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Living with Arthritis? You Don’t Have to Turn to Opioids
Physical Therapy in Columbia, SC: Natural Relief for Joint Pain
Arthritis is a general term that actually encompasses hundreds of different diseases. Whether you have osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, or any other type of arthritis, two of the primary symptoms are inflammation and joint pain.
Whatever type of arthritis you suffer from, you’re likely struggling to overcome varying degrees of pain. If you are taking opioids for arthritis pain, we’re here to let you know that there is a better option.
Read full blogHow Strength Training Can Help You Become Healthier and Stronger
Improve Your Health with Strength Training Today!
Everyone desires to be healthier, stronger, and more active. This may sometimes feel difficult to accomplish, due to pain, injuries, or poor diets. Pain increases undesirable chemicals in your body that cause stress, creating a challenge when it comes to exercise. All of this also affects your endocrine system, which regulates your hormones and controls almost everything happening in your body.
Fortunately, strength training exercises can effectively ease your pain while simultaneously strengthening the affected part(s) of your body.
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Did You Know Physical Therapy in Columbia, SC Could Help Improve Your Sports Performance?
Sports physical therapy is an ever-growing field of focus. In fact, according to the International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy, “The specialty niche of sports physical therapy has grown at a significant rate over the past 40 years.”
So, what does a sports physical therapist do? A sports physical therapist is dedicated to helping you reach your goals – and developing new ones!
Read full blogHow Can Physical Therapy Relieve Your Chronic Back Pain?
After dealing with chronic back pain for years, many people consider costly surgeries or addictive pain medication to deal with the problem. But did you know that surgery and opioids aren’t the only options available to people suffering from this condition? If you’ve been dealing with chronic back pain and are thinking about surgery to finally feel some relief, contact our clinic today to learn about how working with a physical therapist can be an alternative solution to your chronic back pain.
Read full blogFind Relief for Your Nagging Back Pains with Physical Therapy
Move Comfortably Again with PT!
Most Americans will suffer temporary back pain at some point in their lives. When back pain is not temporary, however, it becomes a major quality of life issue. The American Physical Therapy Association states that back pain is the most commonly experienced form of pain for Americans.
In fact, one in every four Americans has sustained some sort of back pain in the past three months.
Read full blogHow Does Nutrition Help Relieve Pain and Inflammation?
Looking to Add More to Your Workout Routine? We’ve Got You Covered!
Spice Up Your Workouts with These Tips!
It can happen to anyone. The lingering dread, the growing disinterest, the growing tendency to skip out on your workout, to let minor inconveniences interrupt the healthy activities that you’ve had planned.
A small change in your attitude, a few excuses here and there, and before you know what’s happened it’s been weeks since your last workout.
Maybe you fight through it; you show up at the gym and you go through the motions.
Read full blogPhysical Therapy Could Be The Solution To Your Joint Pain
Do you experience joint pain and discomfort on most or all days of the week? Is a stiff and painful joint making you functionally limited and unsafe? Have you had to stop doing the things you enjoy, or even struggle to take care of your basic daily needs, simply because your joint pain is too great? We know how frustrating joint pain can be because we’ve met thousands of people from our community dealing with similar issues.
Read full blogGet More Out of Your Workouts with Interval Training
Have You Heard of Interval Training?
If you want to make the most out of every minute that you spend at the gym, then high intensity interval training, or HIIT, might be exactly what you are looking for. This is one of the top trends in the fitness world at the moment, and for good reason.
With high intensity interval training it is possible to maximize the amount of calories that you can burn in a standard workout by really pushing your body to its limit.
Read full blogImprove Your Fitness With These 5 Benefits of Walking!
Did You Know About These Walking Benefits?
If you think you don’t know how to exercise, you are wrong. Plain and simple, you get out of a workout as much as you put into it.
If you are willing to give physical fitness a try, then there is absolutely nothing holding you back from getting started.
Don’t believe it? Well hear this: You’ve been building your fitness skills since your very first step.
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