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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.
Anatomy of Shoulder Pain Relief Shoulder pain is one of the most common musculoskeletal complaints among adults, often affecting sleep, work, and daily activities. At Superior Physical Therapy, we approach shoulder pain not just by addressing symptoms but by...
Functional Healing for Shoulder Impingement Syndrome Shoulder pain when reaching, lifting, or sleeping on your side? You may be dealing with Shoulder Impingement Syndrome—a common yet often misunderstood condition. While most treatments focus only on the painful joint, the...
Cortisone Injections vs. Class IV Laser Therapy: Short-Term Relief with Long-Term Considerations As a physical therapist, I often see patients struggling with persistent musculoskeletal pain—from knee osteoarthritis and tendinopathies to plantar fasciitis. Two common treatment options are cortisone (corticosteroid) injections and Class...
Why Cortisone Injections are Making Your Shoulder Pain Worse Shoulder impingement syndrome remains one of the most common musculoskeletal complaints seen in primary care and orthopedic practice. Subacromial corticosteroid injections have long been used to reduce pain and inflammation, often...
Functional Movement Assessment Prevents Pain and Injury Pain and injury can usually be traced to one or more movement deficiencies. Most develop slowly, starting with small movement limitations that go unnoticed until the body can no longer compensate. A Functional...
A Movement Screen Can Keep You Pain Free Pain rarely shows up out of nowhere. Most aches, stiffness, and injuries are the final chapter of a much longer story—one that starts with small, often invisible movement limitations. A movement screen...
7 Movement Problems a Functional Movement Screen Reveals We often go through life unconcerned about how well our body is moving, until pain stops us in our tracks. What if you could tell before your back, knee, or shoulder...
A Smarter Path Forward for Healing Low Back Pain Low back pain is rarely caused by a single problem—and it’s almost never solved by a single solution. Applied Functional Science (AFS) Physical Therapy focuses on understanding how the body...
You Don’t Have to Live with Stenosis Lower back pain comes in various forms, and one prevalent type is stenosis, derived from the Latin term for narrowing. Also known as arthritis, degenerative disc disease, or disc space narrowing, stenosis involves the...
Identify and Heal Sacroiliac Pain Lower back pain is a common ailment, and the second most prevalent form is known as sacroiliac pain or SI pain. Understanding the anatomy and symptoms of the sacroiliac joint (SI joint) can help...
Healing Disc Herniations with Applied Functional Science Physical Therapy A disc herniation can sound frightening. Words like bulge, tear, or nerve compression often lead people to believe their spine is fragile or permanently damaged. But the truth is, many disc herniations heal successfully—especially...
Pelvic Floor Therapists, Dr. Chupka-Fuson & Dr. Patterson Understanding Healing: The Pelvic Floor Process Understanding the Healing Process If you’ve been dealing with pelvic floor problems for a while, it can be hard to imagine a future without...
Why Ignoring Hip Pain Can Be Your Downfall: A Personal Reflection Andrew Gorecki, DPT, Physical Therapist, Fellow of Applied Functional Science, Hip Pain Expert Life is a complex tapestry of challenges, decisions, and outcomes. When faced with problems, we...
The Hidden Truth About Hip Pain: Do You Really Need That MRI or X-ray? Andrew Gorecki, DPT, Physical Therapist, Fellow of Applied Functional Science, Hip Pain Expert We've all been there. A twinge in the hip, a sudden pain,...
Hidden Culprits Behind Hip Pain: Unraveling the Mystery Andrew Gorecki, DPT, Physical Therapist, Fellow of Applied Functional Science, Hip Pain Expert Hip pain is a common ailment that plagues many, but the root cause is often misunderstood. While it's easy...
Debunking the Bone-on-Bone Myth: The Biotensegrity Perspective Andrew Gorecki, DPT, Physical Therapist, Fellow of Applied Functional Science, Hip Pain Expert The term "bone on bone" often sends shivers down the spine of anyone diagnosed with it. It paints a...
Hip Pain and Arthritis are Not Linked Research now shows that a significant amount of people (69 -73%) whose are not experiencing hip pain have an X-ray or MRI showing a labral tear. The study in the British Medical...
Why Bone-on-Bone is a Hip Pain Myth On a daily basis, I hear people with hip pain say they just got an X-ray or an MRI and a surgeon told them they have “bone on bone”, and they need...
Three Most Common Causes of Hip Pain, Don't Actually Cause Pain In today’s post, we're going to be talking about the three most common “causes” of hip pain. These are commonly thrown around as causes of hip pain, even...
Today we're going to talk about what your MRI or X-ray really means as it relates to hip pain and diagnosing hip conditions. You might be surprised that those images don’t mean as much as you think they do in...
In today’s post, we're going to be talking about the three most common hip joint diagnoses, two of which are mistakenly attributed to hip pain. Osteoarthritis is the most common and is also known as “joint space narrowing”, “degenerative joint disease”, and (my least favorite name) “bone on bone”. I’ll talk more about “bone on bone” later. The number two most common diagnosis is hip bursitis, and number three is a labral tear.
Dr. Andrew Gorecki, Physical Therapist and Hip Pain Expert, shares the exact blueprint he uses for hip arthritis pain relief for thousands of people each year relieve hip pain naturally without medications, injections or surgeries. If you would like to...
