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TMJ (Pain in your Jaw!) & Headaches headaches pain relief physical therapy Sep 12, 2017

Temporomandibular disorders (TMD) involve pain and dysfunction around the TMJ (your jaw) and jaw mus...

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Myofascial Pain & Fibromyalgia Syndrome pain relief physical therapy Sep 05, 2017

Myofascial pain has been estimated to be the source of pain in 85% of patients attending a pain cent...

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Manual Therapy pain relief physical therapy Aug 28, 2017

Manual Therapy is the art of knowing what tissue needs to be moved in which direction combined with ...

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Decreasing Chronic Pain pain relief physical therapy Aug 21, 2017

One hundred million adults in America suffer from chronic pain. This is greater than the number of i...

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Education & Self-Management of Pain physical therapy Aug 17, 2017

The research indicates what Physical Therapists have long known โ€“ education is the key to rehabilita...

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To brace your abs or not to brace your abs? pain relief physical therapy Aug 08, 2017

As we are talking about chronic pain in this series of blog articles, it is critical to talk about h...

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Explaining Chronic Pain pain relief physical therapy Jul 30, 2017

Chronic pain involves changes in the peripheral nervous system (PNS) which conveys nociceptive infor...

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Acute versus Chronic Pain pain relief physical therapy Jul 23, 2017

The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) defines pain as an unpleasant sensory and...

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Hip Osteoarthritis โ€“ New Clinical Practice Guideline physical therapy Jul 17, 2017

Physical Therapy utilizes art and science to create a specific program for restoration of each patie...

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Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis in Younger People (yeah, that means YOU!) physical therapy Apr 10, 2017

Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis Affects Younger People, Too
Ackerman, I., Kemp, J. Crossley, K., Culvenor...

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The Importance of Education pain relief physical therapy Apr 05, 2017

When on a family vacation, my sacroiliac joint (near the tailbone) went out of place causing extreme...

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Three Pillars of Physical Therapy physical therapy Dec 20, 2016

The American Physical Therapy Association advocates for three pillars in true evidence based practic...

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