Does rolling over in bed shoot pain across your back?
What about bending over? Walking?
I can go on and on about how back pain sucks the joy out of life because that is what I experienced after getting hit head on in a car accident.
I have been a physical therapist for 30 years but my quest to become the best back therapist on earth started when I needed one for myself.
Fortunately, I never when down the pain medicine path but I get it. All one wants is relief.
I did go down the path of injections and surgery. Both gave me temporary relief.
The problem with back pain is that it just gets worse if you go to your easy chair and settle for a boring sedentary life. And it is not just the pain that gets worse it is all the things you do becomes more and more challenging.
I have come to realize how much this whole experience has made me a better therapist.
I can recognize movements in patients that are making them worse. We can work together to find the movements your body needs to move back towards your youthful years when it came naturally.
Good physical therapy in my opinion is not just a series of exercises. It is about recognizing the things that you do that make you hurt and then freeing up your body’s ability to use those muscles and joints that you unconsciously stopped using. I can help you.
