Health Blog Category: Health and Wellness
How Occupational Therapy Can Help Resolve Your Repetitive Stress Injuries
Have you had pain or difficulty lifting, grasping, writing, or even moving your arm? Are you tired of turning to over-the-counter medications or seeing the doctor for prescription medications? Our Ponchatoula Therapy occupational therapists will identify the source of your symptoms and help you find long-lasting relief!
Trying to get your hands working in the morning or dealing with achy soreness at night make your daily life a struggle. Repetitive traumas or overuse conditions cause most elbow, wrist, or hand pain.
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Inflammation is a natural defense mechanism that the body employs to keep itself safe and promote recovery. During the inflammatory response, your body produces more white blood cells. Chronic inflammation, on the other hand, can be harmful to one’s health.
Inflammation that persists can result in discomfort, swelling, and redness in the affected areas. It also raises your chances of developing diabetes, cancer, heart disease, and stroke. There are a number of strategies to enhance your nutrition while also reducing pain and inflammation.
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If you’ve ever been injured, you know how quickly it can flip your life upside down. Whether it’s a car accident, a sports-related injury, a job injury, or simply an unintentional fall, the anguish of an unexpected injury can leave you feeling helpless. Many patients turn to pain-relieving medicines like opioids to combat this. Many people are unaware of how much harm these medications cause their bodies.
The civilization in which we now live is heavily medicated.
Read full blogAnkle Pains, Strains, & Sprains Are No Match For a Physical Therapist
If you have persistent ankle pain, there’s a good possibility you’ve sustained a strain or sprain!
Although these two words are frequently used interchangeably, there is a distinction between them. A strain occurs when a muscle or tendon tears or stretches too far.
Tendons are the connective tissue that connects bones to muscles. A hamstring or lower back strain is the most common type of strain. A sprain occurs when a ligament is overstretched or torn.
Read full blogTherapeutic Massage Can Relieve Upper Extremity Pain
Have you have a rotator cuff injury? Do you have a problem with shoulder impingement? Maybe you’re coming back from a sports injury like tennis or a golfer’s elbow. You just can’t find relief no matter which direction you turn, and quite frankly, it’s getting pretty old!
Did you know that physical and occupational therapy can help people recover from upper extremity injuries? Regardless of the situation, a therapeutic massage from one of our physical or occupational therapists may be the pain relief solution you’ve been looking for!
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Is it possible to increase your total health, wellness, and quality of life with a few simple physical motions? When it comes to stretching, the answer is unmistakable yes. For this reason, stretching exercises are a common part of physical therapy.
You might be shocked to see how many different ways stretches can benefit you. Here are some of the main reasons why our physical therapist could recommend stretches to help you live a better life.
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Interval Training Could be Just What You Need to Reach Your Weight Goals!
Exercising at a steady rate simply won’t achieve the same results as interval training. Many people plug away at various workouts for an hour or more each day, several days a week, with minimal results.
While interval training has been around for several years it has recently garnered a lot of attention as a way to increase fat loss.
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Do you constantly find yourself feeling tired throughout the day? Sluggish? Achy? Fatigued? If so, this is probably your body’s way of telling you that something is off.
Perhaps you sit too much during your commute or throughout the day, without getting up to stretch and exercise. Perhaps you’re eating too much inflammatory food or not drinking enough water. Whatever the case may be, if you are constantly feeling physically or mentally drained, it is a good idea to make some healthy changes.
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Did You Know Stretching Could Improve Your Overall Health?
Can some simple physical motions dramatically improve your overall health, wellness, and quality of life? In the case of stretching, the answer is most definitely yes.
Many folks beginning an exercise or physical therapy regimen are given a specific set of exercises, but these instructions don’t always come with proper guidance on the stretching that should accompany the program.
Stretching exercises are a staple of physical therapy for just that reason.
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Did You Know Changing Up Your Workout Could Improve Your Health and Wellness?
It’s easy to get into a rut or hit a plateau when you do the same exercise routine repeatedly. According to Women’s Health every time you complete the same routine your body becomes more adept at handling the stress.
This ultimately means you’ll start burning fewer calories. There are several things you can do to change your workout and ultimately improve results.
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