Lower back pain is the nemesis of many. That familiar ache can limit time spent working, relaxing, and enjoying life. It can lead to irritability and a whole host of other health problems. And, yet, it’s surprisingly common. The World Health Organization estimates that in the United States, 149 million days of work are lost

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Meeting deadlines, maintaining a social life, eating healthy, exercising, and balancing family duties is enough stress without also having to deal with pain. What is stress though? It’s nothing more than the body’s reaction to a stimulus that upsets your physical and/or mental equilibrium. Stress is an inevitable part of life that nothing on earth

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For a lot of people with back pain, their pain is caused by irritation of a nerve. Sciatica is a symptom specifically referring to nerve pain that radiates down the back of the leg. Nerve irritation can occur anywhere along it’s pathway from the spinal cord to the toes and can also cause pins &

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Causes of Low Back Pain & How Physical Therapy Can Help Lower back pain is one of the most common reasons people cite for making an appointment with a physical therapist. Most people suffer from lower back pain to varying degrees at some point in their lives. Sometimes, lower back pain is more of an

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Pelvic pain during intercourse (or in medical terms, dyspareunia) can have varying causes and Physical Therapists can help with many of those! Much of the time, this pain has to do with the position and/or tension of the pelvic muscles, fascia, scar tissue, nerves and/or bones and the relative input of the nerves in to

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