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10 Foods That Reduce Inflammation

February 3, 2020 By Bryan Kreitlow

With chronic pain on the rise people are looking for better solutions. 

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The opioid epidemic and dangerous side-effects of pills are causing people to look for other ways to manage pain.  Exercise, physical therapy and occupational therapy are the best options for natural pain relief.  However, other factors need to be considered like sleep hygiene, work habits and diet. 

Diet and nutrition play a big role in pain relief and inflammation control.  There are a whole host of foods that should be avoided because they cause inflammation. 

But what about foods that reduce pain and help with healing the body? 

Inflammation is a natural process that occurs in the body.  It is an alert system that happens in response to injury, wound or sickness.  The action of swelling after you twist you ankle is your body reacting to fix the problem.  This is a good thing! [Read more…] about 10 Foods That Reduce Inflammation

Filed Under: chronic pain, Diet, Nutrition, Pain Relief, Physical Therapy, Uncategorized Tagged With: fatigue, low back pain, low energy, magnesium, minerals, natural pain relief, neck pain, Nutrition, pain relief, physical therapy, Supplements, vitamins

Are You Sitting Too Long?

December 28, 2017 By Bryan Kreitlow

Are you sitting too long?

The answer is very likely “Yes”.

I recently did a talk to a group of about 50 people.  When I asked how many people sat at their desks for more than two hours, nearly everyone put their hand up.  Almost half raise their hands for more than three hours at a time.

The number of people who work in sedentary jobs has increased significantly over the years. Nearly 80% of working Americans are in jobs that require only light or sedentary work. That means that people are sitting way too much. Not only are people sitting for a majority of their eight hour workday, but they then have to sit to commute, sit to eat and most sit for a few hours at night to “relax”. Consequently, [Read more…] about Are You Sitting Too Long?

Filed Under: Injury Prevention, Pain Relief, Physical Therapy, Physical Therapy in Laurel, Physical Therapy in Maple Lawn, Uncategorized Tagged With: fatigue, injury prevention, low energy, neck pain, pain relief, physical therapy maple lawn, shoulder pain

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