Trouble Bending Your Knees?

May 14, 2021

The hamstrings play an important role in the lower body. They are responsible for helping us stand, walk, run, and jump. Hamstrings are often neglected and can result in an injury to them, such as strains.

What Are Shin Splints?

October 11, 2021

"Shin Splints" is a term used for pain in the front of your shins, mostly from overuse in runners, jumpers, or hikers. The pain runs along the tibia (lower leg bone) where the muscles insert. The two most common muscles involved in shin splints are the tibialis anterior and the tibialis posterior. Tibialis posterior acts to move your foot inward and bring your toes away from your nose.

Sciatica

August 27, 2021

Do you think you may have sciatica? Comprehensive Physical Therapy can help. WHAT IS SCIATICA? Sciatica is the inflammation of the sciatic nerve that travels from the back down to the foot. This means sciatica can cause pain in your back, buttocks, hamstring, calf, shin, or foot, depending on where the nerve is irritated.

Tips to Avoid These Three Common Back Injuries

October 7, 2021

Core strength is associated with the deep abdominal muscles and muscles surrounding the hip or glutes. Seeing a physical therapist can help address weakened core/glute muscles and prevent a low back injury.

End the Vicious Cycle of Back Pain

October 4, 2021

Back discomfort can be debilitating for anyone experiencing it. Living with back pain often means being plagued by the inability to sleep, stiffness, and difficulty doing activities we love. This discomfort and pain impact our ability to run, rock climb or hike, garden, walk the dog or play with our grandchildren. Back pain can affect everyone including, young athletes to active parents or older adults.

Important Tools to Relieve Sciatica Pain

September 20, 2021

In a study reported in the journal, Orthopedics, 650 people were examined for lower-back pain or sciatica. About 25% had reported an episode of sciatica in the past six months of the study and this shows how common sciatica really is.

Treating Back Pain

July 6, 2021

Most of us will experience back pain of some sort during our lifetime. While back pain is prevalent in our society, it isn’t something you have to “live with”.

Snapping Hip Syndrome

April 30, 2021

This condition is classified by a “snapping” sensation at the front or side of your hip joint, caused by a muscle or tendon moving over a bony structure of the joint. For some individuals, this causes only the sensation of “snapping” without pain, but for others it can be painful and limit ability to perform activities of daily living or recreational activities.

Sciatic Nerve Inflammation

August 26, 2021

Do you think you may have sciatica? WHAT IS SCIATICA? Sciatica is the inflammation of the sciatic nerve that travels from the back down to the foot. This means sciatica can cause pain in your back, buttocks, hamstring, calf, shin, or foot, depending on where the nerve is irritated. Comprehensive Physical Therapy can help.

Lower Back Problems, A Common Complaint

July 19, 2021

Lower back problems can have long term effects on the body if not treated properly. Physical therapy uses a combination of strength exercises, hands-on techniques and body mechanic assessments to ensure correct muscle activation, good mechanics, and education to help decrease your pain and prevent re-injury.

Hip Injuries: How Common They Really Are

August 9, 2021

Hip Injuries are amongst the most common injuries seen for physical therapy. It is essential to treat hip injuries immediately when they begin to prevent further damage from occurring to the joint.

Five Questions to Determine Origin of Neck and Back Pain

July 29, 2021

We have a series of questions for you to determine whether or not you are experiencing neck or back pain. You can treat these pains by giving Comprehensive Physical Therapy a call and scheduling you evaluation today.

Are Lower Back Problems Causing You Discomfort?

August 19, 2021

Back injuries and problems can significantly limit our ability to carry out daily tasks and enjoy the activities we love. Many people think it is just something they have to “live with,”. BUT THAT IS NOT THE CASE. Thankfully, physical therapy can be highly beneficial for resolving lower back pain, thus significantly improving your quality of life.

5 Common Hip Injuries

August 30, 2021

There can be many causes of hip pain and hip injuries, but we will be talking about the most common in this blog. Having hip pain can limit you from doing your daily activities, playing with your kids, performing your job duties, and cause you a lot of unnecessary stress if you don’t get it checked out right away! Below we will be discussing the common hip injuries, how they present, risk factors, and what to do if you think you have one of these injuries.

Why Does Your Back Hurt?

May 7, 2021

Low Back Pain is one of the most common reasons for disability in Americans and impacts a very large portion of the population.

What REALLY is Sciatica?

May 10, 2021

Sciatica refers to pain that radiates from the back, deep into the buttock and down into the back of the leg. This is generally caused by compression and irritation to the sciatic nerve and generally develops over time due to repetitive postures or physical activity.

Health Blogs-Back & Lower Body