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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.
I want to make it known that in order to fix lower back pain and find a real permanent solution, an MRI and an x-ray is not necessary. In fact, I would argue that it actually make the outcomes for...
The #1 Most Important Step in Relieving Low Back Pain- Is Getting The Correct Information Over the past 6 months we have been hosting totally free lower back pain workshops at our clinic the last Saturday of each month. We...
I was recently having a conversation with a physical therapy assistant who works in a local well meaning, yet very “conventional,” physical therapy practice. Since coming to work with us as a patient, we have had many conversations discussing the principles, strategies,...
This morning I woke up with the first thought of how great I slept last night. This is a rare event for me lately with a business to run, patients to treat, a toddler who sometimes sleeps all night and...
Warning: This chapter gets a bit nerdy and technical. This is most common in people with stenosis or degenerative disc disease. Remember stenosis means narrowing and specifically it means narrowing of the hole where the nerve comes out. But remember...
Do you have pain, numbness, tingling or heaviness running down one or both legs? Do you have pain in your knee, hip, ankle or foot…AND your lower back? If so, then you may have a condition called “SCIATICA”…The Sciatic Nerve...
If I asked you what is the number one exercise to perform for your lower back, what would you say? Quick I will give you 5 more seconds……Ok let me guess. You immediately thought of a “Core exercise” probably a...
There is so much information out that claims to help treat lower back pain. Ranging from braces, special chairs, special beds, machines that heat it up, cool it down, electrically shock the lower back. I'm here to tell you that...
90% of the patients who are diagnosed with lower back pain each year have 3 main types of lower back pain. Disc bulge or hernation, Stenosis or Degenerative Disc Disease, SI pain or Sacroiliac Joint Pain. Disc bulges and...
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...
