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OSHKOSH AREA HEALTH & WELLNESS The Newsletter About Your Health and Caring for Your Body
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OSHKOSH AREA HEALTH & WELLNESS The Newsletter About Your Health and Caring for Your Body
INSIDE: • WHAT ARE THE MOST COMMON KNEE INJURIES? • NEXT IN-PERSON WORKSHOP • PATIENT SUCCESS STORIES
Kick Away Your KNEE PAIN!
CELEBRATING OUR 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY
Do you experience pain and swelling with squatting or climbing stairs? Do your knees often catch or lock up, making it difficult to perform daily tasks that once seemed simple? At Physical Achievement Center, our physical therapists can help you find relief and get you moving again! Knee pain can be debilitating, making it difficult to walk, run, and move. It may even hinder your ability to do simple things like sitting through a movie or a long car ride. The location of your pain helps determine which structures are involved and can help ensure proper treatment. Often the pain leads to avoiding activity, but this strategy does not help in the long run. Inactivity often leads to more dysfunction and disability. Physical therapists are movement experts, and if your symptoms are severe or last more than a few weeks, your first step should be to contact our physical therapists! At Physical Achievement Center, we can get you moving once again by relieving your pain and enhancing your body’s natural healing process. Call today to schedule an appointment with one of our experts! WHAT ARE THE MOST COMMON KNEE INJURIES? Your knee is one of the largest joints in your body, made up of a complex system of bones, tendons, and ligaments. Knee injuries can result from direct contact or a sudden movement
that strains the knee. When there is no specific event connected to the damage, the most common knee pain causes are aging, injury, or repeated stress on the knee. Knee pain can be mild or severe and include sprained ligaments,
cartilage tears, tendonitis, and arthritis. Some common knee injuries include:
Arthritis. The most commen type of arthritis for knee pain is osteoarthritis (OA). This condition occurs when the cartilage surrounding your joints deteriorates, and the joint no longer has a sufficient cushion between the bone. This leads to joint inflammation, with varying levels of pain and dysfunction. Cartilage Injuries. There are two common cartilage injuries: • Meniscus injury: The meniscus serves as a shock absorber and helps maintain stability in the knee. A meniscus tear can be caused by contact or non-contact activity when the knee Continued Inside
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HOW PHYSICAL THERAPY CAN HELP YOUR KNEE PAIN Physical therapy for knee pain involves a thorough assessment of your entire lower extremity, including your hip, knee, and foot. Our team will examine your knee for signs of misalignment or structural damage and assess your stance, gait, and functional movements like squats and steps. Your therapist will prescribe the right treatments — including exercises, manual therapy, and modalities — to help decrease your knee pain and improve overall mobility. We will provide you with a supervised, progressive program to get you moving again. Our programs to reduce pain and restore function consist of range-of-motion, strength training, proprioception, and neuromuscular control activities.
twists suddenly. Some tears are the result of wear and tear. • Articular cartilage injury: The articular cartilage is a smooth covering on the bones that allows for frictionless sliding of one bone on another. Articular cartilage is injured by direct trauma or wear and tear. Ligament Injuries: Our bones are connected by ligaments. The ligaments in your knee act like leather straps to hold the bones together and keep your knee stable. Ligaments are often stretched and/or torn during a sudden motion. • Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). It is located in the center of the knee and controls rotation and forward movement of the shin bone. • Posterior cruciate ligament (PCL). It is located in the back of the knee and controls the backward movement of the shin bone. • Medial collateral ligament (MCL). The medial collateral ligament is on the inside of your knee and provides stability to sideway motions. • Lateral collateral ligament (LCL). The lateral collateral ligament is on the outside of your knee and provides stability to the sideways motions. Tendinitis. Your tendons are thick connective tissues that attach muscles to bones. Tendinitis occurs when the tendon becomes inflamed due to repetitive movements. It is common with jumping and landing motions and also in sports like skiing, cycling, or hurdling. Knee pain can make it hard to walk, rise from a chair, climb stairs, or play sports. Our physical therapists are trained to diagnose and treat knee pain and help ease your pain and get you back to doing what you love!
