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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.
You had the knee thing in March. Or the shoulder. Or a surgery, or a hospital stay, or a run of appointments that added up faster than you expected. Whatever it was, you have already spent your way past the...
More walking will not rebuild hip strength after hip replacement. Research tracked an abductor deficit that starts before surgery and lingers for years.
New back pain after hip replacement is common enough that researchers measured it. One in five patients with no prior back pain had it within a year.
There is one question worth more than all the other questions to ask before hip replacement, and an orthopedic surgeon in Australia is the reason I ask it.
What a free movement assessment Traverse City patients get actually looks like, minute by minute, so the unknown stops being the reason you never call.
Hip and back pain together is not a coincidence. Half of patients heading for hip replacement already have back pain, and most of it clears after surgery.
Four hip self-test at home checks you can run this afternoon with a kitchen chair and a bed. What a poor score suggests, and what it does not prove.
Told you are bone on bone hip and stopped moving because of it? Two large studies found hip pain and hip x-rays agree far less often than anyone assumes.
A Norwegian trial followed 109 people for six years. Hip arthritis exercise pushed the median time to a hip replacement out by nearly two years.
Your surgery date is set. Prehab before hip replacement is the six weeks most people waste, and the research on strength and recovery says don't.
Roughly 40 percent of every walking cycle is spent balanced on one leg. If your single-leg stability isn't there after hip replacement, nothing feels safe — regardless of your range of motion.
Scar tissue forms in every hip replacement. Whether it restricts your recovery depends almost entirely on whether it's addressed during the 6-to-12 week remodeling window — and most PT programs miss it.
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...
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...
