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5 Reasons You Have Lower Back Pain

5 Reasons You Have Lower Back Pain

by Sandra Stryker PT, MPT, COMT, FAAOMPT | Aug 26, 2021 | Back Pain, Chronic Pain, Low Back Pain

Lower back pain is one of the most common reasons individuals visit their primary care doctors each year and up to 80% of Americans will experience lower back pain at some point in their lifetime. One of the most frustrating things about dealing with lower back pain...
Five Tips for a Great Physical Therapy Virtual Visit

Five Tips for a Great Physical Therapy Virtual Visit

by Erin Courtney PT, DPT | Dec 11, 2020 | Chronic Pain, Ergonomics, Exercise, Musculoskeletal Pain, Physical Therapy

As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to evolve, our goal at Life’s Work Physical Therapy remains to help you get better. While a virtual visit for physical therapy may seem unusual at first, we have been providing this service since the pandemic began. Whether you are...
Physical Therapy Facts: Top 10 Things to Know About Pain

Physical Therapy Facts: Top 10 Things to Know About Pain

by Erin Courtney PT, DPT | Mar 6, 2018 | Chronic Pain, Low Back Pain, Pain, Physical Therapy

Why do we feel pain? What is our body telling us? Learn 10 facts about pain and how physical therapy can help treat it. 1. Pain is a protective device. Things shouldn’t hurt for no reason. In a healthy body, pain is a sign that something is wrong. It’s a signal from...
5 Reasons to see a Life’s Work Physical Therapist in 2018

5 Reasons to see a Life’s Work Physical Therapist in 2018

by Sandra Stryker PT, MPT, COMT, FAAOMPT | Jan 9, 2018 | Chronic Pain, Ergonomics, Exercise, Knee Pain, Low Back Pain, Neck Pain, Pain, Physical Therapy, Wellbeing

“Sandy, I feel old!” I hear this all the time, from my family, my friends and often from my clients. They say it in all kinds of ways. Some explain that they feel stiff when they wake up. They tell me it takes longer to heal from a simple injury. They say, “I...
Physical Therapy Facts: Top 10 Things to Know About Pain

The Opioid Epidemic: Physical Therapy for Alternative Pain Management

by Sandra Stryker PT, MPT, COMT, FAAOMPT | Oct 24, 2017 | Chronic Pain, Pain, Physical Therapy, Wellbeing

Over the last 5 years, we’ve been bombarded with news stories, headlines and public service announcements about the rampant health crisis around opioids. Prescribed pain medications or opioids kill more people than cocaine and heroin overdoses combined. In towns...
What is Osteoarthritis of the Knee? (Plus Tips to Treat the Pain)

What is Osteoarthritis of the Knee? (Plus Tips to Treat the Pain)

by Sandra Stryker PT, MPT, COMT, FAAOMPT | Aug 2, 2017 | Chronic Pain, Knee Pain, Osteoarthritis, Physical Therapy

I can’t tell you the number of times a new client comes to Life’s Work Physical Therapy to see me, and they are completely terrified of their new diagnosis: “I have osteoarthritis of my knee. My pain will NEVER go away and I am only 55. How could this happen?” And on...
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