Back pain can hinder your day-to-day activities. Left untreated, it can even lead to long-term joint, spine and nerve damage. As one of the most common physical complaints, over 80 percent of the U.S. population will suffer from it at some point in their lifetime. The pain itself can hinder your ability to reach, lean, kneel, lift or bend. It can also hinder your time spent with friends and family. Direct pain aside, minor aches and cramps associated with a back pain problem can make you irritable—ruining your good time.
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OVERCOME YOUR BACK PAIN! IS BACK PAIN SLOWING YOU DOWN?
Back pain can hinder your day-to-day activities. Left untreated, it can even lead to long-term joint, spine and nerve damage. As one of the most common physical complaints, over 80 percent of the U.S. population will suffer from it at some point in their lifetime.The pain itself can hinder your ability to reach, lean, kneel, lift or bend. It can also hinder your time spent with friends and family. Direct pain aside, minor aches and cramps associated with a back pain problem can make you irritable—ruining your good time. What Causes Back Pain? A few things cause back pain. The American Physical Therapy Association covers each of these, but the following are leading causes: • Spinal and core muscle weaknesses • Bad posture • Spinal muscle and tissue damage • Improper lifting form • Limited hip, spine and thigh muscle flexibility • Bad abdominal, pelvic and back muscle coordination Unfortunately, a lot of people don’t seek treatment when back pain arises. Before they know it, they have a big problem. They might assume nothing— except for medication—can solve their back pain problem. Medication might mask the pain, but it won’t cure the problem’s root cause. INSIDE : • How To Take Care Of Your Back • Refer A Friend
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Back Pain Solutions You’re in luck: Back pain can be cured! The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke covers a number of back pain remedies. These include the use of strength exercise, physical therapy and medication. Where medication is considered, anti-inflammatory drugs, analgesic medications and counter-irritants are the most popular. Before you can treat your back pain, however, you need to know why it started. Whether you’ve tweaked a muscle or have a deeper injury, a spine specialist can help. Back Pain Prevention 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. Lift Properly You pick things up constantly. Even if you’re lifting something right,makesureyou’refacing theobject.Squat,keepingyourspinestraight.Lift with your leg muscles, as this will reduce the pressure placed on your spine. Use Good Posture When you’re standing, imagine a string is attached to the top of your head—lifting you up. This will keep your hips, spine, shoulders and neck aligned. If you’re sitting, don’t slouch. Use Strength Training Your body has hundreds of muscles. These muscles protect and control your spine. By lifting weights, running and swimming, you can keep them strong. Train your core muscles. In doing so, you’ll easily control quick, lifting movements. It never hurts to visit a physical therapist, either. Get regular check-ups, and make sure your body is in good condition. If you have a history of back injuries, pain or minor aches, don’t hesitate to talk to a professional. You deserve a pain-free life, and your back will thank you.
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How to Take Care of Your Back
1. Make Good Posture A Habit When you are standing, feel that the weight in your feet is going through your arches. Stack your knees over your ankles, your pelvis over your knees, and your shoulders over your pelvis. Let your head be in a relaxed position without your chin poking forward. Good posture doesn’t mean holding yourself up like you’re in the army. You should be comfortable, though it might still take time to get used to a new posture, even if it’s a better one. While sitting, make sure you’re using the backrest without your shoulders slouching or yourhead far forwardandyour feetareon thefloor. 2. Lift Properly Picking things up is a normal part of our day. Even if you pick up something light, your back muscles have to lift the weight of your upper torso and control that movement. Make sure you always face what you need to pick up, squat keeping your spinestraightandpushwithyour legmuscles.This helps reduce theexcessivepressureonyourspine. 3. Stay Flexible Flexibility is key to maintaining a healthy back. By keeping your body flexible, the normal forces of movement and lifting can be distributed across the spine, rather than focused on a few segments, which can then fail. An easy stretching routine every day can keep you feeling great and put a spring in your step.
4. Stay Strong You have hundreds of muscles, which control the movement of your spine. Major muscles that support the spine are called your core and include your abdominal, pelvic, spinal and hip muscles. By keeping your core muscles strong, you support your spine and have the ability to easily control lifting, quick movements, bending and a lot more. 5. Physical Therapy Our physical therapists are experts in evaluating spine and body movement. By having a regular checkup, you can make sure your body is in good condition to tackle the activities you love. If you
have a history of back pain, injury or are currently experiencingachesandpains,wecananalyzeyour problem and construct a treatment program that will work best for your individual problem. With soothinghands-on therapyand targetedexercises, we can help you return quickly to feeling your best. Even if you suffer from severe pain, we can help you get out of pain and living the life you deserve.
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Ultrasound Sonography
What is Ultrasound Sonography? You know that sinking feeling in your stomachwhenyou’retoldyouneedanMRI? Those days may be limited with our new diagnostic ultrasound technology. Where MRI’suseradiationtogetastagnantpicture of your body, diagnostic ultrasound can measure the muscles, tendons and blood
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flow of the area that is bothering you. Best of all, our physical therapists can watch the joint move during a diagnostic ultrasound. We can actually see what is going on underneath your skin that is causing pain, a limited range of motion or weakness. Now, instead of spending time inside of a tube and money on expensive diagnostic tests that may not tell us what we need to know, we can perform our own diagnostic ultrasound for a complete picture of what is happening in your body. If you are experiencing pain of any kind or if you have a question about either of our new diagnostic testing tools, contact Hands-On PT to schedule your appointment today. Let us show you a better way to begin your journey to pain-free health and happiness.
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“They Changed My Life!” “This place is AMAZING! I have been in severe pain (neck/shoulder) before and after surgery and nobody has been able to help except Hands-On PT. Not only did they manage to do what no doctors can but also they make PT FUN! I’m actually quite sad that I won’t be returning anymore (unless needed). I live a pain free life now thanks to the wonderful work of the Hands-On team. They Changed My Life!” -Farrah
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Dr. Konstantine Rizopoulos is a leading expert and specialist in myofascial pain. He has almost thirty years of experience working in this particular field. He also has extensive experience with neuro mobilization, muscle energy technique approaches, and trigger point therapies. Dr. Rizopoulos is a Registered Musculoskeletal UltrasoundSonographerand isone of less than 30 physical therapists in the United States who have this license. He received his undergrad degreefromAthens,Greeceandhas since completed his Doctorate as wellasextensivecourses inmanual therapy. Dr. Rizopoulos is a member of the AmericanBackSociety, theHellenic Medical Society, and the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). He attends conferences and gives lectures internationally. He has also published a variety of studies and is currently a contributing editor for the Indian Journal of PhysicalTherapy. Along
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with Dr. Dimitrios Kostopoulos, Dr. Rizopoulos is a co-founder of Hands-On Seminars. This is an extensive group of companies that span the areas of physical therapy, diagnostic testing, rehabilitation, andeducation.Hands-OnSeminars was started in 1992 and together they have treated over 100,000 patients and trained over 30,000 physical therapists to be certified. Dr.Rizopoulos alsocoauthored the book “Trigger Point & MyoFascial Therapy”whichhasbeenonthebest sellers list for 3 consecutive years. When not working to treat patients and train physical therapists, Dr. Rizopoulos isspendingtimewithhis family. He is an amazing husband, father, and dog lover.
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