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5 Reasons Not to Tolerate Pain Untreated pain creates a downward spiral of chronic pain symptoms, so it is very important to treat pain early and avoid it becoming chronic pain. The earlier a person begins treatment, the less likely the pain will affect their day-to-day life. Let’s discuss 5 reasons…
Read more5 All Natural Ways to Soothe Joint Inflammation So you suffer from arthritis or some other form of joint inflammation, but you are unable to take medication or undergo surgery to alleviate your pain. What can you do? This short article will provide you will 5 suggestions for cooling inflammation…
Read moreDo you have severe pain in your great toe that feels like sharp needles stabbing you every time you take a step? Has this pain limited your ability to stand or walk? Is that “Gout”? According to the Arthritis Foundation, gout occurs in about 6 million men and 2…
Read moreWhen we think about back pain, we tend to think that adults are the only ones suffering from it. But that just isn’t the case, and it’s time we start paying attention because back pain is not just for adults. Every school year, millions of children walk to, from, and around…
Read moreSitting is slowly Killing all of us Things just aren’t what they used to be in many ways. As a culture, we used to fill our days with standing, working on crops in our fields, gathering or hunting for our food then later came standing working in factories or mills. With modern advances…
Read moreCommon Questions about Dry Needling Answered: Q: How many needles are you going to use? A: Depends on the area to be needled and how you feel about needles; as little as two needles to as many as 10. For problems such as sciatica more needles are used in order…
Read moreIn the last blog post, we described what Dry Needling is and who it could be for. This week we are going to discuss how Dry Needling works. Dry Needling can stimulate the healing process by improving blood flow, nerve conduction, and/or structure of the tissue around the injured area…
Read moreDry Needling has gained more popularity due to adoption by everyone from runners with injuries to the NFL for its pain relief, hastened recovery, improvements in functional movement. The question remains – What is Dry Needling? Dry Needling completely different from acupuncture. Instead of putting needles in Chi points or along meridian lines, like Eastern based…
Read moreThe results are in for the Mountain Xpress Best Of WNC 2015! PHYSIO is proud to announce: Congratulations to Christopher Taylor, MPT and PHYSIO Physical Therapy and Wellness Asheville for being voted Best of WNC for Physical Therapist and Physical Therapy Practice in Western North Carolina for the 3rd year in a row! Chris…
Read moreMandy Martin, DPT Physical Therapist Please welcome our newest addition to the team, Amanda Martin, Physical Therapist. Mandy joins the Physio Team with tons of amazing experience with tendon, joint and nerve pain. She loves working with her hands and getting her clients amazing results quickly. Some of her special interests include Dry Needling,…
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