Health Blog Category: Health and Wellness
Reasons Why Aquatic Therapy Is Ideal for Elderly
Are your aching joints from arthritis making it difficult for you to go about your daily routine? Did you know that several painful conditions related to aging respond to aquatic therapy? At Advance Physical & Aquatic Therapy, in Broomall, PA, our team of therapists uses the healing properties of water to help our patients get relief and improve their function, so they can keep doing what they love!
Stiff, achy joints or other health conditions can limit how people perform their typical daily tasks.
Read full blogGot An Operation Planned? Aquatic Therapy Can Help Speed Up Recovery!
Do you have a major surgery scheduled soon? If you answered yes, you’re probably concerned about how long it will take you to heal and return to your typical routine: work, caring for your family, seeing friends, and traveling on vacation. You’re not alone, most people are worried about how long it will take them to get back to normal life after surgery. Aquatic therapy can help speed up recovery and take away your worries about getting back to your life!
Read full blogSit Up Straight and Feel Better Through Aquatic Therapy
Have you ever noticed your posture at the end of a long day? Are you slouching with your shoulders forward and hunching over your computer screen? If the answer is yes, the dull aches and pains you feel in your neck and back are likely connected to your posture. The good news is that although poor posture can be quite unflattering (and uncomfortable!), it can also be improved.
A physical therapist can help you correct your posture and lessen the severity of your corresponding aches and pains.
Read full blogFeeling Unstable? Aquatic Therapy Can Help With Gait and Balance Issues
Do you ever find yourself leaning against a wall or a piece of furniture for support when standing up? Have you noticed that your walking style has changed due to knee, hip, or other joint pain? You may have a gait or balance problem if you nodded while reading those phrases that could benefit from aquatic therapy.
Water provides a soothing, supportive pressure to the body, allowing it to relax and reduce muscle tension.
Read full blogHave You Suffered A Stroke? Aquatic Therapy Could Help
It’s no secret that neurological illnesses can be restricting and debilitating, causing you to have to change your daily routine. While this can be aggravating, aquatic therapy treatment can help you regain function so you can resume living your life on your own terms!
For more information on how aquatic therapy at Advance Physical & Aquatic Therapy in Springfield, PA can benefit you and help you to manage the side effects of neurological disorders, contact us today to set up an appointment.
Read full blogDo You Have Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? Here’s The Secret To Finding Relief!
Have you noticed that your hands, wrists, or forearms ache on a daily basis? Are your routine activities, such as typing or lifting, becoming painful to perform? Do you tend to experience uncomfortable stinging sensations with arm, hand, or wrist movement? If so, you may be suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome.
Carpal tunnel syndrome is a fairly common condition resulting in stiffness, numbness, or pain that can radiate through your fingers, hands, wrists, or forearms.
Read full blogFeeling Off-Balance? Aquatic Therapy Can Improve Gait and Stability!
When you’re standing up, do you ever find yourself leaning against a wall or a piece of furniture for support? Have you noticed that the way you walk has changed because of pain in your knees, hips, or other joints? If you nodded as you read those phrases, you may be suffering from a gait or balance condition!
When we are not in the water, gravity has an impact on our balance and gait.
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Living with Pain? Changing Your Diet Could Help
Are you living with persistent aches and pains? If so, you may benefit from an anti-inflammatory diet. Maintaining a healthy diet plays a vital part to any physical therapy routine.
Proper nutrition is important, especially if you deal with chronic inflammation and pain. Eating the right foods can help your body recover from many different painful conditions.
Reducing stress, eating healthy meals, and getting regular exercise all work together to decrease pain.
Read full blogSay Goodbye to Your Aches and Pains with Physical Therapy
Don’t Let Yourself Live in Pain Any Longer!
Whether you have recently started waking up with generalized aches and pains, or suffering from chronic pain for a long time, physical therapy has been proven to be the best possible treatment method for you.
A sedentary lifestyle, lack of exercise, poor nutrition, or an injury can all contribute to aches and pains. The bad news is that the pain is probably not going to go away on its own.
Read full blogManaging Life Around Stress-Related Headaches? We Can Help
Stop Letting Your Headaches Control Your Life! Find Relief with Physical Therapy
Are you planning your daily life around persistent headaches? If so, you don’t have to live that way any longer. Stress headaches are no joke, and sometimes, a pill just doesn’t cut it when it comes to getting rid of one. According to Choose PT, “most headaches are harmless and resolve on their own, although severe headaches that recur frequently can affect your ability to do your daily activities and can reduce your quality of life.”
Tension headaches fall into this category, and involve the sensation of a “band of pressure” around your head, as well as tenderness and achy feelings.
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