How do you feel when you wake up in the morning? Does your body feel stiff, like a brick that’s been plastered to your bed? Is it difficult to move your arms, legs, back, etc., without feeling achy, sore, or even painful? Does it feel as if your body is moving in slow motion, your discomfort holding you back?
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How do you feel when you wake up in the morning? Does your body feel stiff, like a brick that’s been plastered to your bed? Is it difficult tomove your arms, legs, back, etc., without feeling achy, sore, or even painful? Does it feel as if your body is moving in slow motion, your discomfort holding you back? Your body was made to move. Prolonged periods of inactivity can causemuscles and joints to constrict, resulting in pain or achiness - that’s why the mornings are typically the hardest for people experiencing these symptoms. However, the way that you live your daily life can also be a factor in daily aches and pains. Your body
relies on certain physical responses to movement, such as posture, coordination, strength, blood pressure, etc. Everything you do has an impact on the way your body responds. If you live an inactive or unhealthy lifestyle, aches are certainly common. Conversely, if you have sustained an injury or strain from an overly-active lifestyle, aches will also be common. Whatever the case may be, physical therapists are here to help. Their sole focus is helping you achieve your highest level of comfort. If you are experiencing daily aches and pains that you just can’t seem to shake, give our offices a call today.
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Overexertion is a common reason for achiness or pain. Let’s say you decide to start up a new physical routine. You’ve never been much of a runner, but you want to get into it. So, the first day you run, you push yourself to amile. You didn’t think it sounded like too much, but your body wasn’t used to it. Your legs were overworked, and the tissues in yourmuscles got irritated, causing inflammation. Therefore, you wake up the next morning with sore legs. This is what happens when any part of your body is overworked. You may not notice it during the day while you’re moving, but inflammation can thicken overnight during inactivity, causing tissues to become inelastic. This can cause stiffness or pain in the morning, typically easing as you move throughout the day. However, the cause for stiffness isn’t always as cut and dry as, “I did an exercise I wasn’t used to so now I’m sore.” Sometimes it’s difficult to pinpoint the cause of your discomfort. That’s why it’s important to consult a physical therapist if your aches and pains persist. Simple Tips for Ache Relief: • Sleep! - This is probably the easiest step you can take to relieve common aches. Your body chemistry is delicate, and not getting enough sleep can affect that. This prevents your muscles and tissues from functioning as they normally would, resulting in stiffness, soreness, or achiness. • Stay hydrated - Drinking water is an important part of living a healthy, pain- free life. When you are dehydrated, your tissues become drier, which slows down normal chemical processes in your body. Your body is 70% water and your muscles are 80% water. When you don’t drink enough water, your body can become achy due to dryness. In order to stay hydrated, you should drink 1/2 your body weight in ounces every day. • Maintainahealthydiet of fruitsandvegetables - Fruits and vegetables with bright colors often have a higher concentration of antioxidants and vitamins. By keeping these a consistent part of your diet, you can better assist your body in both repairing itself frompain or injury, as well as providing a preventative. Fruits and vegetables help your body in maintaining its normal functions. • Exercise regularly - Exercise allows your body to efficiently pump blood around your body. When you exercise on a consistent basis, muscles and Overexertion is a common reason for achiness or pain. Let’s say you decide to start up a new physical routine. You’ve never been much of a runner, but you want to get into it. So, the first day you run, you push yourself to amile. You didn’t think it sounded like too much, but your body wasn’t used to it. Your legs were overworked, and the tissues in yourmuscles got irritated, causing inflammation. Therefore, you wake up the next morning with sore legs. This is what happens when any part of your body is overworked. You may not notice it during the day while you’re moving, but inflammation can thicken overnight during inactivity, causing tissues to become inelastic. This can cause stiffness or pain in the morning, typically easing as you move throughout the day. However, the cause for stiffness isn’t always as cut and dry as, “I did an exercise I wasn’t used to so now I’m sore.” Sometimes it’s difficult to pinpoint the cause of your discomfort. That’s why it’s important to consult a physical therapist if your aches and pains persist. Simple Tips for Ache Relief: • Sleep! - This is probably the easiest step you can take to relieve common aches. Your body chemistry is d licate, and not getting nough sleep can ff ct that. This prevents our muscl s and tissu s from functioning as they normally would, resulting in stiffness, soreness, or achi ess. • Stay hydrated - Drinking water is an important part of living a healthy, pain- free life. When you are dehydrated, your tissues become dri r, which slows down normal chemical processes in your body. Your body is 70% water and your muscles are 80% water. When you don’t drink enough water, your body can become achy due to dryness. In order to stay hydrated, you should drink 1/2 your body weight in ounces every day. • Maintainahealthydiet of fruitsandvegetables - Fruits and vegetables with bright colors often have a higher concentration of antioxidants and vitamins. By keeping these a consistent part of your diet, you can better assist your body in both repairing itself frompain or injury, as well as providing a preventative. Fruits and vegetables help your body in maintaining its normal functions. • Exercise regularly - Exercise allows your body to efficiently pump blood around your body. When you exercise on a consistent basis, muscles and WHY AM I SO ACHY?
