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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.
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...
Pelvic Floor Therapy Means a Bright Future When you’ve been dealing with pelvic floor symptoms (incontinence, pelvic pain, etc.) for months, years, or even decades, it’s easy to start thinking, “This is just how life is now.” Maybe you’ve told...
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...
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...
Why Shoulder Surgery Isn’t Always the Answer: What Research and Clinical Guidelines Say—And What to Do Instead Shoulder pain is one of the most common musculoskeletal complaints in the world. From rotator cuff tears to impingement and frozen shoulder,...
Rotator Cuff Anatomy, Tendinopathy, and the Functional Path to Healing Shoulder pain can be relentless—especially when it starts small and spirals into limited motion, weakness, or even sleepless nights. One of the most common culprits? Rotator cuff tendinopathy. But the...
Frozen Shoulder: Understanding the Anatomy and the Functional Path to Recovery Stiffness. Pain. Frustration. If you feel like your shoulder is slowly “locking up,” you may be dealing with Frozen Shoulder, also known as Adhesive Capsulitis. It’s a condition...
Shoulder Pain Might Not Be a Shoulder Problem Shoulder pain can be incredibly frustrating. It limits how you work, move, sleep—and live. But here’s something most people (and many treatments) miss: Your shoulder pain might not be caused by...
Thinking Twice About Shoulder Surgery: Why Science Says You Should Try Physical Therapy First If you've been told you need shoulder surgery for a rotator cuff tear, impingement, or labral tear, you might want to reconsider. Dr. Ian Harris, a...
Why Cortisone Injections are Making Your Shoulder Pain Worse Cortisone injections are commonly administered to alleviate shoulder pain associated with conditions such as rotator cuff tendinopathy and adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder). While these injections can offer temporary relief, recent...
Healing Frozen Shoulder Permanently Frozen shoulder, also known as adhesive capsulitis, is a painful and debilitating condition that limits shoulder movement. It typically develops gradually, progressing through three stages: Freezing Stage: Pain increases, and shoulder movement becomes restricted. Frozen...
"Decoding X-Ray's and MRI's: What They Really Mean for Shoulder Pain" is an excerpt from Dr. Andrew Gorecki's & Dr. Ben Fuson's book, The Truth Unveiled: Secrets to Shoulder Pain Relief. See below on how you can request your FREE...
"Life with Shoulder Pain" is an excerpt from Dr. Andrew Gorecki's & Dr. Ben Fuson's book, The Truth Unveiled: Secrets to Shoulder Pain Relief. See below on how you can request your FREE Copy. Pain, a relentless companion, has...
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....
