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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...
How to Relieve Neck Pain: 5 Things You Need to Do

How to Relieve Neck Pain: 5 Things You Need to Do

by Sandra Stryker PT, MPT, COMT, FAAOMPT | Apr 6, 2018 | Ergonomics, Headaches, Neck Pain, Physical Therapy

Neck or cervical pain is among the top five causes of disability and pain worldwide. If you have persistent neck pain, you are not alone. The World Health Organization estimates that 332 million people worldwide suffer with neck pain. As most of the world’s population...
Proper Computer Posture to Cure Your Annoying Desk Pain

Proper Computer Posture to Cure Your Annoying Desk Pain

by Sandra Stryker PT, MPT, COMT, FAAOMPT | Mar 20, 2018 | Ergonomics, Low Back Pain, Neck Pain, Physical Therapy, Wellbeing

Do you spend a lot of time in front of a computer at work or at home? A recent study published by Microsoft revealed that U.S. workers spend an average of 7 hours per day on a computer, more hours than they sleep at night! In addition, 85% of workers report discomfort...
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...
Tech Neck: What Is It – And How Can It Be Treated? | Life’s Work PT

Tech Neck: What Is It – And How Can It Be Treated? | Life’s Work PT

by Erin Courtney PT, DPT | Nov 14, 2017 | Ergonomics, Neck Pain, Physical Therapy, stretching

Technology has changed significantly in the past 10 years. We live in an increasingly connected world, and it shows in the way our technology has changed. Smartphones, tablets, smart-watches and laptops have become a part of our everyday life. While this in many ways...
Proper Computer Posture to Cure Your Annoying Desk Pain

Reducing & Preventing Back Pain with Workplace Ergonomics

by Erin Courtney PT, DPT | May 26, 2016 | Chronic Pain, Ergonomics, Neck Pain, Wellbeing

In the last 50 years, the workplace has gotten more and more sedentary. As office jobs became increasingly prevalent, the posture-related pain increased as well. In addition, even though we were sitting more and more, the workstation wasn’t usually set up to promote...
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