A migraine headache is a common condition that can be incredibly draining. Conventional treatments, including medications, are often ineffective in alleviating headache pain. Physical therapy can be vital to migraine headache management, depending on the cause and physical symptoms of the condition in migraine patients. If you suffer from chronic headaches or migraines, physical therapists … Read more
If you experience pain in your hand and arm along with numbness or a tingling feeling, you may have carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). People who have a family history of CTS may not be able to avoid this condition and will likely experience it at some point between the ages of 18 and 64. The … Read more
Summer is here, which means that it’s hot. In some parts of the U.S., midsummer of 2021 is hotter than ever before. The risk for heat-related illness spikes during the summer, so it’s important to be extra cautious when exercising on those hot days to protect your health. Heat exhaustion and other heat-related illness during … Read more
If healthy aging is important to you, a lifestyle that includes healthy habits should be as well. However, some older adults may limit physical activity over concerns about safety, ability, or chronic health conditions. These worries may be due to the myth of aging and activity level, which holds back some older people from starting … Read more
Stress is such a buzz-word these days, isn’t it? From detoxing with ‘green juice’ to staring at the sun and meditating for 8 hours a day, so many activities and media campaigns have now become obsessed with tackling this elusive enemy. We can’t avoid the presence of some advert, some poster, some model telling us … Read more
LACEY (WA) – A patient came into the clinic a few weeks ago limping with knee pain and asked: “I’ve had this knee pain for a few weeks now, I’m not sure what I’ve done to it, didn’t help. I was trying to rest it so that it wouldn’t hurt, but whenever I stood up … Read more
When the pandemic hit it seemed as though there was a mass exodus to work from home: from store managers to doctors, everyone unplugged their PC’s, loaded them in their cars, and set them up in the kitchen, living room, and garage – for those fortunate enough to have a study, the computer now has … Read more
LACEY (WA) – Have YOU ever been told that back pain is just one of those things that comes with your job, family, age and daily stress? Worse, have you been told by your doctor that you “just have to live with it” because nothing else can be done? If you’re aged 40+ and you … Read more
Let’s face it, growing older can come as a bit of a shock – more aches and pains, a little stiffness, and a bit more bird watching, perhaps… and yet, growing older, especially into your 50’s, never needs to be underscored by pain, a lack of activity, or a generally unhealthy lifestyle. We all have … Read more
Have you ever woken up to a headache, pain, and a thirst you can’t seem to slake? Nope, I’m not really talking about the after effects of a big night out… I’m referring more to the effects felt after a big take out! All too often, people underestimate the extraordinary power of food when it … Read more
