Health Blog Category: pain relief
What are the benefits of pre and post-surgical rehab? Why you should consider speaking with a physiotherapist before your upcoming surgery
Pre and post surgical rehab is often recommended for those having orthopedic surgery. These types of surgeries could include foot, ankle, knee, hip, wrist, hand, shoulder, neck, and spine surgeries. Rehab can, however, be beneficial for just about any type of surgical procedure. A physiotherapist can put together both a pre and post-surgical rehabilitation plan for an individual preparing for surgery. The following are several important benefits of having pre and post-surgical rehab.
Benefits of Pre-Surgical Rehab
This is often called prehabilitation, and it helps an individual prepare physically and mentally for a surgical procedure.
Read full blogConstantly Needing Your Pain Meds Refilled? Talk to Your Doctor About How Physiotherapy Can Help You Ditch the Opioids!
Don’t Go Through Bottles of Pills — Go to Physiotherapy
Another day, another trip to the pharmacy. This is the treadmill that many chronic pain sufferers find themselves walking, month after month and year after year. Prescription pain medications can only do so much to keep your suffering at bay — and in the case of opioids, you may find yourself purchasing larger amounts more frequently just to keep up with your ever-increasing tolerance to these powerful drugs.
Read full blogImprove Your Surgical Outcomes With Physiotherapy – Before and After
Are you preparing to have surgery?
If this is the case, you should consider physiotherapy prior to surgery. Physiotherapy prior to surgery, as well as after surgery, aids in a quick recovery.
After the operation, physiotherapy can help promote a quick and complete recovery. If you are planning a surgical procedure, please contact us to learn more about how physiotherapy can help you with both preparation and recovery.
Contact Stride Sports and Physiotherapy today to find out how our Edmonton physiotherapists can help you before and after surgery.
Read full blogPhysiotherapy Can Help You Stop Using Opioids for Good.
If you’ve been suffering from severe pain for a long time and have found little to no relief from over-the-counter pain relievers, your doctor may want to prescribe opioids to control the pain and physiotherapy is a natural way to relief pain.
However, as tempting as it may be to numb yourself with these powerful drugs, you are better off declining the offer. Opioid medications can cause significant problems in your life while not addressing the source of your pain.
Read full blogRelieving Your Pain the Natural Way – Physiotherapy in Capilano as the Safer Relief Alternative
With countless over-the-counter drugs for pain management, it can seem simple to turn to drugs for pain relief. It is also a common practice for physicians to prescribe heavier pain relievers, such as the opioids that have resulted in a country-wide epidemic.
While the effects of these drugs can be frightening, there is a safer solution available: physiotherapy. Physiotherapy is a healthy, safe, and effective way to relieve your pain the natural way. If you are looking for pain relief without the risk of side effects, contact us today to schedule a consultation!
Pain Shouldn’t Be a Part of Your Everyday Life. Take Control With PT!
Manage Your Pain, and Manage Your Life
As you may have already learned the hard way, chronic pain can hurt more than just your body. Conditions that limit your mobility and prevent you from pursuing your favorite activities can make you feel a gut-wrenching loss of control over your own life. The sheer endless onslaught of pain can also promote serious mood disorders such as depression and anxiety. If you’re not living the life you want, you can change that life by changing your approach to your chronic pain problem.
Read full blogLiving With Achy Hips and Knees? Kick Your Pain to the Curb with Physiotherapy
Find the Relief You Need with the Help of a Physiotherapist!
Do you have hip and knee pains when you wake up? Are you in pain when you go to bed? Are the activities you do between sunrise and sunset impacted by chronic hip and knee joint dysfunction?
You don’t have to give up hope of living with less pain—or become reliant on the medicine cabinet, either.
At our physiotherapy clinic, we have an experienced physiotherapist staff who can help you find more ease, strength, and confidence in your day-to-day-life.
Read full blogStretching is Extremely Important, Both Before AND After Workouts
Did You Know Stretching Both Before and After Workouts Could Help Decrease the Risk of Injury?
Do you make time to go to the gym a few times per week? If so, you should commend yourself for your efforts.
But at our physiotherapy clinic, we notice an interesting trend with a lot of our active patients: they go to the gym regularly, but they largely neglect stretching and mobility work.
We’re not sure why this is so common—maybe because stretching doesn’t seem as “exciting” as an actual workout.
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 blogThe Top 5 Best Ways Therapeutic Massage Will Benefit an Athlete
Any athlete will understand the importance of maintaining their health in order to keep up with the physical demands of their sport. If you’ve recently sustained an injury, it is important to make sure that you are keeping up with your physiotherapy treatments, in order to regain your optimum levels of physical function. Many physiotherapy treatment plans will incorporate therapeutic massage as a way to relieve pain and promote healing. There are several benefits to therapeutic massage – here are the top 5: