Is Back Pain Slowing You Down?

Health &Wellness The Newsletter About Your Health And Caring For Your Body

“Discover HowYou Can Gain Back PainRelief Forever!” Is Back Pain Slowing You Down?

Is back pain causing you to move a little slower and more cautiously? If left untreated, chronic back pain can lead to long-term spinal joint and possibly nerve damage. Back pain is one of the most common physical complaints that people suffer from and more than 80% of the US population will experience back pain at some point in their lifetime. Back pain can interfere with your ability to bend, kneel, lift, reach, do work and enjoy time with your family. Not to mention, it can make you down right irritable and affect others around you. Why do I have Back Pain? Back pain occurs for a number of reasons, but has a few simple root causes: • Weakness in the spinal and core muscles of the trunk • Poor posture and strain on the spine with slouched sitting • Repetitive injury to muscles and tissues around the spine with poor lifting • Limited flexibility of the spine, hips and muscles of the thighs • Poor coordination of the abdominal, pelvic and back muscles (continued inside)

Health & Wellness The Newsletter About Your Health And Caring For Your Body

“ I Was Experiencing Back Pain, So I Decided To Do Something About It.”

INSIDE: • Is Back Pain Slowing You Down? • How To Take Care Of Your Back • Relieve Back Pain In Minutes • Patient Success Spotlight

Is Your Back Pain Slowing You Down?

Discussing Back Pain and Relief with Mike Teater, DPT, OCS and Bre Lohn, DPT.

Dear Valued Client,

Most people don’t seek treatment soon enough and continue to suffer with a nagging ache or pain in their back. They may even feel symptoms travel to the buttocks and legs. Many people feel that not much

MIKE TEATER DPT, OCS

BRE LOHN DPT

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Most any type of exercise can reduce your risk of low-back pain by between 25% to 40%. JAMA Internal Medicine, Jan. 2016 can be done for back pain and use medication to numb the pain to get through the day. However, medication mostly masks the pain and does nothing to address the root cause of the problem. Solutions to Back Pain Treating back pain starts with determining the true cause. A thorough evaluation of your movement, strength, posture and joint mobility can tell a lot about the true origins of your pain. Only then, can the proper plan be formulated to get you out of pain quickly and back to the activities you love. Whether you just tweaked your back or have been suffering for a long time, seeing one of our spine specialists can help you return to a more active and pain-free life.

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Patient Success Spotlight

“I was involved in a head on auto collision which severely debilitated me to the point it hurt to walk. Daily activities were difficult or impossible. I received chiro and massage care for nine months then plateaued attaining acute back pain and stiffness that prohibited me from doing activities like standing, walking and more for more than three hours. I then came to Peak Motion. They were able to find and treat back and muscle issues that even my MRIandOrthopedicSpecialist failed tofind. Iwasconcerned Iwouldnot get back to my normal life. Peak Motion has greatly improved my abilities but more importantly, given me tools to keep me on track and recover from pain and back issues when they do randomly pop up.” - Brian R. Greatly improved my abilities!

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Why You Need To Come Back In For A Tune- Up: � Move without pain � Bend and move freely � Balance confidently and securely � Sit for long periods comfortably � Walk for long distances � Live an active and healthy lifestyle

Take Care of Your Aches and Pains Before It’s Too Late.

FREE WORKSHOP ATTENTION BACK PAIN SUFFERERS! The Low Back Pain and Sciatica workshop will be held Saturday, April 22nd at 10:00 am at our clinic. The first 5 people to register and attend will receive a Free lumbar roll.

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HOW TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR BACK

1. Keep a Good Posture When you are standing, imagine a string through the topofyourhead liftingyoustraight up. This puts your neck, shoulders, spine and hips in natural alignment. With sitting, make sure you sit back in the chair with your feet on the floor and your lower back supported. Your shouldersshouldnotslouchwhensitting.Avoid soft couches when you can. 2. Lift Properly Picking things up is a normal part of our day. Even if you pick up something light, your back muscles have to lift the weight of your upper torso and control that movement. Make sure you always face what you need to pick up, squat keeping your spine straight and push with your leg muscles. This helps reduce the excessive pressure on your spine.

