PT Over Pills
Chronic Pain 101
Chronic pain can be devastating. You wonder if you’ll ever feel normal again. You’ve tried everything…. pills, chiropractic, miracle cures, injections. Or you spend time trying to find the right surgical solution, but no one…
Fix Hand Pain with PT
Hand Therapy Week is celebrated the first week in June each year. This is a time that hand therapists like to bring awareness to their specialty as a way to educate the public on injury…
How to Treat Knee Pain
Knee pain is staggeringly common, being the second most common cause of chronic pain in the 100 million Americans who suffer from chronic pain each year. Knee pain can be caused by disease or injury….
Direct Access: The Truth About Seeing a PT First
Maybe you’ve tweaked your back from a make-shift workspace, thinking this set-up will only be temporary – but it has been weeks. Maybe you’ve pushed yourself a little too hard preparing for what was supposed to be your first…
Using Physical Therapy to Battle the Pain Killer Crisis
“PT Over Pills” is a nationwide initiative to prevent the widespread use of pain killers to treat pain in favor of physical therapy. This article is part of a series on the history of the…