Chronic Pain Relief
In 2005, the APTA (American Physical Therapy Association) urged Consumers to look beyond the use of medications for pain relief. Drugs, ice, and electrical stimulation to the muscles are just a few of the common methods for providing chronic pain relief.
Yonemoto Physical Therapy in collaboration with the patient’s primary care doctor can manage a patient’s health and wellness over the long term, helping to cut down on habit forming pain killers.
Pain medication is appropriate when the pain is severe and of limited duration. When dealing with the more chronic forms of pain; arthritis pain, joint pain, chronic back pain, chronic pelvic pain and sciatic pain, all can be effectively treated with Physical Therapy Most muscles that support the back and the abdomen do not get adequate exercise in our current culture. They also weaken with age.
Under the guidance of the doctor, the therapist can work out an individual exercise routine of stretching and strengthening. Stretching exercises help to move the muscles. Any limitation in motion accentuates pain so a gentle return to motion is the goal. Strengthening exercises centralize the pain. This makes it possible for the therapist to seek the underlying causes.
After reducing the pain and correcting the underlying problems, Sheila Yonemoto makes sure her patients will not run any risk of further injury. Preventing back pain includes educating the person on the things that contribute to injuries and how to avoid them on a day to day basis.
The goal of the Yonemoto Physical Therapy team is to provide natural pain relief, to overcome chronic pain and to see their clients improve their ability to perform daily tasks and to return to the activities they enjoy.
Success
“I trust Yonemoto Physical Therapy with my patients !” says Dr. Ralph B. MD (internal medicine,) professor at the USC school of medicine, voted “One of L.A. best doctors” by Los Angeles Magazine.
Success
“If it wasn’t for the personalized care I received at Yonemoto Physical Therapy I wouldn’t be walking today."
Duane Allen
10 year N.F.L. veteran
