Health Blog Category: Nutrition
Do You Think All Hope of Becoming a Morning Person is Lost? Think Again!
Any physical therapist you see will stress the importance of maintaining a healthy routine. Physical therapists are experts in helping patients with their mobility and function, but they can also play an integral role in helping implement healthy lifestyle choices – including a beneficial morning routine.
If you are interested in finding out more regarding how you can make the most out of your mornings, contact our office today to schedule a consultation.
Read full blogThe Secret To Stopping Aches And Pains With Good Nutrition
Whenever you pair good nutrition with physical therapy, it’s a duo unlike any other. However, many people know that good nutrition is the pathway to good health. Good nutrition is a simple and powerful way to help with those aches and pains.
How Nutrition Can Help Physical Therapy
Nutritional interventions are alone useful tools to improve overall health outcomes in patients, and specifically reduce inflammation. Low-grade inflammation and oxidative stress underlie chronic osteoarthritis.
Read full blogNeed Help Ditching the Pain Meds? Physical Therapy Can Help!
When it comes to living with chronic pain, you may think that you’re alone. The mental fatigue of having to deal with it can take a toll on your mind and body and can lead you to believe no one can understand. But millions of individuals living with chronic pain every day. Whether prescription or over-the-counter, many have turned to pain medication to relieve this stress and cope with everything from back and joint pain to debilitating pain from accidents.
Read full blogDid You Know You Could Relieve Your Pain and Inflammation – Just By Changing Your Diet?
Who says that getting healthy has to be a chore? You’ll be delighted to learn that simply by modifying your diet, you can get chronic pain and inflammation under better control (or possibly even avoid those symptoms entirely). Better yet, the diet you choose doesn’t have to taste like a punishment for previous bad behavior.
Our physical therapist typically recommends dietary changes alongside exercises and other natural techniques as part of a holistic physical therapy program.
Read full blogMeal Prepping – How Could It Benefit Me?
If you want to achieve the best health and wellness results, you’ll need more than just a workout routine and/or physical therapy treatments. A strong body must be fueled by a healthy diet, or else you diminish your ability to perform at your optimum physical levels.
Admittedly, this can be a difficult task to achieve. Juggling a healthy diet on top of school, work, hobbies, personal training, physical therapy, or whatever else your daily life looks like, can certainly prove to be challenging.
Read full blogMeal Prepping: Skip it or Start It
To achieve an optimal level of physical health and wellness, you need more than just a good training routine and physical therapy. A strong body begins with a healthy diet, and when you’re juggling work, school, personal training and your physical therapy sessions, nothing makes life easier than a little bit of meal prep to start your week. In fact, meal prepping is often recommended by professional athletes and our physical therapist. You can find meal prep tips on social media, in the classroom and from our physical therapist, but what are the true pros and cons of preparing all of your meals ahead of time?
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