Healthcare News

• How Does Physical Therapy Help with Athletic Injury?

  Posted in: Healthcare News | Posted on: 04 June, 2021

  From competitive organized sports to casual jogging, almost every athletic activity has a certain injury risk attached to it. Sports injuries like ligament tears, muscle strains, and dislocations have been the cause of many athletes sitting on the sidelines for the full season instead of playing. When someone gets a sports injury, their doctor may refer them to a physical therapist to help rehabilitate them to get them back into the game without any pain or lasting consequences of the injury.

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• Why is An Integrative Approach to Spinal Pain Management Important?

  Posted in: Healthcare News | Posted on: 28 May, 2021

  Pain management Boca Raton isn't a one-size-fits-all process. What works well for one person may not work at all for another, or it may work but not be as effective. This is why many healthcare facilities and doctors choose to use an integrated approach to pain management, especially when you consider spinal pain. This type of pain can be debilitating, and it can easily get worse. If you're not sure what an integrated approach is or why it can help you manage your spinal pain, read on.

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• ACDF Spinal Fusion Surgery - the Basics

  Posted in: Healthcare News | Posted on: 21 May, 2021

  ACDF stands for Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. ACDF spinal fusion surgery will remove any degenerative or herniated disc in your neck. The surgeon will make a small incision in your throat area to reach in and remove the problem disc. They'll then insert a graft that fuses together with the bones located below and above the disc. This surgery might be an option for you if medications or physical therapy doesn't relieve your arm or neck pain caused by pinched spinal nerves. You'll typically go home the same day you have your ACDF spinal fusion surgery.

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• What Are the Top Symptoms and Signs of Pseudarthrosis

  Posted in: Healthcare News | Posted on: 08 May, 2021

  If you have a fusion surgery, you're usually getting it to limit the movement in the impacted area of your neck or back to help restore stability to the spine and eliminate or minimize your pain levels after a damaged disc gets removed. However, it is possible for a fusion to fail after surgery. When this happens, you'll call it pseudarthrosis or a non-union. This means that your spinal fusion surgery was unsuccessful. We'll outline causes, symptoms, and treatment options available to you below.

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• Physical Therapy and Pain Management - Why Does An Integrative Approach Matter?

  Posted in: Healthcare News | Posted on: 30 April, 2021

  Healing from an injury, especially a spinal injury, can be a very complex process. So, it is understandable that your approach to both pain management and physical therapy Boca Raton to help you heal should use an integrative approach. All this means is that you combine more than one treatment method to give yourself better results. So, you could go to physical therapy, take their advice, do whatever they tell you to do, and have regular visits with a pain management clinic to help keep you comfortable.

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