Category: Health

Avoiding the Opioid Trap -- Thanks to Physical Therapy Nov10th 2020

Avoiding the Opioid Trap — Thanks to Physical Therapy

You have so many things you want or need to do today — but they’ll have to wait until you take your pills. Prescription opioids are powerful medications that can deaden pain for hours at a time. Unfortunately, they can also cause profound new problems in your life, from the risk of an overdose to

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7 Ways to Increase Activity Evanston IL Sep20th 2020

7 Easy Ways to Increase Your Activity and Live Healthy

Do you move every day? Doing so can increase your lifespan, improve your mood, help you maintain a healthy weight, increase your strength, flexibility, endurance, and balance, and help you manage chronic pain and other health conditions. Regular physical activity is so important that our physical therapy team is always looking for tips to offer

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Good Nutrition Can Help You Feel Good Sep8th 2020

You Are What You Eat — and Good Nutrition Can Help You Feel Good

In your everyday struggle against pain and inflammation, do you reach for a pill bottle, or do you seek healthy lifestyle changes? The latter choice will do more for you in terms of long-term function, mobility and safety. But what kinds of lifestyle changes should you pursue? In addition to regular exercise, including the types

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