Health Blog Category: physiotherapy
Constantly 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 blogAre You An Athlete? Discover These 5 Benefits of Therapeutic Massage
Relieve Your Pain and Improve Your Performance Today!
When you’re an athlete, it comes as no surprise to you that if you want to continue playing the game you enjoy, it is important to preserve optimal health and therapeutic massage can help you achieve that.
Seeing a physiotherapist is a big factor in this, particularly if you have been injured and are in the healing process. Effective courses of treatment after injury includes targeted therapeutic massage.
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 blogStress-Related Headaches Can Be Difficult to Manage – See a PT Today!
The stresses of everyday life can build up to the point where you feel physically ill. This is what happens when you have a stress-related headache; it’s your body’s way of expressing a physical reaction to the stress.
While pain relievers can help in the short term, they will not solve the underlying problem.
Instead, contact Stride Sports and Physiotherapy to make an appointment with one of our Edmonton physiotherapists to relieve your pain for good.
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 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 Stride Sports and Physiotherapy to make an appointment with one of our physiotherapists. Our skilled team can help you reduce or eliminate your pain.
What is chronic back pain?
The majority of back pain is temporary. It lasts anywhere from a few days to a few weeks.
Chronic back pain is defined as pain that lasts three months or longer.
Read full blogSay Goodbye to Those Persistent Stress-Related Headaches
You know the feeling – the sudden pain that tells you a headache is coming on. It happens to all of us. Stress headaches are typically defined as a “band of pressure” that can be felt around your head, usually accompanied by tenderness of the skull and overall achiness within the head. Sometimes, the pain can be alleviated with over-the-counter medication, such as Ibuprofen, Tylenol, or Advil. However, sometimes stress headaches persist despite pain-management drugs, especially if you are prone to chronic headaches.
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!
Physiotherapy in Capilano: Treating Arthritis the Safe and Easy Way
Anyone living with arthritis knows how debilitating it can be. Several people dealing with arthritic aches and pains end up resorting to steroid injections, antirheumatic drugs, or even joint replacement surgery, in order to manage their pain. However, physiotherapy itself has proven successful for many arthritis sufferers. Before turning to potentially harmful drugs or an invasive surgical procedure, give physiotherapy a try! Contact us today to schedule a consultation and learn how we can treat your arthritis the safe and easy way.
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