Some people may wonder whether or not physical therapy following an Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion is really necessary. My answer is a resounding “yes” to that question. My neurosurgeon recommended that I begin physical therapy approximately 6 weeks following my surgery and I took his advice. I consulted with a referred Pain Management physician ...
It was a day I am not likely to forget, preforming lunges with weights as I normally did when all of the sudden I heard this pop sound come from my leg. At first of course, I thought nothing of it, that was until I couldn’t walk and my foot began to swell. I went ...
Having a baby is a joy and a blessing that exceeds all others. Now that your bundle has arrived, and you are fully entrenched in ‘mommy mode’, you are probably now worrying about losing the 10 or 20 pounds that you packed on during your pregnancy. For most of us, taking time every day to ...
A little over three years ago, my son, at that time age 10, began complaining of his right hip and upper leg hurting. He said it bothered him a lot whether he was walking, running, standing, sitting or laying down. I dismissed it as growing pains. Over the course of a three week period he ...
Been there, done that. Physical therapy is no easy task. People in movies make physical therapy look easy. The truth is, it isn’t! Physical therapy is hard work. It’s the hard work like you used to experience in high school when the season for your sport came around and you hadn’t trained during the off ...
For many people, sciatic pain presents as a pain or numb feeling on one side of the buttocks. Very often, this buttocks pain radiates downward, often into the leg and foot on the same side of the body. Sciatic pain in the buttocks can feel very much like a swollen or bruised area, generally in ...
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