Health Blog Category: Nutrition
Noticing More Aches and Pains? Try Nutritional Changes
Nutrition Can Play A Large Role in Pain Relief!
Many people know that good nutrition is a path to good health. However, a lot of people don’t realize that nutritional changes can also help with aches and pains you may be experiencing.
In fact, combining good nutrition with physical therapy can create a powerful duo. To learn more, contact our physical therapy office today!
How can a physical therapist help me understand my nutritional needs?
Read full blogDesk Job Getting You Down? You Can Still Get Moving!
Get Moving with These 5 Tips!
Sitting too much is simply hard on the body. Excessive sedentary behavior—common and seemingly “unavoidable” if you have a desk job—can increase the risk for back pain, neck pain, shoulder pain, and other types of work-related musculoskeletal injuries.
How much time do you spend in a chair or on a couch? Did you realize that sitting for 6-8 hours per day—or watching 3-4 hours of television—has been shown to increase the risk of chronic illness and early death?
Read full blogLiving With Pain? Changing Your Diet Could Help!
Did You Know Simple Diet Changes Could Help Combat Aches and Pains?
If you have chronic pain, have you ever considered that what you put in your diet could be making your aches and pains better—or worse?
Scientific evidence shows that the things we eat can influence our experience of pain—whether by alleviating an underlying health condition or exacerbating it.
Physical therapists are not nutritionists, but providing nutritional advice to patients is well within the scope of a physical therapist’s duties.
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