Pain Relief Tips & Resources
Read our latest pain relief tips and resource articles from our health blog. We cover topics ranging from pain, injuries, and current treatment strategies that are supported by research. We’ve tried to distill this information down to a simple, easy-to-read format, so you don’t have to wade through the mind-numbing statistics, p-values, and T-tests. Our hope is that these articles help guide you on your road to overcoming pain and returning to those activities that are meaningful to you.
Try These Exercises If You Sit at a Desk All Day
Sit at a desk day? Try these simple exercises and activities to decrease muscle aches and/or stiffness and improve overall health, especially if you sit at a desk all day! Do you work a desk job? Is your back sore from sitting all day? Do you feel stiff after a long...
What is the Difference Between Acute and Chronic Pain?
Everyone experiences pain at some point in their life. Usually, that pain resolves after a while and we return to normal activity without much of a second thought. Sometimes, however, that pain sticks around longer than we expect it should. This pain may even linger...
What Should You Know About In-Home Physical Therapy?
What's the difference between going to a clinic for physical or occupational therapy and doing "in-home" therapy? That's a question that comes up from time to time. In fact, I recently had the opportunity to share some thoughts and insights about this topic with the...
NSAIDS vs. Exercise for Pain? A PT Shares the Research
NSAIDS (Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; think Ibuprofen, Naproxen, Diclofenac to name a few) have become a first line of treatment for many people in pain. For headaches, fevers and acute injuries they can be immensely helpful. But there are many people...
3 Exercises to Help with Shoulder Bursitis
Experiencing pain from shoulder bursitis? If so, you're not alone. In fact, I recently got to share some insights about shoulder bursitis with the folks over at Bustle. They reached out to several experts in treating shoulder pain and asked them to share a few...
Sit to Rise Test: Think You’re Fit?
Testing Your Physical Fitness & Health with the Sit to Rise Test Did you know that physical fitness plays a significant role in mortality rates (ie. death!) of people between the ages of 51-80 years old? There's also an easy way to test your physical fitness. It's...
Having trouble sticking to your home exercises?
¨Tough times don’t last. Tough people do.¨ – Robert H. Schuller Can’t seem to motivate yourself to keep up with home exercises from your physical therapist? As clinicians (and often as patients ourselves) we constantly hear (or share our own) excuses reasons...
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome from Typing: What You Need to Know
Do you type for a living? If so, here's what you need to know about carpal tunnel syndrome from typing. I recently sat down to do an interview with the folks over at Well + Good about carpal tunnel and typing, and figured I'd share the original interview questions and...
The Serratus Anterior and Its Role in Shoulder Mobility
Have you heard of the Serratus Anterior? If not, you're not alone. In fact, this muscle tends to be one of the most overlooked muscles in the shoulder, both by exercise trainers and people with shoulder pain. The good folks at Bustle tried to gather some more...
4 Easy Kettlebell Exercises from a Physical Therapist
Let's talk about kettlebell exercises. We talk a lot about exercise and movement here at ProActive. In fact, we think so highly of exercises around here that we developed a course on creating and implementing exercise into your daily life! This article was written by...
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