Head Pain
Headache is the symptom of pain in the face, head, or neck. It can occur as a migraine, tension-type headache, or cluster headache. There is an increased risk of depression in those with severe headaches.
The International Headache Society describes several different categories of headache :
- Cervicogenic (also called muscle-spasm headaches).
- Migraine and cluster.
- Cranial neuralgias, facial pain, and other headaches.
Secondary headaches from an underlying condition, such as fever, infectious disease, sinus disorder, or in rare cases, a tumor or more serious illness.
- Headaches are a common occurrence in individuals with known neurological conditions such as multiple sclerosis, stroke, or a traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury.
- Individuals who have a known neurological condition should notify their health care provider if headaches occur.
Most headaches are harmless and resolve on their own, although severe headaches that recur frequently can affect your ability to do your daily activities, and can reduce your quality of life.
Physical therapists are movement experts who improve quality of life through hands-on care, patient education, and prescribed movement. You can contact a physical therapist directly for an evaluation.
How Can a Physiotherapist Help?
Your physiotherapist will conduct a thorough examination that includes a review of your health history. They will ask you questions and perform tests to determine the most likely cause of your headaches.
For example, your physiotherapist may ask you to :
- Recall any previous injuries to your neck, head, or jaw
- Draw your areas of pain on a body diagram
- Describe the location, nature, and behavior of your pain and other symptoms.
In addition, your physical therapist will :
- Perform tests of muscle strength and sensation
- Examine your posture when sitting, standing, and performing various activities
- Measure the range of motion of your neck, shoulders, and other relevant parts of your body
- Apply manual therapy to evaluate the mobility of the joints and muscles in your neck
Neck Pain
Neck pain is comprised of extra than simply the occasional stiffness we awaken with occasionally. Some neck ache may be relentless, leaving us with sleepless nights, depressing days and hours of hoping hot/bloodless compresses will offer some remedy. Whether the purpose is from inflammation, injury or absolutely slumbering in a crooked position, individuals with neck ache come to us for reliable, clinical alleviation. It may be time to come back see us if you are experiencing any of the following with your neck ache:
- Numbness or tingling
- Decreased ability to move your head
- Dull aching with head or neck movement
- Persistent pain that lingers
- Sharp / burning pain(s)
Neck pain can cause any of the following symptoms :
- Pain in the neck, upper back, shoulders, arms, or hands
- Weakness in the arms
- Increased pain when coughing, sneezing, reaching, or sitting
- Stiffness when trying to move, or a feeling of being "stuck" in a position such as stooped forward, or with the head leaning to the side
- Tight muscles
- Headaches
- Inability to remain in one position for a long period of time, such as sitting or standing, due to pain
- Pain that is worse in the morning or at night
- Difficulty sleeping due to pain
When you be afflicted by neck pain, you can note that quickly your head starts off evolved to harm, then your face, and earlier than you comprehend it, you’re taking a sick day due to the fact you simply experience awful. This type of pain may be because of any quantity of motives that encompass however are not constrained to the following :
- Disc complications; Compressed and herniated
- Spinal narrowing
- Whiplash
- Fibromyalgia
- Poor posture
How Can a Physical Therapist Help?
- Reduce pain and other symptoms
- Avoid surgery
- Improve surgery
- Improve posture
- Improve motion
- Improve flexibility
- Improve strength
- Improve endurance
Shoulder Pain
What is causing my Shoulder pain?
Shoulder pain is an exceedingly common cause individuals come see us. Most of the time, this type of pain is a direct result of physical activities together with sports, manual labor and even the simplest (yet repetitive) moves which include brushing your hair. The shoulder is the maximum cell joint within the entire body with an extensive range of motion. You can also hear memories that handiest surgery can provide relief from shoulder pain. While this will be genuine in positive instances, bodily remedy is likewise a highly powerful way to treat shoulder ache. It can be time to come see us in case you are experiencing any of the subsequent along with your shoulder ache:
- Increased difficulty with movement
- Increased pain with movement
- Pain that is constant or lingers
- Pain that continuously gets worse
When you develop shoulder aches and pains, they can be due to a number of reasons that include but are not limited to :
- Arthritis
- Breaks or fractures
- Cartilage, muscle or tendon tears
- Shoulder dislocation
- Stiff joints
- Adhesive capsulitis/ frozen shoulder
- Rotator cuff tears, impingement, labral tears
- Biceps Tendonitis
- Shoulder Fracture
- MDI (multi-directional instability)
- Shoulder pain, AC joint sprain, shoulder bursitis, dislocation/subluxation
- Tendonitis, cervical radiculopathy
How Can a Physical Therapist Help?
It is important to get proper treatment for tendinitis as soon as it occurs. Over time, a degenerated tendon that is not treated can begin to tear, causing a more serious condition. Physiotherapy can be very successful in treating rotator cuff tendinitis, tendinosis, and shoulder impingement syndrome. Your individual treatment program may include:
- Pain management
- Patient education
- Manual therapy
- Range-of-motion exercises
- Range-of-motion exercises
- Strengthening exercises
- Functional training
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