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Choosing hip pain treatment isn’t easy. Why? You are bombarded with misleading advertising, confusing claims, and simply bad information from forced referrals to health system providers or surgeons, not to mention unqualified providers and their near worthless methods. So how do you ever find a highly effective hip pain treatment? You start by reading this consumer’s guide

The hips are the most important region in our body that allows us to move from one place to the other. The hips effect the entire body ranging from the head, neck, shoulders, knees all the way to the feet. But when the hips are not functioning well life can be difficult. Today we are going to discuss what the top 3 reasons why our hips stop functioning properly. To often the structure of the hip is to blame but recent research indicates that as we age the hip joint becomes structurally changed in most people but that is not the cause of pain. In fact a recent study indicates that 79% of people who are not in pain when an MRI is taken of their hip show signs of joint degeneration or deformity. So that means that joint arthritis does not necessarily mean a hip has to hurt. Why is that? The answer is because the hips and the areas around the hips are not functioning (moving) properly. Today we discuss the top three areas that cause the hips to be painful and not function properly.

Choosing foot pain treatment isn’t easy. Why? You are bombarded with misleading advertising, confusing claims, and simply bad information from forced referrals to health system providers or surgeons, not to mention unqualified providers and their near worthless methods. How do you ever find a highly effective foot pain treatment? You start by reading this consumer’s guide.

Plantar fasciitis is an injury to connective tissue on the bottom of the foot. To appreciate the Chain Reaction Biomechanics of the CAUSES of Plantar Fasciitis, the function of this tissue must be understood, particularly as it pertains to walking. The Plantar Fascia (PF) runs from the inside side of the bottom of the heel, and extends down the length of the foot connecting to the toes. The PF supports the arch of the foot, especially from just before your foot comes off the ground during walking.

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The human body is one of the most complex structures known to man and it can be very difficult to find accurate and helpful information when your body is having a problem. This book is designed to simplify the complex topic of lower back pain.

A long-time mentor of Superior Physical Therapy, Gary Gray, has described the lumbar spine as the “crossroads” of the body. Movement and forces from the arms and thoracic spine move down through the lumbar spine to the pelvis and legs. Movement and forces from the legs and pelvis are transmitted up to the thoracic spine and arms.

Because the lumbar spine is the movement “transportation” center, it can develop symptoms if the movement flow in the body, known as the kinematic chain, is restricted.

The frequency of symptoms in the lumbar spine resulting from movement has led to the development of lumbar stabilization programs to prevent motion of the lumbar vertebra. These programs, while well-intentioned, are ill-conceived. Instead of limiting motion, we at Superior Physical Therapy assert that the lumbar vertebrae must move in all three planes. The goal is to promote bone motion while normalizing (not eliminating) the relative motion between adjacent vertebrae.

We wrote this guide to help you better understand back pain treatments. With this information, you can make an informed and intelligent decision. If you have any questions about back pain treatment, you are invited to call us at231.357.3930.We have dedicated our business to educating consumers, and we will be happy to help you in any way we can.

Patients will find that the benefits of an epidural steroid injection include a reduction in pain, primarily in leg pain (also called sciatica). Epidural steroid injections (ESIs) are a common treatment option for many forms of low back pain and leg pain. They have been used for low back problems since 1952 and are still an integral part of the non-surgical management of sciatica and low back pain. The goal of the injection is pain relief; at times the injection alone is sufficient to provide relief, but commonly an epidural steroid injection is used in combination with a comprehensive rehabilitation program to provide additional benefit.