Category: Nutrition

Opioid Consumption Oct10th 2019

Reduce Opioid Consumption and Feel Better with Physical Therapy

Do you take opioids to manage your pain? Well, you’re not alone. Health care providers in the US write over 200 million prescriptions for opioid pain medication every year. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has even issued guidelines about this and urged safe nondrug alternatives, such as physical therapy. And a recent study

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Reducing Aches and Pains Sep10th 2019

How Nutrition Can Have a Positive Impact on Reducing Aches and Pains

If you are what you eat, what are you based on your last meal? If your answer was full of saturated fat and processed sugars, it may be time to listen to what your body is telling you. Fortunately, physical therapy is more than just recovery after surgery. A physical therapist can help you identify

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Opioids Aug10th 2019

Why Choose Opioids When You Can Choose Physical Therapy?

It is no secret that there is an opioid crisis plaguing the nation. In fact, just within the year of 2016, opioid overdoses claimed the lives of 116 people each day. It is also estimated that about 11.5 million Americans misuse the pain-management drugs they’re prescribed, costing approximately $504 million in economic costs. Researchers have

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