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joints remain warm, lowering the possibility of them becoming tight. • Keepagoodposture - Slouching causes stress on the shoulders and neck, which can cause pain or achiness. If you sit at a desk or computer, it is important to get up every 30 minutes for a few seconds to stretch. Moving around or simply standing up after a while is a great way to maintain a good posture, even if you don’t have a very active day. • Get a physical therapy consultation - If your aches and pains are persistent and aren’t going away despite your best efforts, it may be time to consult a physical therapist. They will help you determine the best course of action for your specific needs. HowPhysical TherapyWill Help: A consultation with a physical therapist will allow you to address the issues that you’re facing. It is always better to figure out the cause of your pain early on, rather than waiting until it gets worse. The earlier you make an appointment, the easier the treatment will be. Your physical therapist will give you a muscle and joint evaluation to discover problemareas and determine exactly what may be causing your aches and pains. From there, they will create a personalized treatment plan for you that will help alleviate your aches. They are dedicated to your progress and genuinely want to see you feel better - so why wait? Say goodbye to your daily aches and pains with physical therapy today! Give us a call today at our Amherst (716-839-3705) or Clarence (716-634-1578) locations. We can help find the cause of your aches and pains and treat it!
Relieve Pain In Minutes Try this exercise to relieve pain in your legs.
HAMSTRING STRETCH – WALL Place one leg up on a wall while lying on your back. Your other leg should lay straight on the floor and through a doorway or hall. Hold the stretch for 20 seconds per leg.
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Snow shoveling can lead to a number of health risks for many people, from back injuries to heart attacks. The following tips can help keep you safer when you set out to shovel: Warm up. Warm your muscles before heading out to shovel by doing some light movements, such as bending side to side or walking in place. Push rather than lift. Pushing the snow with the shovel instead of lifting can help reduce the strain on your body. Lighten your load. Consider using a lighter-weight plastic shovel instead of a metal one to help decrease the weight being lifted. Consider multiple trips. Consider shoveling periodically throughout the storm to avoid having to move large amounts of snow at once. Keep up with snowfall. Try to shovel snow shortly after it falls, when it is lighter and fluffier. The longer snow stays on the ground, the wetter it can become. Wet snow is heavier and harder to move. Snow shoveling can lead to a number of health risk for many people, from back injuries to heart attacks. The foll wing tips can help keep you safer when you set out to shovel: Warm up. Warm your muscles before heading out to shovel by doing some light movements, uch as bending side to side or walking in place. Push rather than lift. Pushing the snow with the shovel instead of lift ng can help reduce the strain on your body. Lighten your load. Consider using a lighter-weight plastic shovel instead of a metal one to help decrease the weight being lifted. Consider multiple trips. Consider shoveling periodically throughout the storm to avoid having to move large amounts of snow at once. Keep up with snowfall. Try to shovel snow shortly after it falls, when it s lighter and fluffier. The longer snow stays on the ground, the wett r it can become. Wet snow is heavier and harder to move. Snow shoveling can lead to a number of health risks for many eople, from back injuries to he r attacks. The following tips can help keep you safer when you set ou to shovel: Warm up. Warm your mu cles b fore heading ou to shovel by doing some light movements, such as bending side to side or walk g in place. Push rather than lift. Pushing the snow with t e shovel instead of lifting can help reduc the strain n your body. Lighten your load. Consider using a lighter-weight plastic shovel instead of a metal one to help decr as th weight being lifted. Consider multiple trips. Consider shoveling periodically throughout the storm to avoid having to move large amounts of snow at once. Keep up with snowfall. Try to shovel snow shortly af er it falls, when it is lighter and fluffier. The longer snow stays on the ground, th wetter it can become. Wet snow is h avier and harder t move.
