Living With Chronic Pain? Physical Therapy Could Change Your Life
Living with chronic pain can make day-to-day tasks difficult. While it is common to feel pain after an injury or surgery, that pain should subside once you have recovered.
If your pain is not going away, or if you have a chronic condition or disease, you will need a strategy to get out of it as quickly as possible. You don’t want to resort to potentially addictive medicine!
Excel Physical Therapy in Oshkosh and Appleton, WI can provide you with the tools and methods you need to make a full recovery and feel your best. Contact us today to schedule an appointment!
Why am I in so much pain?
Below are some causes of chronic pain
Causes of chronic pain
Chronic pain is pain that lasts three months or longer. Below are some of the most common reasons people experience this type of discomfort.
Surgery
Structural problems could require surgery to correct. However, the rehabilitation process itself may be painful.
Workplace Injuries
Any accident or injury on the job can result in chronic pain.
Chronic disease
Certain diseases such as arthritis, fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis, shingles, and neuropathy as a result of diabetes, can lead to chronic pain.
Compensatory injuries
When you have an injury or misalignment in a certain area of your body, other parts of your body will adjust to compensate. This compensatory pain is the result of joints or muscles moving incorrectly, which generates strain on other areas of the body.
Car accidents
People involved in car accidents can develop widespread chronic pain in the weeks following the event.
Overuse Injuries
Overuse injuries are common. They can affect any area of the body that is used frequently. When correct posture is not used, damage to your joints and muscles can occur. This results in long-term pain!
Nervous system Sensitivity
The brain and spinal cord (central nervous system) has areas that reduce or control pain sensitivity. If those systems aren’t working properly local or widespread pain can result. One common diagnosis associated with this type of increased sensitivity is fibromyalgia. Even things like light touch can become painful.
If you have been experiencing pain that you cannot seem to get rid of and it interferes with your daily activities, do not hesitate to contact our Oshkosh, WI physical therapy office. We might have the answer you have been looking for!
How Can A Excel Physical Therapy Therapist Help Alleviate Chronic Pain?
One of the fundamental goals of physical therapy is to manage pain and treat underlying causes. Physical therapy can help you avoid injury by teaching you how to move your body appropriately.
Our physical therapists in Oshkosh and Appleton, WI are highly trained movement professionals who can identify physical disorders and treat the underlying physiological causes.
At Excel Physical Therapy, we do extensive physical examinations to assess your posture, weak body parts, areas with limited range of motion, and any gait or balance problems. All of these tests help our therapists figure out what’s causing your persistent pain.
After the evaluation, a physical therapist will develop a rehabilitation plan tailored to your individual needs. To keep you safe while undergoing treatment, your treatment plan will include both in-clinic and at-home therapy. Our therapists integrate advanced principles and techniques of pain neuroscience to help reduce the pain and physical and emotional effects of this pain sensitivity and work on very gentle functional strength and mobility exercises and provide other pain relieving treatments such as graded pain inhibiting pressure, manual therapy and dry needling to reduce pain.
Chronic Pain Doesn’t Have To Control Your Life
Physical therapy might mean the difference between enduring discomfort and regaining control of your life. Besides, there’s no need to be terrified of physical therapy when you have our dedicated and caring team on your side. So, what’s keeping you from pursuing recovery when you stand to gain so much?
If you are ready to get your life back on track and stop living with chronic pain, make an appointment with Excel Physical Therapy. We can assist you in overcoming chronic pain so that you can get back to living your life comfortably!