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Physical therapy is very beneficial to people of all ages who suffer from certain medical conditions and injuries. Customized physical therapy programs help people get their proper function and motion back. If you are looking for reliable Syosset physical therapy consider reaching out to our offices. All-Star Physical Therapy located in both Syosset and Seaford, NY can provide physical therapy and chiropractic treatments for our patients.
If a doctor sees any signs your injury may require physical therapy, it is crucial to seek it. There are many ways physical therapy helps others who suffer from extreme injury pain, reducing pain. Physical therapists do exercises and manual therapy, such as taping or soft tissue mobilization, which help with motion and prevent pain from coming back. This also helps to avoid any unwanted surgeries.
If physical therapy can help reduce or eliminate pain, surgery is not needed. This also helps because health care costs are significantly reduced. It could also improve mobility by doing stretching techniques. Typically, if someone is having trouble standing or walking, a physical therapist will fit you for a cane so you could slowly start your normal motions and movements again. You must seek a professional healthcare provider because different sports injuries require specific physical therapy methods and possibly, even surgery. Once you start to begin the process in physical therapy, they will screen you for fall risk.
If you are at high risk of falling, therapists will help you with some exercises that help you balance. These exercises help with coordination. Physical therapists perform specific exercises and procedures to ensure your balance improves, especially if you are suffering from dizziness or vertigo. Physical therapy is also a great way to help with the range of motion in legs and feet for diabetes people. Since people with diabetes suffer from sensation in their feet and legs, physical therapy can help with techniques that help with a normal range of motion in feet and legs, which could help prevent further issues for people with diabetes down the road.
Physical therapy helps manage age-related issues, heart and lung disease, and other health care issues. As people begin to age, they will likely start to develop arthritis, osteoporosis, or even need a joint replacement. But physical therapists have techniques that help with these conditions. People who may have suffered from a heart attack and are in cardiac rehabilitation may also receive physical therapy. This allows people to regain their breathing and helps clear fluid from the lungs. This could also help women who are pregnant and have postpartum care. Physical therapy offers exercises to women who suffer from this in addition to breast cancer, constipation, fibromyalgia, lymphedema, pelvic pain, and trouble urinating.
Syosset Physical therapy offers a variety of different services. Many patients come in complaining of back pain. Back pain can stem from various reasons, muscle 
strain, obesity, herniated disc, scoliosis, and osteoporosis. Back pain can also be caused due to other reasons, not regarding underlying issues. Some examples include overuse while working out or lifting, sitting or standing for an extended amount of time, sleeping in uncomfortable positions, some accidents like in a car, or riding a bike. Before going to physical therapy, many people suffering rely on over-the-counter pain relievers, and although those work for a few hours, if you are suffering from extreme back pain, the pain will continue shortly after the medicine wears off. Syosset Physical therapy with All-Star Physical Therapy can teach you exercises to relieve your pain, such as flexibility exercises, posture exercises, and exercises strengthen your back and abdominal muscles.
Treating Back Pain
First, to strengthen the back muscles, a good exercise is dynamic lumbar stabilization for fifteen to twenty minutes. These exercises strengthen the core muscle stabilizers on the spine while keeping a neutral spine position. Ultimately, it enhances the back without overusing and putting stress and strain on the injured disc or ligament. Another form of treatment is low impact aerobic conditioning. This form of training is extremely beneficial because it’s essential for long term reduction of pain. Aerobic exercises are often recommended three times of the week on alternate days from the strengthening exercises. Some done here at Syosset Physical therapy, indoor cycling, and some others you can do in the comfort of your home are swimming, running, walking, and running.
Another form of treatment is heat and cold therapy. Usually, at the beginning of a PT session, you will lay down for fifteen to twenty minutes with an infrared heating pad. Heat therapy provides both pain relief and healing benefits for many back pain types, especially lower back pain, and reduces muscle spasms and tightness. Cold therapy offered at PT sessions is ice massages. Ice application slows the inflammation and swelling of an injury. It also numbs the sore tissue providing pain relief similar to a local anesthetic. The ice massage also adds beneficial effects of gentle manipulation to soft tissues and nerves. A form of therapy that is hugely beneficial is cryotherapy.
Lastly, for back pain, the therapist here at Syosset Physical therapy educates you on various stretches to do here and at home. Some stretches include cat and cow pose, cobra stretch, prone leg lifts, bridges, toe touches, and side twist; this helps with your backs flexibility. It is no secret how beneficial physical therapy is for someone’s back pain. Going to physical therapy reduces the chances of surgical procedures, decreases pain, increases function, and provides education to prevent further recurrences and, overall, a healthier lifestyle. Dealing with back pain can strain your physical health and jeopardize being the healthiest version of yourself.
