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FINDING NECK PAIN RELIEF AT CHOICE PHYSICAL THERAPY
Do you notice you have trouble turning your neck to look over your shoulder? Has holding your head up while sitting at your desk gotten harder and harder? What about at night, when you’re in bed trying to get comfortable enough to fall asleep? At Choice Physical Therapy, our physical therapists can help you find relief for your neck pain once and for all! Neck pain is common among adults, affecting up to 70% at some point in their lives. Even small amounts of pain can impact your quality of life. Fortunately, physical therapy can help resolve the pains in your neck! You don’t have to continue searching the internet for quick fixes for your problem. Your pain relief journey starts here! If you’re struggling with pain and discomfort in your neck, contact Choice Physical Therapy today to schedule your consultation. WHAT CAUSES NECK PAIN? There are several common causes of neck pain, including a car accident or a slip-and-fall. There are also less dramatic causes like sitting at a desk all day or waking up with a crick in your neck. No matter the event that started the pain, there are often underlying causes that set you up for persistent neck pain. The most common causes of neck pain include sprains and strains on the muscles, tendons, and ligaments. For others, changes to the disc (i.e., a specialized tissue that sits between vertebrae throughout our spine) are the source of the pain. Bulging and herniated discs are notoriously painful and common for people that experience nerve pain. The disc and cartilage degeneration can also lead to pain and difficulty moving the neck. Fortunately, our physical therapists are skilled at identifying the contributing factors and, more importantly, how to find relief. When neck pain develops due to a pinched nerve, the pain can quickly develop into tingling or numbness in the hands, arms, and fingers. For others, nerve pain radiates upward, resulting in severe headaches, and in some cases, even migraine-like headaches.
If you’re experiencing chronic pain in your neck, know that there are safer options than surgery and medication that are available to you to combat your discomfort! The answer lies at our physical therapy clinic with our highly trained team. HOW CHOICE PHYSICAL THERAPY CAN HELP YOU FIND RELIEF Our physical therapists will perform a thorough evaluation starting with your medical history and details about how, when, and where your symptoms began. Next, we will analyze your posture and movement to identify the primary source of your neck pain and the best course of treatment for your individual needs.
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Our treatment plans focus on relieving your pain and improving your posture, mobility, strength, etc., educating you about managing your symptoms. Your program will likely include manual therapy (i.e., soft tissue work and/or joint mobilizations), targeted stretches, exercises, activity modification, or posture recommendations. INSIDE: • Healthy Recipe • What Causes Neck Pain? • Exercise Essentials • Patient Testimonial
LOOK UP! DISCOVER THE RELIEF YOU NEED Your therapy may also include additional methods deemed fit by your physical therapists, such as ice and heat therapies, ultrasound, or electrical stimulation.
PATIENT TESTIMONIAL Wonderful place! The PTs are incredibly knowledgable, friendly, and really listen to your feedback while still making sure you do the exercises you need to in order to get better. Notably, this place also is focused on evidence-based techniques and the DPTs keep up with advances in their field, so if you’ve been put off by PTs in chiro offices, this office is a breath of fresh air. The environment they have created here is really relaxed and fun, and the treatment plans are well-thought out and customized to each patient and their situation. They pack a lot of equipment into a relatively small space, and they check on your progress through the sessions. I have recommended them to so many family and friends, wonderful experience! I am excited to graduate out, but will miss them when I do. -L. Klinge
The main emphasis of physical therapy is education and instruction on effective exercises and proper posture to resolve your current symptoms and possible future symptoms. Each session, you will receive your therapist’s full attention. We’ll listen to your unique story and specific issues to help us understand your body’s needs and then work with our hands to improve the quality of your life. The main focus is your health and wellness goals. We know which methods will be best for your recovery, and we’ll work together with you to understand the objectives and your overall expectations of therapy. The main goal is to get rid of your neck pain as soon as possible! REQUEST AN APPOINTMENT TODAY! Whether your discomfort is from a chronic condition or an injury, therapy can prove to be the greatest asset to your recovery. Call Choice Physical Therapy today to schedule an appointment and get on the fast track to resolving your neck pain and getting back to doing what you love!
