by Jane White | Sep 1, 2017 | ChoosePT, Exercise Therapy, General, MoveFowardPT, Physical Therapy
First, what is cancer? Cancer is the growth of abnormal cells in the body that causes destruction of normal, healthy cells. This process affects the health and function of the body or body parts, and can cause death. Statistics show that cancer affects 39.6% of people...
by jasonwhite | Feb 27, 2017 | ChoosePT, Exercise Therapy, General, Mobility, MoveFowardPT, Pain Management, Physical Therapy
Over the past month or so, we’ve been focusing on how physical therapy affects chronic pain. Lower back pain is one of the conditions where statistically speaking, most patients treat it with prescription opioids rather than pursue alternative therapy. In...
by jasonwhite | Feb 13, 2017 | ChoosePT, General, Mobility, MoveFowardPT, Pain Management, Physical Therapy
This month we’ve been focusing on physical therapy as an alternative to opioid use for long term pain management. MoveForwardPT’s program #choosept advocates for the use of physical therapy to reduce the risk of opioid addiction and even REGAIN movement,...
by jasonwhite | Jan 23, 2017 | General, Pain Management, Physical Therapy
Chronic pain from old injuries or wounds is a very real thing; one that many Americans deal with on a daily basis by treating it with the use of prescription opioids. These prescription medications are not a bad thing by any means, rather, they are a tool to be used...