Chronic Pain
Don’t Let Chronic Pain Control Your Life
Relieve Those Persistent Aches and Pains with Physical Therapy
Do you have a chronic condition or illness that restricts your ability to live a comfortable life? If so, you’re not alone in your struggle to find relief.
Discomfort doesn’t always get any better on its own. Pain may continue for days, weeks, or even months under certain underlying conditions. If the pain lasts for three months or longer, it is considered to be chronic.
Don’t hesitate to contact our physical therapy office today if you’ve been dealing with pain that you can’t seem to shake. The answer you’ve been looking for might be at our Sarasota physical therapy practice!
Our innovative care strategies at Total Body Physical Therapy will help you find quick relief. We’ll set up a care plan to deal with your chronic pain in the right way, without the use of unnecessary drugs.
How can physical therapy relieve my chronic pain?
It’s easy to think that physical therapy is more work than it’s worth, especially if you’ve never learned a lot about the treatment methods. However, physical therapy can be the difference between a lifetime of pain and maintaining control over your life!
If your condition limits your life, our Sarasota physical therapists will determine the best way to treat it. One of the key purposes of physical therapy is pain management and treating the issue at its source, rather than masking symptoms with drugs.
Our physical tests at Total Body Physical Therapy are performed to assess weak and vulnerable parts of the body, in order to focus on positions with a limited range of motion and to identify any imbalances in gait or balance. All of these tests help our therapists identify the root causes of your chronic pain.
Once the assessment is completed, a physical therapist will develop a recovery plan that is tailored to your individual needs. Your recovery plan will include both in-clinic and at-home therapy to ensure that you remain safe while still engaged in treatments at all times.
Treatment plans will also include advanced, calming manual therapy methods to help restore soft tissue and joint mobility, as well as pain-relieving procedures and gentle targeted exercises to improve strength
There is no need to be nervous about physical therapy! You have so much to gain from recovery, so what’s holding you back?
Why did I develop chronic pain?
Chronic injury, diabetes, anxiety, and feeling depressed are all things that can work together to cause your neurological system to constantly be on high alert.
Chronic pain can show its ugly head in the form of back pain, joint pain, nerve pain, or headaches. Many chronic pain conditions arise from a neurophysiological context.
It often happens because of one of the following causes:
Workplace Injuries
Any accident or injury that you have can lead to chronic pain, whether in the car, the workplace or even in your own home.
According to the 2016 OSHA figures, about 2.9 out of every 100 workers are injured in the workplace.
In addition, a report published in the Pain newspaper showed that 21% of people involved in motor vehicle incidents experienced widespread chronic pain in the weeks following their accident.
Chronic pain does not go away on its own, but it can with the help of a Total Body Physical Therapy physical therapist!
Overuse Injuries
Overuse injuries are very common and can occur in any part of the body that is used repeatedly in your everyday life.
For example, the way you stand, move, work, and exercise will take a toll on your body. If you are not using proper strategies, this results in overuse accidents.
This can result in damage to your joints and muscles, thus causing chronic pain. For example, if you perform heavy lifting at work many times a day, with improper techniques, this can lead to chronic back pain.
Physical therapy can help you learn how to maneuver your body correctly in your daily life in order to prevent overuse of injuries.
Surgical Procedures
Surgical treatment can be necessary to correct a structural problem, however, after surgery, you may find yourself having to compensate for the discomfort you feel in your movements.
Often, surgical operations are inevitable. Although they might be important to relieve some problems you face, the duration of rehabilitation may be just as painful.
Weeks, months, or even years of compensatory movement often causes additional pain after surgery if the movement is not corrected. Physical therapy offers post-surgical rehabilitation services that can help speed up recovery time, relieve pain, and reduce the risk of chronic pain in the future.
Pre-rehab, or “pre-hab,” as it has been called, is also a rehabilitation choice that has been shown to improve the outcome of surgery.
Prehab includes seeing a physical therapist before you ever have a surgical operation. It can boost the recovery outcome and accelerate the recovery process as a whole.
Disease
Certain diseases such as arthritis, fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis, shingles, neuropathy as a result of diabetes, can lead to chronic pain.
These kinds of diseases may cause pain that can be alleviated or even eliminated in some cases through physical therapy treatments in Sarasota.
What else should I know about chronic pain?
Persistent pain lasting 3-6 months or longer is considered chronic. There are many reasons why people can experience chronic pain, and seeking medical help is the most productive way of handling it.
Acute pain can be described as pain that goes away on its own in a couple of hours, days, or weeks. For example, a mild ankle sprain is considered acute, as the pain may subside within a few days.
Acute and chronic pain can both have a significant impact on your quality of life by limiting your mobility, creating dependence on prescription drugs, or even causing anxiety and depression. However, all of this can be avoided with the help of physical therapy.
Live Life Comfortably Once Again
Our physical therapists are highly trained movement professionals who can identify physical problems and address the underlying physiological causes of these problems.
