Category: back pain

May20th 2020

Is That Pain In Your Back A Herniated Disc? Here’s What You Should Know

At our physical therapy, we believe an educated patient is an empowered patient. That’s why we love helping our patients gain a better understanding of the health conditions they’re facing. Herniated disc is one of the most common conditions treated by a physical therapist. If you’ve ever wondered if your back pain is caused by

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chronic back pain Feb10th 2020

Chronic Back Pain Doesn’t Have to be Your Story. 3 Ways Physical Therapy Can Help

Chronic back pain leads many people to consider surgery or addictive painkillers to deal with the problem. The depression that can accompany serious, long-lasting back pain can lead people to think that. But what if surgery or opioids didn’t need to be a part of your story? If you’ve been thinking about surgery to finally

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Yoga Case study #2 Feb5th 2019

Yoga Case study #2 – In which a thorough exam + 1 week revealed that what we thought was one problem was actually two.

Two weeks ago a 62 y/o woman I’ll call Jane came in with a new problem that she’d been having for the last 3 weeks which had caused her to stop her yoga practice.  Her R lower back had flared up for no apparent reason, and seemed to spread into the R hip region.  She

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