Chronic pain affects approximately 20% of adults in the U.S. That's over 51.6 million people to put that into perspective. If you're looking for natural relief or to complement your current treatment, consider physical therapy with Dr. Antoine Geffrard of RMS Consultations in Southfield, MI.
Exercise Therapy
Exercise therapy is the bread and butter of physical therapy for chronic pain. This particular modality consists of our practitioner guiding you through a series of exercises that gently and slowly work the affected body part. The goal of this therapy is to optimize function and flexibility, which is why they gradually increase in difficulty and intensity over time.
Soft Tissue Mobilization
Soft tissue mobilization is a treatment our physician uses to target your fascia, muscles, ligaments, and other soft tissues in an effort to relax them. As a result, our practitioner will break up scar tissue or adhesions or reduce muscle tightness. Often, our doctor will manually perform this process, but sometimes, our practitioner will use tools to enhance the results.
Manual Therapy
When you search for management of chronic pain in Southfield, MI, and find us, you may receive manual therapy. It's a hands-on approach that may include our doctor targeting a specific joint.
Patient Education
A majority of the time, you aren't in our office. Therefore, we need to prep you for all those in-between times when your chronic issues still must be addressed, but you don't have a doctor in front of you to assist.
You'll then receive custom-tailored advice for your at-home care, which may consist of exercises you can perform regularly to help with your pain and function.
In some cases, the patient education will include ways you can minimize your pain. For instance, let's say you have chronic back pain. Perhaps your usual sleep position is worsening the problem. Our practitioner will recommend the best positions for you to get a good night's sleep while not exacerbating your discomfort.
Maybe poor posture is triggering your back pain or at least making it worse. Our physician can then assist you in improving it for pain relief, such as through exercises.
The benefits of choosing physical therapy for chronic pain in Southfield, MI, are immense. For one, you may use it instead of analgesics in some cases. If physical therapy can't completely provide pain relief, it may be able to at least reduce your reliance on pain medication. At RMS Consultations, Dr. Geffrard can fortunately offer this approach.