Sources: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1466853X17304418 https://www.jospt.org/doi/full/10.2519/jospt.2018.0301
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If you are living with knee pain, contact Physical Achievement Center today. We’ll help relieve your pain so you can get back to living your life comfortably, without limitations! 920.782.7637
NEWS AND EVENTS
In Clinic: DRY NEEDLING FOR NATURAL PAIN RELIEF WORKSHOP Tuesday, January 3rd 2023, 11am-12:30 pm & 6pm-7:30pm NEXT IN-PERSON WORKSHOP Are you experiencing headaches, plantar fasciitis, back pain, knee pain, or shoulder pain, made worse by the stay in place and inactivity in the past year? Have you heard of Dry Needling before, but are wondering how exactly it works? Are you wondering if Dry Needling is effective and how exactly it can help with your rehabilitation? Are you looking for a natural way to heal your pain permanently? Do you want the chance to see what a Dry Needling treatment looks like? If you answered yes to any of these questions, this opportunity is for you.
Dry Needling is a noninvasive procedure that involves sticking needles into trigger points. Sticking a needle in the trigger point will relax the muscle fiber and release tension, pain, pressure and inflammation. Here’s some of what you will learn... • The difference between Dry Needling and Acupuncture • How Dry Needling can help you improve strength, reduce chronic and acute pain, and improve flexibility • Up to date research that supports the effectiveness of Dry Needling in a pain management plan • The differences in Trigger Point and Comprehensive Dry Needling Register at www.physicalachievementcenter.com/workshop • Or call 920.782.7637
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3 HEALTH TIPS FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON
PATIENT SUCCESS STORIES
How busy are you this holiday season? At Physical Achievement Center we understand that this time can be both joyful and hectic. In the midst of it all, it can feel easy to let your health slip through the cracks. Are you concerned about maintaining your health this winter, but are feeling overwhelmed or don’t know where to start? If so, check out these 3 tips for staying fit during the holidays. 1. Make sure you’re getting enough sleep With everything that goes on during December and January, it’s understandable to search for more time in the day. Sacrificing your sleep, however, will end up doing you more harm than good. Sleep is how the body recovers and recharges. Poor sleeping habits are linked to an increased risk of heart disease, reduced cognition, and mood shifts. Aim to get 7-8 hours a night, every night. 2. Stay active Exercise supports both your mental and physical health and is an integral part of a healthy lifestyle. The great thing about exercising is that there’s certainly no shortage of ways to get active! From going down to the park with your kids, walking around the neighborhood, biking, doing yoga, or hitting the gym, there are many ways to make exercising fit into your busy lifestyle. 3. Don’t skip meals With big Christmas lunches and dinners to look forward to, it can sometimes be tempting to eat less food during the day to save room for later. However, this can actually encourage you to make less healthy choices and have an unbalanced diet. Eating one big meal a day can also increase your blood pressure and cholesterol. Instead, try to eat regular meals with servings of lean protein, fruits, and vegetables. PAC PATIENT REFERRAL CLUB Thank you from the bottom of our hearts to the following people who recently referred their friends and family members: Linda Schueler, Alan Martin, Theresa Brewer, Doris Esch, Ann Abel, Derrick Allen, Joleen Anderson, Lauri Steffes, Betty Treleven, Kathleen Hartzheim, Sandy Lutz, Margy Davey, & Kathleen Hartzheim Have you referred someone recently, and we forgot your name? Please fill out the form with the QR code below or text “REFER” to (920) 504-2858 to be included in our Patient Referral Club next month!
Both Dr. Eric and Dr. Rebecca are amazing, I have been dealing with shoulder pain since May of 2021 and I can’t believe how much they have helped me. I have had therapy before only helped for a little while. Saw an orthopedic doctor and I don’t want injections or surgery. Dr. Eric and Dr Rebecca take time with me, show me exercises, manipulate my shoulder without pain, I enjoy going there each week and look forward to seeing what they have for me. -Susan O.
I saw the ad on Facebook for a seminar on Knee pain at the Physical Achievement Center using physical therapy as a tool for strengthening knees without injections or surgery. I was intrigued, as I had already had 3 injections in my knee and thought surgery was in my future. With the help of Dr Eric & Ginny I have been given a set of exercises to continue at home, and PT which has helped tremendously. After only 3 weeks I feel stronger and able to do more walking and stairs which were difficult before. The staff at PAC is genuinely supportive and has your best interests at heart! Don’t delay giving this therapy a try, it’s all about strength! -Adele B.
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