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Lower Back Pain When Lying Down

Lower Back Pain When Lying Down
Lower Back Pain When Lying Down. Lower back pain, especially when lying down, is a prevalent condition that affects people’s personal and professional lives to various degrees. You may experience this pain due to several causes requiring urgent medical attention. That is why you need to visit your physical therapist. This article explores the common causes of lower back pain when lying down when you should see your physical therapist, and how treatment can help. Please read along. Und...
Posted on 2024-03-29

Lower Back Pain When Standing

Lower Back Pain When Standing
Lower Back Pain When Standing. Lower back pain when standing may be mild and resolve on its own. However, in some cases, it may be a sign of an underlying health condition. Fortunately, your physical therapist can examine your condition and create a treatment plan specifically for you. This article explores the causes of lower back pain when standing, the risk factors, and Back Pain Therapy in Austin, TX. Kindly read along. Causes Of Lower Back Pain When Standing. If you experience lower ba...
Posted on 2024-03-01

Lower Back Pain in the Morning

Lower Back Pain in the Morning
Lower Back Pain in the Morning. Have you ever woken up to lower back pain early in the morning? Most people may, at some point in their adult lives. When this happens, we often attribute it to a bad sleeping posture or mattress, and we’re sometimes right because it gets better when we fix these problems. No matter the cause of the lower back pain in the morning, many people may feel better when they stretch out of bed and get on with their day. However, some may notice that the pain per...
Posted on 2024-02-02

Lower Back Pain When Walking

Lower Back Pain When Walking
Back Pain When Walking. Walking around is an activity we all have to do every day, and it becomes pretty distressing when every step we take is accompanied by pain in the lower back. Don’t get us wrong- most people will have lower back pain at one point or the other in their lives; however, it’s usually the kind that goes away when they take a nap or get their partner to massage them. It’s a different thing when the pain stays there all the time and doesn’t improve or ...
Posted on 2024-01-08

The Best Restaurants And Getaways Around Austin—Jane Ko

The Best Restaurants And Getaways Around Austin—Jane Ko
What a joy it was to interview someone with what I consider one of the best jobs in the world … Jane Ko has been an Austin-based food, lifestyle, and travel blogger since 2010. Her writing combines her charming style with an exhaustive knowledge of the local restaurant and hotel scene, and her blog is an easy way for fellow Austinites to discover a lot of hidden gems.  Her blog, A Taste of Koko, began as a fun way to support local restaurants and share personal stories, but it ...
Posted on 2021-04-08

REVERSING “UNREVERSIBLE” CONDITIONS WITH FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE—DR. PHILIP OUBRE

REVERSING “UNREVERSIBLE” CONDITIONS WITH FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE—DR. PHILIP OUBRE
After working for years to become a family practice physician, Dr. Philip Oubre found himself working with Austin-area patients who were highly focused on topics like food allergies, vitamins, and other alternative interventions. With his conventional medical training up to that point, these things were not on his radar as being highly important, but over time, he began to see clinically measurable effects from pursuing these and other approaches as interventions for almost all chronic...
Posted on 2021-03-05

The Most Common Causes Of Running Injuries – Find Out If You Have It

The Most Common Causes Of Running Injuries – Find Out If You Have It
We find that nearly all the runners we treat at our Austin physical therapy clinic have a specific hip muscle weakness. This weakness is one of the most common causes of running injuries. Unfortunately, the list of problems and types of running injuries that can result from this weakness is quite long… including everything from plantar fasciitis to IT band syndrome, knee pain, runner’s knee, arch pain, achilles-tendon issues and even hip and low-back pain. Many o...
Posted on 2019-06-04

Tanya Streeter, Free Diver Extraordinaire And Environmentalist, Shares Thoughts On Life, Kids, And Plastics

Tanya Streeter, Free Diver Extraordinaire And Environmentalist, Shares Thoughts On Life, Kids, And Plastics
From 1997 to 2007, Tanya Streeter was a competitive free-diver and broke a HUGE 10 World Records. While she no longer free dives competitively, she now does work as a TV presenter and film maker, using her skill to promote ocean awareness. In this episode of Carter Physiotherapy’s Active Austin Podcast, we cover a broad range of topics from funny to touching to serious. Tanya is incredibly passionate about health, particularly where plastics are concerned. She now works to e...
Posted on 2018-03-15

Why Do I Have Foot Pain When I Run?

Why Do I Have Foot Pain When I Run?
Austin, Texas is full of runners. It is therefore also full of people with running injuries. That may sound like a joke, but it is an unfortunate truth. And foot pain is one of the most common areas of pain and injury for many runners. It takes the biggest impact of any body part for most runners (depending on your running form), so it’s no wonder that foot pain is so common among runners. If you’re already experiencing foot pain, click here to request a free consultation&...
Posted on 2018-01-17

Don’t Just Run To Get In Shape… Get In Shape To Run

Don’t Just Run To Get In Shape… Get In Shape To Run
Do you get in shape to run or do you run to get in shape? A lot of runners get injured because they jump into running in order to shed extra pounds from the holidays, but are dealing with muscle weakness that sets them up for injury. Watch the video below for more details, and click here if you want to learn the most common cause of running injury and some of the most important exercises to prevent it. If you’re already dealing with a running injury in Austin, click he...
Posted on 2018-01-17