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Chronic pain affects over 100 million people in the US and costs up to $635 billion per year in medical visits and lost productivity at work.  It is a rising epidemic that can affect anyone regardless of age, race or ethnicity.  Physical therapy (PT) can help manage chronic pain or prevent it from progressing from an acute bout of pain.

Physical therapy is used to help improve physical function, improve body mechanics and educate on how to treat and/or prevent injury.  It does not directly aim to decrease pain but rather determine the source of the pain.  Manual therapy, therapeutic exercises and modalities are used to treat those identified sources of pain.  These treatment techniques are aimed at treating the whole body and not just the dysfunctional and painful area.

Chronic pain can be very debilitating and may not be curable.  PT is used to help a person learn how to operate at the highest functional level with the least amount of pain.  It is important to understand that the pain may not go away but you may be able to return to activities that you previously were unable to do which improves your overall quality of life.

Talk to your health care provider to determine if PT would benefit you!

Dolor Crónico y Fisioterapia

El dolor crónico afecta a más de 100 mil personas en los EE.UU. y cuesta hasta $ 635 mil millones por año en visitas médicas y la pérdida productiva en el trabajo. Es una epidemia creciente que puede afectar a cualquier persona sin importar la edad, la raza o la etnia. La terapia física (PT) puede ayudar a controlar el dolor crónico o prevenir que progrese de una serie aguda de dolor.

La fisioterapia se usa para ayudar a mejorar la función física, mejorar la mecánica del cuerpo y educar sobre cómo tratar y / o prevenir el daño. Su objetivo no es directamente para disminuir el dolor, sino más bien determinar la fuente del dolor. La terapia manual, ejercicios terapéuticos y modalidades se utilizan para tratar las fuentes identificadas de dolor. Estas técnicas de tratamiento están destinados a tratar todo el cuerpo y no sólo el área disfuncional y doloroso.

El dolor crónico puede ser muy debilitante y a la mejor no puede ser curable. PT se utiliza para ayudar a una persona a aprender cómo operar en el nivel funcional más alto con la menor cantidad de dolor. Es importante entender que el dolor no desaparece, sino que puede ser capaz de volver a las actividades que antes eras incapaz de hacer lo que mejora su calidad de vida.

¡Hable con su médico para determinar si PT le beneficiaría!

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