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7 TIPS YOU CAN DO ON YOUR OWN Physical therapy treatments can help improve your health, but they only work if you apply healthy lifestyle choices in your everyday life, as well. Some tips you can do on your own to become healthier, stronger, and more active include: 1. Taking care of aches and pains. Don’t let these long-term problems linger. Contact Choice Therapy for professional help. 2. Limiting your sitting. Get up every 30 minutes to walk around at work and home. 3. Getting out and moving. Exercise regularly, even if it’s just taking a short walk every day.
4. Maintaining a nutritious diet and controlling portion. Make sure your food intake is nutritious and portioned. By chewing your food thoroughly, you won’t feel as if you have to eat as much. 5. Drinkingmorewater.Water keeps your body systems functioning at an optimum level. 6. Breathing! Work on your deep breathing in order to increase your oxygen intake and get your lymphatic systemmoving.
7. Getting enough sleep. Sleep at least 8 hours a day. It is best to get into a routine where you are going to bed and waking up on a regular cycle. This helps your endocrine system. Contact Choice Therapy today! Are you looking for assistance with increasing your health, strength, and physical activity? Our teamat Choice Therapy would love to help you live your highest quality of life. Contact us today to begin your new chapter toward becoming a healthier you!
EXERCISE ESSENTIALS
IT’S EASIER TO GET THERAPY THAN YOU THINK! If you have an injury or an increase in pain and your health plan provides direct access, you can be evaluated and treated by a physical therapist for up to 60 days without a physician’s referral. It is an easy process that can begin with a 15 minute free screen to promptly assess if therapy is required and or a quick call to the phone number provided on the back of your insurance card to determine if your health plan accepts direct access. Keep in mind deductibles, co-pays and other health care costs your insurance company require, would still apply.
EXERCISE BALL - PRAYER STRETCH While kneeling with an exercise ball in front of you, slowly lean forward and roll the ball forward until a stretch is felt.
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Call Bagley or Gonvick at 218-694-3030 or visit our website at www.choicetherapy1.com to schedule your appointment or free screening today!
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PEDIATRIC THERAPY SERVICES AVAILABLE IN BAGLEY!! Ages Birth to 18 Speech Therapy: Articulation and phonological disorders, oral motor skills, swallowing and feeding disorders, fluency disorders, language disorders, cognitive deficits, voice disorders(hoarseness, vocal nodules, polyps), social communication skills, auditory processing disorders, augmentative and alternative communication assessment and facilitation, craniofacial abnormalities (cleft lip and/or palate), as well as apraxia. Occupational Therapy: Activities of daily living, fine motor skills, neonatal and infant development delays, sensory processing and integration, adaptive equipment and positioning, orthotic fabrication and fitting, visual motor and perceptual skills, handwriting, as well as emotional and behavioral regulation. Physical Therapy: Gross motor developmental delays, plagiocephaly and torticollis, coordination and balance impairments, adaptive equipment assessment and training, genetic, brain, spine, and nerve disorders, orthopedic impairments including bone and muscle issues and sports related injuries.
Stacy was raised just west of Bemidji in Solway and is a graduate of Bemidji High School. Stacy worked for 14 years as an X-ray technician prior to joining the Choice Therapy team in the Fall of 2016. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with family and friends whenever possible. STACY MOLITOR OFFICE ASSISTANT
WHAT PATIENTS ARE SAYING “I love that I could go directly to Choice Therapy.” Janice says,“I love that I could go directly to Choice Therapy.” She’s referring to Direct Access which applies to physical therapy and the ability of patients to be evaluated and treated by a physical therapist without being referred by a doctor or other healthcare practitioner. Like Janice, if you feel you have a problem that may benefit from the skilled services of a physical therapist, you may be able to refer yourself to physical therapy for treatment.” Janice also went on to say, “Choice Therapy has friendly and knowledgeable staff including the therapists and Stacy at the front desk, scheduling was fast and convenient and she found instant pain relief while making progress by leaps and bounds. If I hadn’t listened to a friend to contact Choice Therapy, I think I would be really sad from not being able to do the things I enjoy. I am now doing what I was doing before and very happy.” Janice Anderson – Clearbrook Resident!
DID YOU KNOW? Speech Therapy offered in Bagley! For both children and adults. There are many things that could cause a child to have difficulty with speech, swallowing, aversions to food or cognitive issues. Our therapists are here to help with any of these issues. Adult speech difficulties are common and come in many forms including stuttering, dysarthria (a problem with motor control of speech), voice problems, and articulation difficulties. This can cause a person to not want to communicate and even become withdrawn emotionally. In addition, problems with swallowing and drinking can be a serious health problem. However, speech therapy can help many adults improve their speech, swallowing and communication skills. This allows the individual to want to communicate, eat better, boost their morale and their purpose to their life.
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