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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Do These When Exercising


People go to physical therapist because they are suffering from pain. There are a lot of reasons why they may have it; an injury can be the cause, an accident, or because they did something to their body that they shouldn’t have or rather that they could have done better.

Exercise and fitness happens to be one of those things that people tend to do that often causes them the most pain as a result. This is because most often than not, people do exercise without properly doing the things that are needed in order for their body to take the physical activity that it is about to undergo.

deborah koval
Exercise and fitness

Take the warm up as a good example. Every trainer and athlete will tell you that you need to warm up your body properly before you tackle any exercise. This is because doing something strenuous before warming up is detrimental to your muscles.


Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Should You Have Physical Therapy


Athletes suffer from pain in one form or another all the time. It’s a normal part of their chosen field and it’s hardly surprising if they feel pain after exerting themselves at an event or something similar.

For the majority of us who are not athletes, pain also comes in one form or another. It could be from something minor or something that can totally change our way of life in some way. What I’m getting at is regardless of who we are, as long as we’re human beings we will suffer pain in our system whether we like it or not.

That being said there are certain types of pain that requires more than just a simple ice pack, heat pack or a couple pieces of Aspirin. These are the type of pain that just won’t go away such that your way of life is drastically changed.

deborah koval
Physical Therapy