Health & Wellness The Newsletter About Your Health And Caring For Your Body
ADVANCED REHABILITATION, INC. P H Y S I C A L T H E R A P Y
DISCOVER NEWADVENTURES AFTER BACK TREATMENT
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• How Can Physical Therapy Help? • Exercise Essential • Patient Success Spotlight • Healthy Recipe
Low back pain is one of the most commonly experienced ailments among patients. In fact, just about everyone will deal with back pain at some point in life. It is estimated that one-half of all Americans experience lower back pain annually, and it is considered to be the leading cause of workplace disability worldwide. It is also one of the most common reasons that people miss work and it is the second most common
pick up boxes. The pain you experience may either be acute or chronic, depending on how it was sustained. Acute pain means that it lasts for a short time and is usually severe. Chronic pain means that it lasts generally three months or longer and it can either cause dull or severe persistent pain. The pain you experience is typically either rooted in your back muscles or the bones in your spine. According to the American Physical Therapy Association, some other factors that may contribute to your back pain include: • Degenerative disc disease. • Lumbar spinal stenosis. • Fractures. • Sciatica. At your initial consultation, your physical therapist will ask you several questions regarding your medical history, lifestyle, and painful area(s). This information will assist your physical therapist in determining what exactly is causing your back pain so you can be provided with the best treatment plan for your needs. It is likely that your physical therapist will also assess your posture, coordination, strength, balance, flexibility, blood pressure, and/or heart rate, depending on your pain and symptoms. This will all help in determining the best course of treatment for your condition. • Herniated disc. • Osteoarthritis. • Osteoporosis.
Adam Gilbert, DPT, CSCS
reason that people visit the doctor’s office.
The average annual cost of dealing with back pain in the United States is $50 billion dollars. Unfortunately, a lot of those financial resources go into dealing with back pain through potentially harmful medications, which is not an effective long-term solution for dealing with back pain. A far healthier and cost-effective solution is through physical therapy. At Advanced Rehabilitation, we can help treat your back pain in a natural, safe, and non-invasive way. What’s causing my back pain? There are a large number of conditions that can result in back pain. For example, poor posture, car accidents, and sports-related injuries are just a few of the ways that someone may develop back pain. Injury is the most common cause of back pain. This can happen in one of two ways: 1) an instant, sudden trauma, such as a car accident, or 2) repetitive use that puts excessive stress on the back over time, such as bending down several times throughout the week to
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