Living With Pain and Injuries

(And Why You Shouldn't Put Off Trying Physical Therapy)

“And when I go like this, it hurts,” says the patient. So the doctor says, “Don’t do that.” Yet, the physical therapist says, “how about trying this, so that you can still do that.” 

When Doing the Things You Love, Hurts

No matter the activity, running, yoga, “momming”, cycling, climbing… when you injure yourself and have to stop, it has devastating results. Not just physically, but emotionally too. And, it can spiral to where you stop trying to be active, because the pain keeps coming back. 

Our bodies are interconnected in amazing ways. Take acupressure for example. Have a pounding headache? Squeezing the area between your thumb and pointer finger can reduce the pain. Similarly, with physical therapy, we use modalities to strengthen parts of the body that support other “weaker” parts. In short, physical therapy can reduce pain by helping you get stronger, diversifying the muscles you’re using, and reducing strain. 

Living With Pain Might Not Have to Be Your Only Option

“I’m fine,” you tell yourself. But are you really? Maybe for most of the day until you bend in that one particular way or come down hard on that knee during a run. Ouch. There it is again. What if you didn’t have to feel so much pain? What if it could be reduced so that you really could enjoy the activities you love? Cue physical therapy. 

“Have you tried __________________ ?”

If you’re someone who has been living with an injury, pain or chronic pain, you’re probably straight up sick and tired of (well-meaning) people asking you if you tried this or that. Yes, yes, I’ve tried that med, that herb, that stretch, that modality… you might say. 

But simply because you’ve tried a lot, doesn’t mean you’ve tried it all. It could simply be that you haven’t been matched with the right person, or that the timing of that particular remedy was off. Please, don’t give up. You do not have to live with gripping pain each and every day of your life. 

Worried that Physical Therapy Might Not Work? 

It’s an investment, simply put. Yet, it could be the one thing that (finally!) pays off. We offer a complimentary 30-minute Discovery Session so that you can try out physical therapy without risk or detriment. You are worth it. 

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PT for LBP (Lower Back Pain)

Ouch!!! Not again….

If you’re a lower back pain sufferer… you know when you’ve pulled “that” muscle again. And, you know that you’re in for 2 or more weeks of acute pain. This can limit your activity and impair your work performance. It can stop you from playing with your kids, exercising, or enjoying nearly every activity.

Physical Therapy for Lower Back Pain

If you’re an “LBP” sufferer (what we call it at Klein Physical Therapy in Denver), you know that there isn’t much that helps…. except physical therapy. The muscles in your lower back (the erector spinae muscles), help support your spine and connect to your gluteal muscles. They have a lot of work to do! When your core is weak, your back muscles can try to support everything on their own… which can lead to inflammation when they are agitated. (aka, pain!)

Physical therapy for back pain in Denver is a very highly searched phrase. That’s because this kind of lower back pain is so common for so many of us humans. I mean technically… we aren’t “supposed” to even be walking upright. When our ancestors started this trend, it helped us a lot, but also created some issues… such as babies having to develop outside the womb in the fourth trimester, and, you guessed it, lower back pain.

Can You Heal Chronic Lower Back Pain with Physical Therapy?

So, we know it helps, but can physical therapy actually heal lower back pain? Yes, you actually can. And if you can’t heal it all the way, physical therapy can severely reduce the pain you experience. If you’ve tried other healing modalities (massage for one), you might have discovered that the muscles in your lower back are extremely hard to get to. It takes muscle training and strengthening to get the right tension in the supporting muscles so that one is not doing the job of two, three, four or more others (which can result in a strain or sprain).

Welcome to Klein Physical Therapy

We are a team a physical therapists that are dedicated to making sure you can move! (Properly and in a way that doesn’t create pain!). We can help you strengthen your core and live a life that doesn’t have to be so painful. Lower back pain is difficult to live with. If it’s affecting areas of your life (sleep, work, family), we can’t encourage you enough to try physical therapy. If you’ve done everything except tried PT and you’re curious if it could help, try a complimentary discovery session by clicking here. 

Try a Discovery Session

On a limited, first-come, first-served basis, we are offering 30 minutes of our time to help you determine whether Physical Therapy might be right for you. Never tried PT? Wondering if it will work for your specific issue? Try a 30-Minute complimentary Discovery Session with one of our Physical Therapists and get back to doing the things you love.

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