Knee pain is one of the most uncomfortable, painful, and common forms of injury. Especially when you are athletic and play sports, many seasons ending injuries were knee injuries. Many were meniscus tears and fractures. Knee pain is widespread in basketball, dance, football, gymnastics, running, skiing, soccer, and tennis. It is very likely that if you were to ask an athlete of the following sports if they ever experience knee pain, the answer would be yes.
Knee pain is not only common with athletes. Knee pain is something people of all ages suffer from. The most common disease that affects a person’s knee is osteoarthritis, which is caused by the cartilage in the knee that is wearing away, and it’s excruciating to move your knee. Knee pain can be caused by issues other than underlying health issues like heavy physical activity, lack of use, sitting in a constrained area like a car or desk, and sitting on knees for a prolonged period. Many people experience sudden swelling, deformed knee, and popping sounds. Knee pain can also restrict movement and affect your muscle control. When people notice these symptoms, they result in physical therapy after being diagnosed based on symptoms, X Rays, and MRIs.
Depending on the severity of your knee pain, lifestyle, and age, the therapist will give you treatments such as functional exercises and strength training. These exercises will help increase your leg muscles’ strength, endurance, and function like hamstrings and quadriceps. Strength training exercises are incredibly beneficial. Some exercises are hamstring curls, single-leg dips, step-ups, straight leg lifts, balancing exercises, and wall squats. Usually, for starters, you start with a couple at a time and progressively do more. At your PT session for your knee, your physical therapist might also educate you about electrical stimulation. Electrical stimulation is the elicitation of muscle contractions using electric impulses. It sends mild electrical pulses through your skin to help stimulate injured muscles in the knee and manipulate nerves to reduce your knee’s pain. It’s a painless treatment and is known to be an accelerating recovery for patients. “TENS,” which stands for transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, is a method also used for knee pain.
Treating Knee Pain
At Syosset Physical Therapy, we will electrodes on the front of your thigh and even above your knee. A wire is connected to each patch and also to the “TENS” machine. Once turned on, tiny electrical signals tingle the nerves in the knee muscles. This leads to the boost of blood flow and helps relieve pain. Since our knees are used every day when walking and doing our daily activities, your physical therapist will typically suggest coming in more than three times a week for a couple of months. Knee pain can take the longest to heal, so it is clear why physical therapy for knee pain is so beneficial; without it, knee pain could last a very long time and could lead to a walker earlier in life or surgical procedures.
Lastly, another form of injury or pain many physical therapy patients complain of is hip pain. There are many reasons a person can be experiencing hip pain. Some include lying on the side while sleeping, trauma, overuse of the hip, muscle stiffness, sitting in an awkward position, strains, and sprains. Most people assume hip pain comes with old age and disorders, including different types of arthritis. Still, children can also be affected by accidents or conditions like irritable hip syndrome and slipped capital femoral epiphysis. Pain around the hip can also be because of soft tissue pain syndromes like trochanteric bursitis. Also, it is widespread for mothers to experience hip pain during postpartum. The places where hip pain is felt is in the groin or front area of the hip and side of the hip.
Physical therapy for hip pain includes stretching, strengthening, balance training, gait training, joint stabilization, joint mobilization, heat therapy, ice therapy, and electrical stimulation. Your hip is a ball and socket joint consisting of the femur and the pelvis. The hip is surrounded by numerous muscles and is responsible for many daily functional activities. You have to be extremely careful when working on pain relief and figuring out what’s best for your body and not damaging anything else around the hips. On your first visit, your therapist will examine your hips’ strength and range of motion and then a gait evaluation, which means the therapist will check your functional abilities like walking and climbing stairs. Then he will construct a PT session plan and also create a list of home exercises to do. Some of the exercises include:
Hip bridges are very simple. All there is to do is the patient lies down on their back with their knees bent upward, and your arms are down by your side. Then slowly lift your hip off the floor until your knees and shoulder are in a straight line. After holding this pose for a couple of seconds, slowly lower your body back down to the ground. These hip bridges will improve flexibility and mobility and accelerate pain relief.
For squats, many people know what they are but fail to do them correctly. If you continue to keep doing a squat incorrectly, it can further damage your hips and lead to more pain. It’s important to remember that a decreased hip angle while squatting allows more room for the hip to breathe and not be overused and helps the hip pain stop. Also, doing your squat slowly and making sure to push your knees out is essential to remember. For more explanations on how to perfect hip exercises, go to Syosset Physical Therapy.
Syosset Physical Therapy offers various ways to help a patient with all different forms of body pain and injuries.