May20th 2019Physical therapy as an industry has been talking about the link between core strength and better balance for years. When the “core” muscles around your trunk are strong, they prevent chronic lower back pain and many other injuries, but they also keep you from losing your balance and falling down. A stronger core will help
May13th 2019When we are in pain, most of us would do almost anything to try to relieve it. Don’t think for a minute that the marketplace doesn’t realize this fact. Indeed, there is a steady flow of the newest healing creams, tinctures, devices, and techniques claiming to speed up, relieve, or even “end” your pain. Scrolling
May10th 2019There are common causes of both back pain and neck pain and at Essential Physical Therapy, we can help with both. Changes in the spine’s anatomy often cause back pain. There may be lumbar disc herniation, lumbar degenerative disc disease, osteoarthritis or sacroiliac joint dysfunction. Disc herniation occurs when the gel-like interior of the disc
