Biosport PT: Living Life Without Back Pain

DO YOU SUFFER FROM CERVICAL PAIN? IF YOU HAVEN’T TRIED CUPPING & TRACTION , THEN YOU HAVEN’T TRIED EVERYTHING!

There are many different reasons for neck pain. The neck requires good alignment, proper movement, strength and stability to work correctly. The neck or cervical spine has to bear the weight of the head, which is around 10-12lbs (the weight of a bowling ball). With injury or prolonged poor posture (for example sitting at a computer), change in alignment, weakness and instability start to occur. This irritates the structures of the neck and can even impinge on the nerves exiting the neck, or the central canal protecting the spinal cord. How Physical Therapy Helps Our physical therapists perform a thorough evaluation of your neck to determine your range of motion, strength, posture and alignment. Sometimes, where the pain is occurring, is not the source of the problem. Often a limitation in movement above or below the painful area is causing excessive pressure or poor function of the painful area. With gentle hands on therapy, special exercises and modalities such as cupping or cervical traction, we can relieve your pain, restore motion and get you back to activities quickly without neck pain.

Decreased stiffness is another welcome result many patients experience. By helping to improve circulation, especially of blood and lymphatic fluids, internal scar tissue is also broken up. This improves flexibility for the patient, as well as creates a greater range of motion.

What is Cervical Traction Cervical traction is a treatment often used in physical therapy to help treat neck pain and cervical radiculopathy. Neck pain can limit your ability to turn your head, look up or down, or perform normal activities like sleeping or exercising. Symptoms that often come from your neck include pain in the middle of your neck, pain in one side of your neck, or pain in one or both of your shoulder blades. Occasionally, symptoms coming from your neck may be felt as pain or numbness and tingling in your arm or hand. Since many different symptoms coming from your neck can be felt in many different places, it’s important to see your physical therapist to help determine the cause of your symptoms and to decide on the best way to manage your condition. Your PT can show you what to do (and what to avoid) to properly manage your neck pain.

What Is Cupping Therapy? As the name suggests, “cupping” involves placing several cups over strategic points on the body. Traditionally, suction was created when the practitioner lit a fire inside the cup to warm it, and then placed it on the patient’s skin to cool, but modern versions also exist. The resulting suction redirects circulation, allowing blood and other fluids to flow to areas in need of healing.

Because proper circulation is a key component of treating so many conditions, it’s not surprising that cupping is used as complementary therapy for a wide range of health issues, from acne to high blood pressure and depression. In terms of physical therapy, cupping is generally used in conjunction with other treatments to help alleviate pain. Neck pain, lower back pain and migraines are among the conditions for which patients have reported favorable results.

You don’t need to suffer any longer. Call BioSport Physical Therapy to learn more about our Cervical Pain Screening. You deserve to feel confident again.

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