Integral Physical Therapy
A Possible Missing Piece In Fibromyalgia Treatment Most physical therapy treatment for Fibromyalgia includes postural exercise, gentle massage and stretching. These methods are great but can be limited if the underlying cause is not addressed. The main issue I have heard from clients over the years is that they are unable to exercise… its just too painful and sometimes even…
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Your right hip hurts. You don’t remember doing anything that caused the pain. There was no distinct injury or accident. Maybe you have looked up stretches or exercises and nothing has made a difference. Pain is just a message your body is sending. The trick is learning to read what the messages say. Thanks to observations and techniques from the…
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Let’s face it. Sitting is a dilemma. We are sitting more and more and there is no magic chair that’s a one size fits all for everyone. Here are a couple of things to consider. Could you actually be sitting up too straight? I see this pattern in my practice all the time. People are sitting and sort of perching…
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OUCH!! Or maybe you used a different word as you stubbed your toe in the dark. If you stub your toe, you know why your toe hurts. But the pain that makes your day to day life more difficult is usually from a less obvious cause. For many people, there was no single incident that started their pain. The joint…
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Does working out make your pain worse? Exercise is supposed to be healthy. We are told to get to the gym and get moving in order to feel good and stay fit. So why can exercise add to the pain instead of lessen it? Exercise is Not One Size Fits All If you have lived with stubborn pain for any…
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Most of us have probably wanted to be an astronaut at some point. The view from space has got to be amazing. The trouble with being in space, however, is that there is very little physical stress on body. And it’s a problem. Their bodies begin to atrophy without the pressure of gravity. They have to go out of their…
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