Health Blog Category: physical therapist
Improve 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 Physiomed Vancouve today to find out how our physiotherapists can help you before and after surgery.
Read full blog5 Benefits of Treating Your Pain Naturally With Physical Therapy
If you are living with chronic pain, or pain lasting three months or longer, you are not alone. In fact, according to the American Academy of Pain Medicine, approximately 100 million Americans live with chronic pain. Unfortunately, that also means that the dependency on prescription medications is continuously growing. In the year 2013, doctors across the U.S. prescribed nearly a quarter of a billion opioid prescriptions – that’s roughly a bottle per person in the United States.
Read full blogHerniated Discs and Back Pain – Is This What’s Causing Your Pain?
Did you know that the spine contains 24 bones? Of those bones, 5 of them are located in the lower back. In addition to these bones, the spine also contains several nerves and intervertebral discs. The spine is such a complex part of the body that it is not uncommon for pain to occur from time to time.
However, sometimes pain can be the cause of an underlying condition, such as a herniated disc.
Read full blogNO MORE OPIOIDS! Seek help from a physiotherapist.
We’re happy to show you exactly how physiotherapy can help you start feeling (and functioning) better than ever.
5 Ways Physiotherapy Can Relieve Your Pain—Drug-Free!
- Manual therapy stimulates healing and ease pain and tension.A physiotherapist is trained in techniques like joint mobilizations and manipulations, massage, myofascial release, Active Release Techniques, and Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation. These can trigger physical and physiological changes in the body’s connective tissues, central nervous system, lymphatic system, and more.