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Balance & Gait Disorders Eugene, OR May13th 2019

What’s Essential? An Evaluation, and Three Strategies.

When 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

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Back and Neck Pain May10th 2019

5 Ways to Relieve Back and Neck Pain

There 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

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Proper Posture Apr20th 2019

Suffering with Back Pain? Check Your Posture!

If you are like most people, you have had someone tell you to sit or stand up straight — probably during your teenage years. At the time, the demand was probably annoying and one you did your best to ignore. But it turns out that good posture is important for more than just looking confident

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