Have you ever woken up with a raging headache and you can’t think of what you may have done in the night to cause this? Or maybe you often get them at the end of the day, particularly after a busy da...
Have you been hearing about this “telehealth” option to Physical Therapy and wondered if it’s right for you?
Are you noticing more pain in your low back or neck because you find yourself sitting more...
Has your doctor recommended a cortisone injection to help relieve your shoulder pain?
Are you wondering why you would get a cortisone injection and what they do?
Then let’s start there! Your doctor ...
Do you have pain when you reach into the cabinet for your favorite coffee cup?
Do you struggle to lift your arm to put on deodorant or wash your hair?
Are you limited with your arm motions due to pa...
We are all familiar with the usual course of treatment when we are dealing with an injury or chronic pain. First, we go see our Primary Care Physician (PCP) who recommends pain medication and muscle r...
When I graduated from Physical Therapy school 20 years ago there were 3 indisputable facts:
- The brain stayed the same throughout your life.
- The disks in your spine never healed.
- Nerves could not ...
I recently had a new patient start working with me who had low back pain. When he first arrived, he was very frustrated that his doctor had not ordered an MRI.
“How can you know what’s really going o...
Summer is finally here! Which means it is time to get outside and enjoy the sunny days. For you that may mean heading to the river, traveling across the mountains, or hopping on an airplane. If you ar...
We are in the final countdown for the first ever “Be the Hope XOXO” walk for all cancers here in our very own Maple Valley. Created by the Valley Girls and Guys, this walk is raising money for cancer ...
The picture above is the bill from my husbands’ recent trip to the Emergency Room (ER). He had a painful toe that started to get REALLY bad quickly. He called the doctor to make an appointment and t...
It was dark the first time I saw our house 12 years ago. I couldn’t see the backyard very well. We live on a pie shaped piece of a cul de sac so the backyard light only went so far that first night....
Do you have a city that holds an emotional place in your heart? They may be positive emotions:
- where you got married!
- where your first child was born!
- where you ran your first marathon!
Or the...
