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Learn The Most Effective Ways To Beat Your Sciatica and Back Pain!
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• ...Beat Your Sciatica and Back Pain! • Consider Turning to Physical Therapy First
• Patient Success Spotlight • Free Injury Consultation
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Learn The Most Effective Ways To Beat Your Sciatica and Back Pain!
Whether it’s a sudden, shooting pain down your leg or a persistent ache in your lower back, sciatica can seriously impact your daily life. While medications, injections and even surgery sometimes help people with sciatic nerve pain, physical therapy is the most effective and least invasive way to eradicate the problem. Physical therapy is invaluable for easing sciatic pain. Its effectiveness stems from the multi-faceted approach your therapist will take in order to reduce the pressure on the nerve. Improving your strength and the flexibility in your hip area can do much to decrease the pressure on your sciatic nerve, which in turn will relieve the pain you feel. The muscle and ligament structure of your hips tend to tighten if you spend too much time sitting. That causes your spine to take on the strain, often leading to sciatic nerve impingement.
To combat this undue pressure, physical therapists work to increase hip mobility by helping you stretch your hip abductors and flexors. This opens up the pathway, which your sciatic nerve runs, so that the nerve is freed from compression. In addition, strengthening hip abductors muscles, as well as building mobility, will enable the muscles and ligaments in your hips to be better aligned. Improved strength in your hip area, allows the effort used in everyday movement to be more evenly distributed, and therefore less apt to result in nerve irritation.
Call us today to speak with a physical therapist, or come on in for a consultation. (802) 626-4224.
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HERE’S WHY YOU SHOULD CONSIDER TURNING TO PHYSICAL THERAPY FIRST
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A study published in Spine, the respected medical journal, found that, when started early enough, physical therapy is a very effective treatment for sciatica, and one which is more budget-friendly for the average person. The study found that over a one-year period, people who had taken 10 sessions of physical therapy had better results for their sciatic pain than those who were only given guidelines for treatment. The study’s authors attributed the cost-effectiveness of the physical therapy approach in part to using it as a first line of defense against sciatic pain and back pain. For the many patients for whom physical therapy as the primary treatment was sufficient, there wasn’t a need for expensive tests, such as MRIs, or further invasive procedures.
If you’re concerned about shooting pains down one leg, buttock aching or lower back pain and numbness -- or any combination of sharp and dull aching anywhere along the sciatic nerve -- contact us right away for a consultation. We’ll work with your doctor to address the specific problems contributing to the ongoing impingement of your sciatic nerve, while also striving to reduce your pain as quickly as possible.
Contact Northern Physical Therapy for a balance screening today! Discover the root cause of your problem, before it’s too late!
Northern PT Events
Every Thursday morning from 6:30am - 7:30am our very own Jennifer Legacy-Gray, PT runs a Pilates class at Northern Physical Therapy. The cost for the class is $10.00. This class is for all abilities.
If you are interested please email Jesse Dimick at j.dimick@nvrh.org to reserve a spot!
Exercise Essential
Patient Success Spotlight
SINGLE KNEE TO CHEST STRETCH Lie on your back and bring one knee to your chest, keeping the other foot flat on the floor. Keep your lower back pressed to the floor. Hold for at least 15 to 30 seconds. Repeat 2 to 4 times with each leg.
GOOD FOR LOWER BACK
“I came to Northern Physical Therapy to get some severe pain resolved. I have been here a couple of times before for different issues and always found relief. The therapist are all great and they really care you and your progress.” “The therapist are all great and they really care you and your progress.”
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Come Back In For An Evaluation Whether you want to come in for a check-up, suffered a recent injury or you want to improve your health, you can choose the physical therapy practice you want! Come back to Northern Physical Therapy for a consultation today!
Eating Well Energy Bars
INGREDIENTS • 1 cup dry-roasted peanuts • ½ cup crispy brown rice cereal • ½ cup old-fashioned rolled oats • ⅓ cup raw pumpkin seeds
• ¼ cup dried blueberries • 6 dried apricots, diced • 3 tablespoons mini chocolate chips • 5 tablespoons brown rice syrup
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Preheat oven to 325°F. Line the bottom and sides of an 8-inch-square baking pan with foil and coat with cooking spray. Combine peanuts, rice cereal, oats, pumpkin (or sunflower) seeds, blueberries, apricots and chocolate chips in a large bowl. Drizzle with syrup and gently stir until thoroughly combined. Spread in the prepared baking pan. Coat another piece of foil with cooking spray and place on the bar mixture, sprayed- side down. Place another pan on top and press firmly to compress the mixture. Remove top pan and foil. Bake until just beginning to turn golden at the edges, 20 to 24 minutes. Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Cut in half, then cut each half crosswise into 6 bars. Let cool completely before lifting the bars off the foil.
Mention or bring in this coupon for a FREE Consultation with one of our physical therapy specialists! • Recent injury • Nagging aches and pains at work • Back and neck pain • Joint pain and movement problems • Walking or balance difficulties while working
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