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Learn about common pain-causing health conditions, their progression paths, their causes, and effective treatment options. Our blog offers valuable information to people who experience pain and anyone who wishes to learn more about long-lasting, safe, and noninvasive treatments.
These articles also explain how Superior Physical Therapy addresses these common health problems through an innovative approach called the Superior Method. This approach aims to accurately identify the underlying cause of pain in order to develop a more tailored and collaborative treatment plan.
Over the past 6 months the team at Superior has been putting on workshops monthly educating the community about lower back pain. We usually cover the top 3 types of lower back pain, the top 3 causes of lower back...
The Musculoskeletal System is the only system that we Don’t Do Check Ups On Would you say it’s normal to go to the dentist every 6 months to get your teeth cleaned and a check-up? Is it normal for women...
The number one most valuable piece of information found during a movement screen is where you are successful with movement and where you are not successful. This allows someone to point you in the right direction so that you are...
Why Don’t People Receive Movement Screens as Part of Their Annual Health Exam? Well the easiest blame falls upon the insurances companies as they don’t pay for it. Well they actually do pay for It but it’s called an initial...
Pain Free Motion 2016: Why Does It Hurt When I Exercise? As a physical therapist almost every person who comes to see me is struggling with painful movements. As I have assessed people over the years I have begun to...
How To Start Your New Year Off With Pain Free Motion I want to challenge you to start 2016 off on the right foot with pain free motion. This is the time of year when gyms get full, people set...
by Keith Bandli, ATC, CSCS, FAFS Golf and back pain seem to reunite every season, especially if you haven’t had a good pre-season training program. If you live in the Northern part of the U.S., and you’re not part of...
When we talk about causes of lower back pain we are not talking about types of lower back pain. Remember the types of lower back pain that are most common are: Stenosis or Degenerative Disc Disease SI pain Disc herniation...
By Andrew Gorecki, Physical Therapist So as a physical therapist I hear on a daily basis about people’s sciatica pain. They have either been diagnosed, googled, webmd searched, etc and have determined that they in fact have Sciatica. I would...
We all experience some amount of pain on a daily basis. Either from a stubbed toe on that dresser you always run into, or chronic low back pain that has debilitated you for years, or even emotional pain from the loss of...
Dont' Be Afraid. I am writing this to patients, and I am writing this to physical therapists. For the patient: Have you had an MRI on your spine that absolutely freaks you out? Here are a couple statistics that could...
by Nick Hawkins, Physical Therapist When one has elbow pain, it's rarely just about the elbow. Just like when a knock down, blow out fight occurs because the trash wasn't taken out, it's never just about taking out the trash....