3. Stay Flexible Flexibility is key to maintaining a healthy back. Bykeepingyourbody flexible, thenormal forces of movement and lifting can be distributed across the spine, rather than focused onto a few segments, which can then fail. An easy stretching routine everyday can keep you feeling great and put a spring in your step. 4. Stay Strong You have hundreds of muscles, which control the movement of your spine. Major muscles that support the spine are called your core muscles and include your abdominal, pelvis, spinal and hip muscles. By keeping your core muscles strong, you support your spine and have the ability to easily control lifting, quick movements, bending and a lot more.

5. Physical Therapy Our physical therapists are medical experts in evaluating spine and body movement. By having a regular check up, you can make sure your body is in good condition to tackle the activitiesyou love. Ifyouhaveahistoryofback pain, injury or are currently experiencing aches and pains, we can analyze your problm and construct a treatment program that will work best foryour individualproblem.Withsoothing hands-on therapy and targeted easy exercises we can help you return quickly to feeling your best. Even if you suffer from severe pain we can help you get out of pain and living the life you deserve. Call Today!

Relieve Back Pain In Minutes Try this movement if you are experiencing back pain.

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ATTENTION BACK PAIN SUFFERERS 30 YEARS & OLDER!

“We’ve put this Free Report together that shows you the 5 natural ways to stop your back & neck pain.”

MIKE TEATER DPT, OCS

BRE LOHN DPT

After treating hundreds of patients with back and neck problems, we want to share with you these 5 simple things you can do at home, to start feeling great.

• Is your mind on your back and neck pain instead of your life? • Have loved ones stopped listening to your complaints because they have heard it so many times before? • Do you feel really stiff when you try to get out of bed in the morning? • Do you have to think twice before you pick things up? If You’re Nodding Yes Then Now is The Time to Make Your First Step in The Right Direction and Take Charge of How You Feel. DOWNLOAD THIS BOOK TODAY! Learn 5 Simple Ways To Stop Your Back & Neck Pain Naturally With This FREE eBook

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FIND OUT IF YOU ARE MOVING LIKE YOU SHOULD

Are You As Flexible As You Should Be?

Performing at Your Best Whether you are just out for a walk or an avid athlete, we can help you walk, run and play better. With our motion analysis, strength testing, coordination testing and more, we can spot your muscles and joints that need flexibility, strength or coordination. A specific training and treatment plan is then put together to help you reach your peak movement with the least effort. Discover how our programs transforms your back pain from a pressing problem, to a distant memory, allowing you to live a happy, active and pain-free life.

Can you do these simple tests to see if your hips and legs are as flexible and strong as they should be? Try them for yourself and let us know how you did. Use caution and common sense when attempting these tests; do not continue if they cause pain or discomfort.  Do not attempt if you have had a hip replacement. • From standing, can you touch your toes? This indicates hip and low back flexibility. • In sitting can you comfortably cross your legs so that your ankle is resting on the other knee? Does one knee go further down than the other? This indicates hip flexibility. If one hip is tighter than the other, it can wreck havoc with your walking and even cause knee pain. • Keeping your feet flat on the floor and holding onto something solid, how far can you squat down? You should be able to squat all the way down so your buttocks almost touch

your heels. Don’t let your heels pop up! If you favor movement to one side, you probably have hip weakness on that side or limited motion in the hip joint. • Standing near a counter top put one foot in front of the other so that you are touching heel to toe. Without putting your hands down, see if you can balance for 10 seconds, keeping yourself steady. If you cannot, then you have trouble with the coordination of your balance from the nerve endings in your hip, knees, ankles and feet. Restoring Normal Pain Free Motion Restoring normal motion is key to alleviating pain and allowing you to do the activities you love to do safely. Physical therapy is the key to restoring normal joint and muscle motion. Our medical experts pinpoint the key problem areas that you may not even be aware of and focus on a custom treatment plan that will restore your normal pain-free motion.

Pain affects more Americans than

diabetes, heart disease and cancer combined. - National Institutes of Health, 2010

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