Your health is the best investment you can make. Sleep, diet, and exercise are the elixirs to feeling and moving well over the next 30 years. Teddy Roosevelt once said, “I’d rather wear out than rust out” little did he know the body adapts to the positive stressors we put on it! Had he worked with us could have gone out moving and grooving.
3 Ways PT Helps Metatarsalgia
Usually people do not know their feet are malleable. Feet, like people, have so much potential to change with manual therapy and exercise. I contend physical therapy should be a first stop for runners who develop metatarsalgia from movement related activities, like running. It is my hope to impart some wisdom on this issue and how a physical therapist can help.
We All Need Sleep
Sit Comfortably
More and more people have been coming to see me due aches and pains due to their home working stations. It seems the last 6 months of the makeshift home office have caught up to us. Our bodies favorably adapt to gradual changes in stress to become more able and resilient. Sitting places stress on our bodies. When the changes are not gradual often the stress exceeds our capacity resulting in pain. Working from home occurred suddenly not giving our tissues an opportunity to condition to the stress.
4 Ways to Simmer Stress
Acute Low Back Pain Guidelines
So you just sprained your back. The pain is severe. You may have not been doing anything strenuous. You might not even be able to stand up. Fear not as this is a common occurrence in 80% of people. Most cases of acute low back quickly resolve with proper precaution. This article will serve as your guide in managing the early stages of a back pain flare up.