September is

National Pain Awareness Month

On a given day, more people suffer from pain that diabetes, heart disease, and cancer combined. Chances are you know someone liging in pain. The good news is that with peoper pain management, most pain can be greatly eased. You stand the best chance of having your pain properly assessed and treated when you take an active role in seeking treatment and communicating very specifically about your pain and its impact on your life. Become informed and learn all you can about your health problem, your pain, pain management options, and the types of healthcare providers who specialize in pain.

Physical Therapy tackles the phsyical side of the inflammation, stiffness, and soreness with exercise, manipulation, and massage, but it also works to help the body heal itself by encouraging the production of the body's natural pain-releaving chemicals. This two-pronged approach is what helps make physical therapy as effective as a chronic pain treatment.