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Four Ways Manual Therapy Can Help You Recover from a Work-Place Injury

Posted on by Ali Nasreddine, OTR/L, OTD

Recovering from a workplace injury is often a difficult and frustrating journey. Whether you’re dealing with chronic pain from repetitive tasks or recovering from a sudden accident, the path back to full function can feel long and uncertain. One proven method to accelerate healing and improve recovery outcomes is manual therapy, a hands-on technique performed by licensed physical and occupational therapists.

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Physical Therapy For Chronic Pain: Why It’s Never Too Late To Seek Help

Posted on by Clinton Boone, PT, DPT, CMTPT/DN

Living with chronic pain can affect every aspect of your life. It can be debilitating and overwhelming. However, physical therapy offers hope and a solution for those suffering from chronic pain. Regardless of how long you’ve been enduring pain, it’s never too late to seek help. Physical therapy is a worthwhile option. It may improve your quality of life no matter how long you have been struggling with pain.

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Why You Should Try Dry Needling The Next Time You Are In Pain

Posted on by Paige Gibbens, PT, DPT, MHA

Trigger point injections have been around since the 1940s, but dry needling has recently become the latest craze. Why? What is dry needling? And how could it help me?

Dry needling has many different philosophies and approaches. Some practitioners will perform trigger point dry needling, others will perform dry needling with needle retention, and some will even use dry needling with electrical stimulation. Ultimately, dry needling, no matter what form it is utilized in, triggers an inflammatory response to the tissue, promoting blood flow and healing.

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