Health Blog Category: Back and Neck Pain
How to Prevent Back Pain: Tips and Strategies
Put back pain to a halt with these simple tips & strategies!
Why wait for back pain to start when you could prevent it from happening? Back pain can significantly interrupt your daily life, whether it’s chronic or acute. However, taking preventative measures to avoid back pain can help you avoid injuries and long-term discomfort.
The best way to improve symptoms and prevent back pain from happening is through physiotherapy. Our practitioners at Equilibrium can teach you tips and strategies to avoid pain and manage your discomfort both at home and in the clinic.
Read full blogWhat Causes Upper Back Pain and How to Find Relief
Don’t let this common condition keep you from an active lifestyle!
We often hear about neck and lower back pain, but what about the area in between? Upper back pain is a common condition, and it can lead to the same debilitating pain as its neighbors to the north and south. Fortunately, like neck and lower back pain, physiotherapy at Equilibrium offers potential solutions to help you live a full, healthy life.
Read full blogUnderstanding Chronic Back Pain Symptoms and How to Manage Them
Tired of dealing with chronic pain? Here’s how to manage symptoms at home and with our treatment plans!
You’ve probably experienced back pain at some point in your life, whether from an injury, an awkward movement, or straining your back from lifting something heavy. However, while back pain is one of the most common issues that people face, it’s important to get treatment and know how to manage symptoms before they become worse!
Read full blogHow to Tell if Your Back Pain is Caused by a Herniated Disc
Do you have difficulty performing even simple daily activities due to severe back or neck pain? Do you have strange neurological symptoms in your arms or legs that you can’t explain? Has your spine not worked as well as it should have since a recent accident?
You could be suffering from a condition known as a herniated disc. But, before you get too worked up about the prospect of major neck or back surgery, know that many cases of herniated discs respond well to physiotherapy and other non-surgical treatments.
Read full blogHas Chronic Back Pain got You Down? Physiotherapy Can Help
Is your back constantly aching? Can you not seem to relax or engage in your usual activities? If so, please contact Equilibrium Therapeutics to make an appointment with one of our physiotherapists.
Our skilled team can help you reduce or eliminate your chronic back pain.
What is chronic back pain?
The majority of back pain is temporary. It lasts anywhere from a few days to a few weeks.
Read full blogPhysiotherapy and Massage Can Relieve Lower Back Pain
Lower back pain is by far one of the most common ailments ever experienced. Just about everyone deals with it at one point in their life. For some, the lucky ones, perhaps, the pain is just for a day or two as a result of a particularly gruelling day of yard work or a slip-and-fall accident that landed you flat on your bum with a bruise to prove it. For others, the back pain is something that lingers for years and years, getting worse as a result of improper footwear or particularly unsupportive furniture, and never really healing or going away.
Read full blogPosture Perfect: How to Correct Your Back Pain
If you suffer from back pain, you’re in good company. In fact, the most commonly reported area of pain is the back. According to one longitudinal study, 3% of all emergency room visits between the years of 2004-2008 were due to back pain or injury. An estimated 25 million Americans suffer from chronic pain, many of whom experience that pain in their back. Back pain can be limiting in numerous ways, and many people with chronic back pain also have a disability that makes it difficult for them to perform their daily tasks.
Read full blogSay Goodbye Your Chronic Back Pain With These Helpful Tips!
Did You Know Physiotherapy Could Help Provide Chronic Back Pain Relief?
Do you periodically find yourself disabled by bouts of back pain? Do you experience ongoing chronic back pain that never gives you a moment’s relief?
Whatever form it may take, this pain can put all kinds of limits on your life — until you finally start taking the necessary steps to address it head-on.
But you don’t have to schedule major surgery or allow yourself to become addicted to prescription painkillers just to keep this lurking monster at bay.
Read full blogHerniated Discs Can Be Painful – Here’s How to Tell if You Have One
Did You Know Physiotherapy Could Help Relieve Pain Caused by Herniated Discs?
Could you have herniated disc pain? This type of pain can sneak up on you. You’re sitting comfortably watching TV and when you stand up, there’s a sharp pain that radiates through your back.
If you’re experiencing pain in your lower back, you just might have a herniated disc. Give our office a call for a consultation and evaluation, so you can get a proper diagnosis.
Read full blogIs Back Pain Keeping You From Enjoying Life?
Our bodies are always changing to adapt to our lifestyles. Sometimes we may notice that we’ve developed aches and pains that weren’t there before. Have you noticed that your back pain has gotten worse over the years? Is it getting in the way of your normal routines and becoming more than you can manage? Few problems can render a person’s ability to move and fulfill basic needs like chronic back pain can.
Thankfully, there are plenty of options available to you at Equilibrium to help decrease your pain and make your life easier.
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