Author: C&P Health Expert
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Preventing Sports Injuries
Exercise is good for the body, and with proper precautions, sports injuries can often be prevented. The quality of protective equipment, padding, helmets, shoes, mouth guards has helped to improve safety in sports. But you can still be susceptible to injury. Always contact your healthcare provider before starting any type of physical activity, especially vigorous types…
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Help! My Child Is Complaining Of Knee Pain (Osgood-Schlatter)
Is your growing child (10 – 16 years) complaining of knee pain especially after vigorous activity or even mild activity? They have no history of a fall or trauma to the knee. Well they could be suffering from a knee condition called Osgood schlatter disease. Osgood-Schlatter disease is a common cause of knee pain in…
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Why Do Muscles Feel Tight?
Sometimes, a person’s muscles may feel tight and rigid. Muscle stiffness is when the muscles feel tight and difficult to move, particularly after resting. In some cases, muscle tightness and rigidity may come with other symptoms, such as muscle pain, muscle spasms, or reduced mobility. Mild muscle tightness and rigidity is often benign and treatable.…
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Numbness or Pain Going Down Your Arm or Leg: When Should You See a Chiropractor or Physiotherapist?
Have you ever felt pain, numbness, tingling or “pins and needles” travelling from your neck into your arm, or from your lower back into your leg? You may have wondered whether it will simply go away on its own. Sometimes it does. But when symptoms travel away from the spine and into an arm or…
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How Posture Improves Productivity
Posture is the position in which you hold your body while standing, sitting or lying down. Good posture involves training your body to stand, walk, sit and lie so as to place the least strain on muscles and ligaments while you are moving or performing weight-bearing activities. Good posture means that your ear, shoulder, hip,…
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Why Manual Therapy Might Be Right For You.
Injuries are a part of life, regardless of age, sex, or how active you are. People get some type of injury from work, home, playing outside, exercising, or other activities. In many cases, you can handle minor scrapes and bruises on your own by; rest, take some pain medication, and go back to normal life.…
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Arthritis And The Role Of Physical Therapy In Treatment
Are you having joint pains? Arthritis is an illness that can cause pain and swelling in your joints. Some kinds of arthritis can cause problems in other organs, such as your eyes, or in your chest. It can affect your skin, too. How Can Physical Therapists Help? Physical therapists can teach you exercises designed to…
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Have You Ever Heard About Bell’s Palsy?
A large number of people have experienced the symptoms of Bell’s palsy, some knew what it was but some didn’t have an idea of what was happening to their body. Many people when they wake up and find themselves suffering from this condition they fear that they have developed stroke and others think they have…
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G-Max…….. It’s Time To Change The Conversation About Butts?
Depending on where you are speaking at, when you say G-max people may have different things in mind. If it is people who are automobile oriented, they’ll think you are talking about one of the brands from Isuzu. If you are talking to gym personnel or Physiotherapists they will think muscle. Now, if you are…