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“As a competitive weightlifter, the pain in my back was seriously stalling my training.
Nick really listened and understood my goals and my issues and helped me get rid of the pain I’d been dealing with for over 6 months with only 2 visits and some assigned stretches.
I couldn’t believe it!
I’d seen doctors and other PTs and was about to get an MRI so I could get cortisone shots which was going to take months and only mask the pain if it solved it at all.
My experience was THE BEST.”
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Medication, surgery and physical therapy.
Out of the 3 – Physical Therapy is the first road to take.
- Surgery is not a cure all when it comes to back pain.
- Physical therapy restores movement, function and quality of life.
- Physical therapy is cost saving over medications and surgery.
- Injuries heal quicker with physical therapy.
- Medications are just a quick fix.
- Over the counter medicines have negative consequences with long term use.
- Physical therapy helps manage chronic pain for life.
- Physical therapy manages the effects of arthritis.
- Physical therapy prevents joint pain and instabilities.
- No risk profile for physical therapy.
- Physical therapy is totally reversible and no toxicity.
- Physical therapy is the most organic holistic approach that exists.
- No unknown ingredients.
“Severe back pain/herniated disc.
PT allowed me to avoid cortisone injection or surgery.
Initial progress was spot on.
I owe a debt of gratitude to Nick.
Thank you!
I am fully recovered.”
Brian
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Sometimes knee pain is actually a back problem! Nick Rinard Physical Therapy makes sure to get the correct diagnosis every time!
“I had continuing knee problems and had seen other physical therapists.
This felt like my last efforts to resolves issues if I could.
With Katie’s awesome attention and care, she weeded through my knee problems and determined it might be a back issue, based on one of our conversations.
Our plans switched to restoring my back and core.
As a result, knee issues decreased!! I am back to running longer distances with no knee issues!
I have the tools/exercises to continue strengthening!
(Teagan was also an amazing student intern – loved that Nick and Katie took her on and helped her hone her skills. She took everything on very well.)”
Jennifer
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Did you know that 80% of American will experience low back pain in their lifetimes? Take a look at these eye-opening statistics: https://www.thegoodbody.com/back-pain-statistics/
Nick Rinard Physical Therapy uses cutting-edge, scientifically-validated mechanical diagnosis and treatment techniques to help you find the cause and cure of your back pain. Let us help you today.
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Many times we have patients who come for physical therapy treatment describing pain in their leg, but it turns out to be coming from their spine. This is often confusing for people, especially if they have been given a provisional medical diagnosis related to the area of pain, like “piriformis syndrome”, which is pain in one of your gluteal muscles. You may wonder how we determine where the pain is coming from and what to treat. Pain is produced by sensory nerves. Sensory nerves can be triggered locally at the spinally level, or peripherally either by muscle tension or injury. During the evaluation we always perform spine ROM to determine if the source could be coming from the spine. The screen must begin from the center outward. In some cases, knee/hip/ankle pain will decrease or increase during the lumbar spine screen, and then we know it is coming from the spine. This can be hard to understand for some patients because the pain they are experiencing feels like it is coming from that very spot, whether it is a joint or muscle, that is painful. For example, I recently evaluated a patient with ankle pain. She had even fallen, which made it possible she could have some trauma to her ankle from the fall. However, during the lumbar spine screen, her ankle pain decreased while performing a back bend. She was in disbelief that her ankle pain went away. After only a few visits her ankle pain was gone and it did not return. One of her lumbar discs was pressing on a nerve root and causing her ankle pain, and the back bending pushed the disc away from the nerve and abolished the pain. The moral of the story is, we can never assume a diagnosis until a thorough examination is performed.
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The American Heart Association recommends at least 30 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic activity at least 5 days/week. In the pursuit of good health and fitness, many people are using YouTube to access new workouts. Unfortunately, there is neither quality control nor an accreditation process to ensure that the workouts are sound. Further complicating things is the “no pain, no gain” exercise myth which leads people to expect suffering with exercise. If someone expects exercising to be painful, they may not heed the early warning signs of pain and become injured.
Recently, I treated a young woman who developed severe lower back pain after exercising with a popular fitness program online. She continued to push herself through the routines but after 2 weeks she quit exercising entirely. She was frustrated because her efforts to improve her health had actually worsened her condition. Her back pain was interrupting her sleep and limiting her ability to concentrate at work.
After just 4 sessions at Nick Rinard Physical Therapy she was pain free and equipped with an effective, individualized exercise program that supported her fitness goals without compromising her If your workout is wearing you down, we can help you get on the right track! Don’t settle for suffering through your exercise routine when you could be thriving.
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LOW BACK PAIN—What you should do while waiting for your first physical therapy appointment…
SITTING:
Sit as little as possible. Standing or lying down are preferable to sitting when in acute low back pain. If you must sit, sit only in a straight backed chair with good posture. Avoid couches or soft chairs. Use a towel roll to support the natural curve of your spine.
BENDING:
Do not bend forwards as in touching your toes when in acute low back pain—even if it feels like you are doing good by “stretching” the muscles of the low back. Rather than reaching down to get things, squat down using the legs and keep the back absolutely straight.
LYING:
Try to lie more on your stomach rather than on your back. Avoid the temptation to lie on your back with the head and knees propped up—this just rounds the back more and places inappropriate stress on injured structures.
EXERCISES:
You should stay normally active–in other words try not to stay in bed for long periods. Move around, take walk if you can. Do not do the knees to chest exercise you may have learned before. This is an advanced exercise and usually not appropriate for acute conditions. It is better in most cases to lie on your stomach and work towards supporting yourself on the elbows.
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