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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.
The Shocking Truth: Ignoring Foot Problems Could Be Worsening Your Pain from Head to Toe When we think about pain in our bodies, we often focus on areas like the back, shoulders, neck, or knees. But what if the...
Walking Pain-Free: Treating Plantar Fasciitis In our last blog post on Plantar Fasciitis, we covered the symptoms of Plantar Fasciitis and how to identify this painful heal condition. We also talked about the causes. Now let’s talk about treating Plantar...
Is Foot Pain Sabotaging Your Entire Body? Discover the Hidden Connection and Find Relief Now! When your feet hurt, it’s more than just an inconvenience—it could be a signal that something much deeper is going on in your body. Foot...
Walking Pain-Free: Understanding Plantar Fasciitis Plantar Fasciitis is a strange medical term and not well understood by the average person. But it can cause a lot of pain and decrease quality of life quite a bit. In Understanding Plantar Fasciitis,...
Resolving Foot Problems for Good Health Often overlooked in rehabilitating and relieving body pain is the benefit of resolving foot problems. Resolving foot problems cures body pain, because its mechanics effect the entire body as a kinetic chain. When...
Embracing Exercise at Any Age: A Guide for Older Adults Welcome to our special blog post dedicated to the importance of exercise for older adults. If you're 50 or older and wondering if it's too late to start or resume...
Understanding Back Pain Injections: A Comprehensive Guide Back pain is a common issue that affects millions of people worldwide, impacting their quality of life and daily activities. For those seeking relief, back pain injections can be an effective treatment option....
Beyond the Shoulder Turn: How Superior Physical Therapy Transforms Golfers' Games By Dr. Andrew Gorecki Golfers constantly strive for the perfect swing, a quest that often leads them down a path of endless adjustments and advice, such as the frequently...
The Misunderstood Nature of Shoulder Pain For many struggling with shoulder pain, diagnoses like shoulder impingement, rotator cuff tears, and labral tears sound all too familiar. These terms often conjure images of long-term pain management, invasive treatments, or even surgery....
Choosing the Best Path for Shoulder Pain Relief: Physical Therapy vs. Steroid Shots In the quest for relief from shoulder pain, patients are often faced with a choice between two common treatments: physical therapy or steroid injections. While both options...
Frozen Shoulder Mysteries Revealed: Causes, Symptoms, and Management As a physical therapist specializing in shoulder conditions, I frequently encounter patients struggling with a condition known as frozen shoulder, or adhesive capsulitis. This debilitating condition not only causes discomfort but can...
Understanding and Managing Nighttime Shoulder Pain As a physical therapist specializing in shoulder conditions, one of the most common complaints I hear from patients is about shoulder pain that worsens at night. Nighttime shoulder pain can not only disrupt sleep...
Understanding Back Pain Injections: A Comprehensive Guide Back pain is a common issue that affects millions of people worldwide, impacting their quality of life and daily activities. For those seeking relief, back pain injections can be an effective treatment option....
Can Disc Herniations be Healed? Absolutely! Disc herniations can be a common source of discomfort, affecting individuals of various ages. In this article, we'll delve into the anatomy of discs, the causes of disc herniations, and how to identify and...
Role of Stress in Exacerbating Back Pain and Sciatica: Understanding the Connection As a physical therapist specializing in back pain and sciatica treatment, I've witnessed firsthand the significant impact stress can have on these conditions. It's not uncommon for...
Degenerative Disk Disease (DDD) is a condition where the spinal disks, which act as shock absorbers and help in movement, begin to wear down. This degeneration is a normal part of aging, akin to getting gray hair. By age...
Biggest Back Pain Fear: Surgery My goal for patients: get moving again without any pain. That's the key. It's not enough just to make them comfortable, I want them to be strong and fit and enjoy life fully. But that...
Why Cortisone Injections Fail and are Dangerous Cortisone injections are a common treatment for pain and inflammation in joints and soft tissues. They are often used for painful joint conditions in the hip, knee, shoulder and back. However, while...
Low Back Pain: Back is Not Guilty With mind boggling statistics like 80% of all humans experiencing low back pain during their lifetimes, and the cost of low back injury estimated at $100 Billion each year, it’s no wonder the...
As a physical therapist in Traverse City, MI, I work with a lot of people who have sciatic nerve pain or irritation and have been told they have piriformis syndrome, but they have no idea what that is. So today,...
A lot of people ask us, "What is Stenosis?" There's a lot of misinformation that nothing can be done, short of surgery, to relieve stenosis, which is also called arthritis or degenerative disc disease. In reality, that is just not...
Today we are talking about a question we get asked by a lot of patients who are suffering from sciatica and low back pain. They want to know what day-to-day activities sciatica sufferers should avoid?” That’s a logical and...
Click here to watch the Video: https://youtu.be/G6IzDAAZKOM Today we're going to be talking about two more common golf injuries. As we talked about in last week’s blog, the most common golf injury is low back pain. That affects a lot...
Watch the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/6PQmblgv62w In this blog post, we’re going to discuss some scientific studies regarding treatment for disc herniations, also called disc bulges. Disc Herniations or Bulging Discs Disc herniations (or disc bulges) are a main category...
