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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Relieve Back Pain In Minutes Try this movement if you are experiencing back pain.
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
SUPPORTED BRIDGE Lie on your back with knees bent and feet hip distance apart. Place your feet close enough so they can be touched by your fingertips. Inhale and lift the hips, place a block under the sacrum. Keep the chest open. Hold for 30 seconds and repeat 10 times. Strengthens Core www.simpleset.net
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.
CALL US TODAY IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING BACK PAIN (718) 626-2699
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