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Thinking Outside the Box: My Unique Approach to Physical Therapy
My career didn’t begin with Physical Therapy, although it should have. A part of me had always believed I was meant to lend a helping hand to help better the lives of others, so I followed my instinct. In 1998, I quit my job and started my journey committed fully to learning about hands-on therapies relating to bodywork. As I studied with some of the best minds and hands in the world, I began to look at the broader context of the problem in America:
Pain alone affects more Americans than diabetes, cancer, and heart disease combined.
Read full blogThe Key to Defeating Vertigo
Have you ever felt unable to balance yourself while the room suddenly spins around you? The feeling of unsteadiness accompanied by unexplainable ringing in your ears can really impact your ability to get anything done. If you’re familiar with these symptoms, the chances are likely that you’ve suffered from unusual changes in your eyesight as well. All of these likely indicate Vertigo, a cluster of symptoms caused by other various types of conditions.
Read full blogThe Secret to Putting Digestive Stress to Rest on Halloween
Halloween might be scary, but that doesn’t mean your digestive health has to be.
Americans are estimated to spend $2.7 billion alone this year on Halloween candy. It should come as no surprise to hear how negatively sugar impacts our body, yet this time of the year can still be a challenge for many of us. The effects of sugar come about because of how our body digests and then utilizes it.
Read full blogGetting to the Root of Neck Pain
By Steve Kravitz, PT, DPT, CST
If you’re suffering from neck pain – you’re not alone.
It’s reported that 60-70% of the total population claim to experience neck pain at some point in their lives. Neck pain is felt in the back of your neck around your upper spine area, right below your head. Your neck, or cervical spine, is a correlated system of nerves, bones, joints, and muscles that are all managed by your brain and your spinal cord.
Read full blogThere’s Nothing Humerus About the Funny Bone
By Steve Kravitz, PT, DPT, CST
How many times have you accidentally hit the inside of your elbow grabbing something on your way out of the door? If you’re like me, it’s one too many times. The numbing pain we experience throughout our entire arm is certainly not enjoyable, much less comical. But maybe there is one humerus thing about the funny bone.
Why it’s Painful
Despite the name, your funny bone is known as the ulnar nerve.
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