When I think of electrical stimulation I can’t help but think of the old Frankenstein movies. Yet electrical stimulation is used as one of the treatments for back therapy. Of course, it’s been given a long medical name which is Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation or TENS. It makes me want to ask which came first [...]

There’s a diagnosis called Lumbar Spinal Stenosis. It’s a fancy name for a spine that has a narrowing channel which squeezes the nerves. These nerves lead to your butt and your legs, so there can be considerable pain. There’s lot of reasons why the spinal canal can be too narrow. For one thing, you can [...]

What is physical therapy? If this is a question that bothers you, read this little article to find out about it. This health care specialty deals with the disorders of the muscular and skeletal systems which interfere with and impede normal movements. In this specialty, therapists diagnose, evaluate and treat the disorders of the two [...]

Physical therapy for sciatica is what you are interested in? Then you must first find out what sciatica is. After that we can discuss the methods to deal with it, among which one is physical therapy for sciatica. Sciatica is a very frequent form of pain in the lower back and leg. It occurs when [...]

What is advanced physical therapy? When you hear this phrase you might think about some very complex and sophisticated type of therapy, inventions in the field of treatments and equipment. Well, it is not quite the case. When you hear this expression, no matter how hard you would try to find information about the concept [...]

The erector spinae are back muscles that run along each side of the spinal column. When you injure this muscle, it can really hurt. The ideal way to control the pain is through exercises that target these muscles. Too many people forget all about toning up their back muscles when they exercise. They work their [...]