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Category: Back Pain
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Raking Leaves Safely
It’s that time of year again when the leaves start to fall and you spend your entire Saturday raking. While it might not seem painful at the time, the next day people often find themselves paying for their hard work with back pain, sore shoulders, and aching wrists. How can this be prevented? Raking and…
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Back pain and your best options
This content was updated for accuracy and relevance on June 9, 2023 Are you suffering from low back pain? You are not alone. 8 out of 10 people in America suffer from low back pain, so “Why does my back hurt” and “what is the best course of action”? Taking medications such as Advil…
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5 Tips to Avoid Pain After Shoveling
Anyone who lives in a region with snow can relate – you wake up in the morning and look out the window expecting to see green grass but instead, you’re greeted with 6 inches of snow. It looks pretty from inside; the first snow of the season always does. Then you realize you’ve got an…
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Better Movement for a Lifetime of Golf
Better Movement for a Lifetime of Golf? Would you like to play golf with less pain? Would you like to know why your back, neck, or elbow hurts every time you play? If so, you may benefit from a golf analysis from your local Ivy Rehab physical therapist. Golf is one of the most popular…
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Can Stress Cause Back Pain?
This content was updated for accuracy and relevance on March 25, 2024. Whether you experience chronic stress or your stress levels have increased, you may notice accompanying back pain. But can stress cause back pain? Short answer… Yes! Although many sources of back pain are caused by mechanical stresses, or due to imbalances in…
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Types of Back Pain
Back and spine pain is one of the most common medical conditions that people seek guidance from health care professionals for. Approximately 80% of people will suffer from spine pain during their life, and many times without specific injury. The good news is most spine pain is caused and treated by mechanical treatment approaches. Mechanical…
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Physical Therapists Empower Patients – The McKenzie Method
Back pain and other musculoskeletal pain can be both debilitating and frustrating, especially if it starts to interfere in work duties, daily activities, and quality of life. Imagine having the power to control your pain without the need for pain medication or surgery. The McKenzie Method teaches patients to do just that. The idea is simple:…
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Scoliosis Physical Therapy and the Schroth Method
This content was updated for accuracy and relevance on July 3, 2023 Practiced internationally for nearly a century, the Schroth Method is a safe and effective treatment option for adolescent and adult scoliosis. Most often diagnosed in adolescence, scoliosis is a sideways, abnormal curvature of the spine that continues to elude physicians and researchers as…
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Unexpected Ways Physical Therapists Can Help Men
Does the man in your life put off going to the doctor because he doesn’t want to take time off work or thinks the pain will just go away? Are you that man? Men can be stubborn. (Women are, too!) Some don’t want to acknowledge that they have aches and pains. Others won’t admit to…
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Finding Fitness With Lower Back Pain
The number of U.S. emergency room visits, pain medication orders, injections, imaging studies, and surgical interventions directed at lower back pain continue to rise. Physical therapists frequently meet people who report their fitness efforts have been hampered by low back pain. Here are five recommendations that can help those with lower back pain have more…
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Reasons to See a PT First for Lower Back Pain
With the growing awareness of the opioid epidemic occurring nationwide, there is also a growing body of evidence that physical therapy offers a great first line of defense against the various types of lower back pain (LBP). The effectiveness of physical therapy for lower back pain also offers additional benefits, other than the therapeutic exercise component.…
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Backpack Safety – What Parents Need To Know
It’s one of the most common back-to-school purchases – a backpack. But when it comes to buying a backpack, parents shouldn’t take a one-size-fits-all approach. We need to keep an eye on what our children are putting into the pack and carrying around on a daily basis. Saddled with homework, heavy books, and technology, today’s…