EXERCISE ESSENTIALS
TRY THIS EXERCISE TO STRENGTHEN YOUR CORE
CLAMSHELL BRIDGE (WITH EXERCISE BAND) Start by lying on your back with knees bent, feet flat on floor and arms at your sides with palms down. Wrap a band around your legs just above your knees. Engaging the abdominals and squeezing the buttocks, slowly lift hips up towards the ceiling. While your hips are raised, spread your knees apart against the band and let them come back in slowly. Repeat for 3 sets of 10 reps each.
BENEFITS OF PHYSICAL THERAPY
For some, an old injury or abnormal movement pattern has led to weakness due to compensations. Physical therapists are skilled at assessing the whole body, identifying weakness, and teaching how to restore strength and function. Physical therapy can improve your overall health and well- being: When you see a physical therapist for pain and/or injuries, you will receive the benefits of rehabilitation to resolve the condition and a total body approach to health. Physical therapists can recommend nutrition to improve pain, reduce inflammation, and improve overall health. In addition, physical therapists are movement experts and trained to help you move/exercise more, no matter your limitations or restrictions. More activity equals improved health! Physical therapy can help you reduce the risk of injury: By implementing a holistic approach, we can improve and restore your function and prevent injuries. This may include all components of typical physical therapy and include gait modifications and coordination exercises to stimulate the nervous system and help ensure your mechanics are ideal to avoid an injury.
A physical therapist can educate you about ways to move safer that use your energy more efficiently, reduce the risk of re-injury and enhance the overall effects of your care. The benefits of physical therapy treatments include easing pain, reducing spasms, increasing circulation, and promoting healing. Physical therapy can help improve your joint range of motion and overall mobility: Our ability to move depends on how individual joints move and how the body’s joints move in concert with one another. Increasing joint range of motion and mobility of the connective tissues around your joints (including the tendons, muscles, fascia, and joint capsules) will help your joints feel better and move better. This will also help you improve your overall functional mobility and activity tolerance, essential for work, leisure, and simple daily function. Physical therapy can help strengthen weaknesses and compensation patterns: Through injury or surgery, muscles become weak and impact your ability to move and function normally.
HEALTHY RECIPE
Stuffed Butternut Squash Preheat oven to 400°. Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil. Place squash halves, cut side down, on prepared baking sheet. Transfer to oven and bake for about 30 minutes, until skin is starting to blister in some areas. Flip squash cut-side up and season thoroughly with salt. In a small bowl, mash together butter and brown sugar, then use a spoon to spread butter paste all over squash. Return to oven and bake for about 30 minutes more, until squash is caramelized and tender. Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine broth, quinoa, and pinch of salt. Bring to a boil over high heat, then cover and reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer for 10 to 15 minutes, until liquid is absorbed and quinoa is fluffy. Fluff with a fork and set aside. Add kale to a large skillet with 2 tablespoons of water and a big pinch of salt. Set over medium heat and cook, stirring frequently, until kale is wilted, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in chickpeas, cranberries, pumpkin seeds, and cooked quinoa. Set aside to cool. Remove baked squash from oven. Spoon cooled sugar syrup over squash. Fill cavity with 1 cup of quinoa mixture, then pile another 1 cup on rest of squash. Repeat with remaining squash and filling. Return to oven for about 10 minutes, until filling is warmed through. Serve immediately.
• 1 (2-lb.) butternut squash, halved and seeded • Kosher salt • 2 tbsp. butter, softened
• 1 tbsp. brown sugar • 1 c. vegetable broth
• 1/2 c. quinoa, rinsed until water runs clear • 3 c. roughly chopped kale, from 1 bunch • 1 (15.5-oz.) can chickpeas, drained and rinsed • 1/2 c. dried cranberries • 1/4 c. toasted pumpkin seeds
Source: https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/a40510457/stuffed-butternut-squash-recipe/
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