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Physical Therapy Exercises For Foot Pain: Plantar Fasciitis

Have you got heel pain? We know that suffering from pain daily can disrupt your daily life and prevent you from leading an active and healthy lifestyle. For example, experience regular pain in the heel of your foot. It could be Plantar Fasciitis, inflammation of the plantar fascia ligament. However, it’s never a good idea to diagnose yourself with anything over the internet, so we recommend a consult with physical therapy to diagnose and fix this condition if you suspect that you might have it.  Regular physical therapy sessions can relieve the pain and inflammation if you have plantar fasciitis.

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What Are The Best Exercises For Sciatica Pain

We’ll share some excellent exercises you can do to improve the symptoms of sciatica later in the blog, but first, let’s examine what sciatica is and what causes it, so you can understand the condition and why you might have it.  We know that the root cause of sciatica pain is a compressed, pinched, or inflamed nerve in the lower back region. The most common reason people develop this condition is a slipped or herniated disc that causes a buildup of pressure at the nerve root. Sometimes, the pain gets better on its own. However, in most cases, treatment from a

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Am I Getting Shoulder Pain From The Way I Sleep?

Am I Getting Shoulder Pain From The Way I Sleep? Are you having trouble falling asleep because of a painful shoulder? Mystified about what the cause might be and wondering what to do about it? Sadly, insomnia and disturbed sleep are common complaints among patients with shoulder pain. It’s a double-edged sword because lack of sleep can also exacerbate chronic pain conditions.  We call it the pain-sleep cycle. Long-term lack of good quality sleep also affects your immune system. It increases your susceptibility to other chronic health conditions and creates a low-energy state inside the body. It can also

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Why Does My Ankle Hurt When I Walk?

Do you regularly feel stiffness and pain in one or both of your ankle joints? Does it stop you from running, hiking, or playing sports? It doesn’t have to. If you have any discomfort or pain in or around the ankle joint, we give it a sweeping, catch-all term of “ankle pain.” But before we can get down to it and fix it once and for all, we need to know precisely what is causing it. Ankle pain isn’t just one thing. It’s many things.   Most ankle pain improves with rest, over-the-counter medications, and ice compresses. But if you

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Common Causes Of Plantar Fasciitis (Heel Pain) and How To Fix It

What is plantar fasciitis? Have you ever woken up with foot pain at the worst possible time?? You have family in town, you are hosting and you need to get out of bed to start breakfast! OUCH. NO! HOW? With your first step, your heel aches with a deep, unsettling pain. Last night you went to bed and your foot felt fine and now, out of nowhere, debilitating pain. It improves slightly throughout the day, but you’re left with an annoying ache that stops you dead in your tracks of performing the activities you love. Exercise? No way. Jogging?

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Tennis Elbow v Golfer’s Elbow: What Is The Difference?

Have you heard the terms “golfer’s elbow” or “tennis elbow” and wondered what they mean and which one you have? You might also wonder why you have one of these conditions when you don’t play either sport, right? Tennis and golfer’s elbow are conditions with similar signs and symptoms. As their names suggest, we mainly find them in athletes (but not always). For example, pain caused by using the forearm muscles when extending or clenching fingers could result from either condition.  More Blogs From RPM Physical Therapy: What Is Causing My Upper Back Pain? What Exercises Can I do

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What Is Causing My Upper Back Pain?

Have you got pain in your upper back that just won’t let up? Upper back pain varies in intensity from mild, where you feel a twinge of pain. Moderate, which you’re more likely to feel with a sudden movement, sneezing, or deep breathing. To the intense pain that stops you in your tracks and prevents you from doing anything. The bottom line is that “upper back pain” isn’t just one thing – it’s different from person to person. Plus, there are many reasons you might have upper back discomfort or aches, which is different for everyone.  But the main thing

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What Exercises Can I do to Improve My Posture?

How can you improve your posture? This question is asked to me all the time from the housewife to the woman or man that sits at a desk for a significant number of hours throughout the day. Most of us that work a desk job will sit at a computer for 40, 50 or even 60 hours of our week. Our Problem? We sit too long at computers. If you sit for long periods throughout the day we aren’t expecting big changes to your daily routine in those regards but if you aren’t doing something to change it by

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How Squatting 600lbs, Broke My Back and Has Helped 1000s Of People Get Out Of Pain!

At 19 years old, I was ‘squatting’ 600lbs while training for football in college. While working with a trainer at the time and he advised me to sit down on the bench with the weight still resting on my back. There was an immediate feeling of shock and crush, which caused intense pain in my lower back the moment I sat down. I didn’t know what exactly I did but knew something was wrong. The result was two crushed discs in my back which left me in a vice-grip-like-pain within the first 10 minutes of waking up and it never left me, it tormented

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Is STRESS Affecting Your Ability to Exercise???

I’ve been working out regularly and eating right for months, why aren’t I seeing results? or “I’m so mentally drained, there’s no way I can focus during my workout”? or maybe “Why does my body feel so heavy when I exercise? If you’ve ever had one of these thoughts cross through your mind but don’t know why, the answer is likely very simple…… You might be STRESSED… AND… it’s affecting how your body responds to exercise. HOW? High levels of stress negatively affect parts of the brain that are primarily associated with human cognition and motor control. When the

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