“Everyone at OrthoSports is so friendly and accommodating. My evaluation and therapy/exercise plan helped me tremendously with pain relief. At the beginning of treatment, I would come in for my sessions in pain and leave pain–free. Now, I’m feeling so much better. I will absolutely use OrthoSports again if I have another injury and I highly recommend the skilled therapists and friendly, efficient staff.” - E. D. “I would come in for my sessions in pain and leave pain–free. Now, I’m feeling so much better.” PATIENT SUCCESS SPOTLIGHT “Everyone at OrthoSports is o friendly and accom odating. My evaluation and therapy/ex rcise plan helped me tremendously with pain relief. At he beginni g of treatment, I would come in for my se sions in pain and leave pain–free. Now, I’m fe ling so much better. I will absolutely use OrthoSports again if I have another injury and I highly recom end the skilled therapist and friendly, efficient staff.” - E. D. “I would come in for my sessions in pain and leave pain–fre . Now, I’m fe ling so much better.” PATIENT SUC ES SPOTLIGHT “Everyone at Orth Sports i so friendly and a co modating. My ev luation and therapy/exercise plan h lped m tr mendously with pain relief. A the beg ing of treatment, I would come in for my e sio s in pai and l ave pain–free. Now, I’m feeling so much better. I will absolutely use Orth Sports again if I have another injury and I ighly reco mend the skilled therapi ts and friendly, efficient staff.” - E. D. “I would come in for my e sions in pain and leave pain–fr e. Now, I’m f eling so much be ter.” PATIENT SU CE SPOTLIGHT
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Using photobiomodulation, laser therapy reduces pain and provides long-lasting pain relief. Many patients experience lasting relief after only a couple treatments. 2. Can Be Used for Acute & Chronic Conditions. It is particularly effective when administered as soon as possible following injury. The faster the inflammation is reduced and the healing process can begin, the better. 3. Treatments Can Be Customized for Each Situation. Your therapist will prepare the laser depending on your specific condition, treating the pain and inflammation Using photobiomodulation, laser therapy reduces pain and provide long-lasting pain relief. Many patients experience last ng relief after only a coupl tr atments. 2. Can Be Used for Acute & Chronic Conditions. It is particularly effective when administered as soon as possible following injury. The faster the inflammation is reduced and the healing process can begin, the better. 3. Treatments Can Be Customized for Each Situation. Your therapist will prepare the laser depending on your specific condition, treating the pain and inflammation
Depending on the laser, it can create little to no sensation or it can create a gentle, soothing warmth. 5. Treatments Are Fast & Effective. With Class IV Laser Therapy, treatments are quick, usually 2-10 minutes depending on the size, depth, and acuteness of the condition being treated. Most likely you will see the results with in the first few treatments. However, to get the true effects 6-10 treatments are recommended based on the severity of the injury. Call (716) 634-1578 to find out how Laser Therapy can help you find relief from your pain. Depending on the laser, it can create littl to no sensation or it can create a gentl , so thi g warmth. 5. Treatments Are Fast & Effective. With Class IV Laser Therapy, treatments are quick, usually 2-10 minutes depending on the size, depth, and acuteness of the condition being treated. Most likely you will see the results with in the first few treatments. However, to get the true effects 6-10 treatments are recommended based on the severity of the injury. Call (716) 634-1578 to find out how Laser Therapy can help you find relief from your pain.
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