Augusta Physical Therapy

Massages are considered a vital part of integrative medicine. As they stimulate the nervous system, wake up the muscles, organs, and glands, move blood and lymph fluid and allow the production of cells that release chemicals and hormones, they have an overall positive impact on the body.

Today, it has become standard treatment for a wide range of medical conditions and situations such as insomnia related to stress, lower back pain, myofascial pain syndrome, nerve pain, and various other health conditions.

There are countless benefits of full-body massages that include the following:

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The Coronavirus pandemic has caused an unhealthy shift in work-life balance. Working remotely or partially from home has made it difficult to separate our personal and work lives. Since we’re working at home, making a distinction is necessary. For this reason, it is vital to know methods to reduce stress and anxiety after you finish for the day.

Here are some healthy ways to relax after a long workday:

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Physical therapy is almost always beneficial as it can improve movement, reduce pain, and maximizes a person’s ability to perform day-to-day activities. Along with this, these therapy techniques allow the body to heal faster and better which prevents reliance on drugs to alleviate symptoms.

Physical therapy will help you understand why your body is reacting in a certain way and how to address and correct it.

If you’re in pain and medicine is not working or you want to avoid taking drugs, here are reasons why you need physical therapy:

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Gyms are fairly cramped spaces, flush with sweaty people trying to get fit. In ordinary times, if you’re exercising safely, the only thing you have to contend with in a gym is rank body odor. However, with a pandemic still at large throughout the country, these are far from ordinary times. Since gyms aren’t SOP-friendly, many of them have or were shut down.

Still, while working out in a gym is much more convenient, it’s not the only place you can work out. There are plenty of ways to work out without a gym; you just need to be a bit creative. Here are some ideas on how to keep exercising with no equipment or things in your home. [Read more…] about Exercising Without Equipment: A Guide

Everyone’s heard the expression “no pain, no gain” thrown around somewhere and sometime in their life. Maybe you complained about some pain after deadlifting, and your trainer replied with the saying. Maybe your knee was bugging you during a basketball match, and your teammates or coach threw the phrase your way.

In all honesty, the quote isn’t meritless; in fact, it captures a scientific law: Wolff’s Law. Simply put, the law states that healthy bones adapt to the forces and loads placed on them. Bearing load is uncomfortable, but it’s necessary to get stronger. Still, Wolff’s law shouldn’t be seen as a categorical affirmation of the titular expression. Here’s a better way of understanding it. [Read more…] about ‘No Pain, No Gain’: Wise or Broscience?

The following piece of advice is going to seem counterintuitive, but hear us out: you shouldn’t only rest when you injure yourself. When you injure a joint, loading it with weight can cause intolerable pain. However, joint injuries tend to not fully cripple us because they’re localized. Additionally, joint injuries don’t fully debilitate the joint either; they limit the joint’s range of motion.

Joints aren’t isolated from the rest of our body. Muscles support and attach to the joints, and the joints above and below a joint also provide support. So, continuing to work through injuries means you need to manage the muscles, tendons, and joints that support the injured joint. Here are some commonly injured joints and how to work through them. [Read more…] about How to Work Around Injuries