Many of us have been more sedentary in the last year than ever before. Confined to our homes, bound to our desks and computer screens by circumstances out of our control. The good news is that things are getting back to normal. We have a year’s worth of beach trips, weekends at the lake, visitingContinue Reading »
The Fastest Way To Relieve Knee PainKnee pain can be very frustrating. Have you found yourself struggling to get off the floor after playing with your kids or grandkids due to knee pain? Find yourself avoiding steps or long periods of standing? Shaky knees shaking up your daily routine? Overall, knee pain is a bit like lower backContinue Reading »
In Knoxville, the Simply Physio clinic has been inundated over the last week by people suffering from back pain. Except, there’s a plot twist. Our patients haven’t been suffering from just any old type of back pain; they have bravely endured the most severe back pain of all – Sciatica. The most severe? It sureContinue Reading »
What is Sciatica? Sciatica is a condition characterized by crippling pain and paresthesia in the general region of the distribution of the Sciatic Nerve. The Sciatic pain is often mixed up with the normal back or hip pain that one may experience, however they are not the same. Sciatica is a unique pain thatContinue Reading »
Trigger Points Explained: Trigger points, which can also be referred to as muscle knots, are commonly responsible for muscle pain that complicates people’s everyday life. So what exactly is a trigger point? A muscle is made up of groups of fibers that work together to generate movements inside and outside of the body.Continue Reading »
We asked our college intern, Leann Coronado, to help collaborate with us on a blog for Simply Physio. Leann has been shadowing with us over the summer and is a student at Appalachian State University, she plans to apply to physical therapy school in the near future. Can I get hurt playing pickleball? As is true withContinue Reading »
Lets play a fun quiz that might help you live with less neck pain… (And if you answer ‘yes’ to any of these questions… read on!)When you sleep at night, do you find yourself sleeping on your stomach? Or with more than one pillow in a twisted position?When you’re relaxing at home, do you find yourselfContinue Reading »
When I get patients ask me ‘why do I get neck pain?’ it can sometimes be difficult to answer. Not because I don’t know how to ease neck pain, but I don’t know their personal circumstances.What I can suggest however, is that it is your nighttime routine that is causing you neck pain.Why do youContinue Reading »
Got this question sent to me yesterday by a “confused” reader of my newspaper articles suffering with knee pain..===”Hey John-Mark, I’ve been suffering with a pain in my right knee now for a few weeks. What I can’t put my finger on is what I did to make it start in the first place, andContinue Reading »
Have you ever experienced knee pain?Yes I thought so.The kind that slows you down in life, creaks when you walk up and down the stairs, hurts every time you bend down, aches when you sit, and just generally leaves you feeling frustrated wondering when it’s finally going to subside…If that sounds like you, you’re notContinue Reading »
