Which exercises work best for elderly spinal stenosis patients?

spinal stenosis exercises for elderly

Feeling pain in your lower back, buttocks and upper thigh could be signs that you have lumbar spinal stenosis. The likelihood is even higher if the pain doesn’t run down the leg, since this rules out other issues like sciatica. As many as 500,000 Americans could currently have spinal stenosis, and it’s especially common in […]

Three tennis elbow exercises you should avoid to prevent making the pain worse

three tennis elbow exercises to avoid

If you’re dealing with tennis elbow, the right combination of rest and therapeutic exercise can go a long way toward helping the recovery process. Working with a skilled and experienced physical therapist can help you develop an effective plan that helps improve functionality and injury resistance. However, it’s important to understand that some types of […]

Three exercises to avoid with sciatica

exercises to avoid with sciatica

Have you experienced a shooting pain burning its way down your leg? You might not know it, but this particular symptom is a strong sign that you have sciatica.  Sciatica is a condition where the sciatic nerve is pinched or irritated. This nerve runs from the lower back and down the back of your leg […]

Two stretches can help knees bend with less stiffness and pain

stiff knee pain when bending

Your knee needs to bend to do many daily activities, including walking and sitting down. However, tightness in the leg muscles can cause the knee to feel stiff or painful. Even tightness in the hip flexors or glutes can lead to these symptoms in your knee. Physical therapists can show you many therapeutic exercises that […]

Stretch away sciatica pain with these two exercises

sciatica pain treatment stretches

Are you feeling a burning or shocking pain in your lower back? Does it feel like the pain is running down your leg? If you answered yes to these two questions, you likely have a lower back issue called sciatica.  Sciatica occurs when the sciatic nerve is irritated or pinched. Besides pain, this condition can […]

Two exercises help pain when elbow is bent or straightened

you might not think too much about it, but your elbows move a lot during a normal day. they bend to lift your morning cup of coffee to your lips. they twist to turn doorknobs. bending and straightening so many times every day can leave your elbows vulnerable to injury. in fact, one medical article reports that injuries like tennis elbow affect up to 3% of the u.s. population every year. people who are feeling pain when bending or straightening their elbow can find help from a physical therapist. these specialists have many techniques at their disposal, and they can combine them into a personalized plan to reduce your pain. therapeutic exercises are commonly used to treat elbow pain. there are two exercises in particular that your therapist might prescribe. wrist extensor stretch tightness in your forearm muscles is one common cause of tennis elbow, and it can also lead to elbow pain when bending or straightening your arm. physical therapists can show you how to stretch forearm muscles to reduce tightness. one exercise often used for this purpose is the wrist extensor stretch. how to do the wrist extensor stretch start by holding the affected arm straight out in front of you with your palm down. you can also rest your forearm on a table or countertop if you have trouble maintaining this position; just make sure your wrist is hanging over the edge of the surface. grasp the fingers of the affected hand with your other hand. slowly pull downward toward the floor until you feel a stretch in the outside of your forearm. hold the stretch for 10 to 15 seconds. release the stretch and rest your arm for 10 seconds. repeat these steps until you’ve done three repetitions. wrist turn physical therapists can also show you exercises that can strengthen the forearm muscles. improving strength in these muscles can help decrease pain in your elbow when it’s bent or straightened, and this goal can be accomplished with the wrist turn exercise. how to do the wrist turn exercise place the affected forearm on a table, countertop or other flat surface; your wrist should be over the edge of the surface, and your palm should be facing up. slowly turn your hand inward so that your palm is facing down. concentrate on tightening the forearm muscles during this movement. hold this position for three to five seconds. return your hand to the starting position and rest for five seconds. repeat these steps until you’ve done three sets of five repetitions. you can also use a light hand weight or can of soup to add weight, which will make the exercise more challenging. elbow pain when bending and straightening your arm can be treated at excel sports & physical therapy are you feeling pain every time your elbow is bent and straightened? excel sports & physical therapy offers treatment options that can help. our clinics offer free screenings to help you get your treatment started. we also create individualized therapy plans that meet each patient’s specific needs, and our plans often include beneficial therapy methods such as: therapeutic exercises joint mobilization kinesio taping® hand therapy joint mobilization don’t wait to start getting our help with your elbow pain. contact our team today for more information about how we can help you or to schedule an initial appointment.

You might not think too much about it, but your elbows move a lot during a normal day. They bend to lift your morning cup of coffee to your lips. They twist to turn doorknobs. Bending and straightening so many times every day can leave your elbows vulnerable to injury. In fact, one medical article […]

Three factors that decrease car accident injury risk

car accident injuries

You might not have thought about it recently, but it’s likely that you or someone you know has been in a car accident in the last year or two. It’s even possible that this accident led to a serious car accident injury such as whiplash or a concussion. If you haven’t been injured in a […]

Elderly patients can use these two fun balance exercises

fun balance exercises for elderly

One thing that’s the same for many people as children and as elderly people is they have trouble balancing. Physical therapists in Winterville, North Carolina, typically recommend a daily balance exercise routine to elderly patients, but this routine can become stale and boring after a while. Here are two fun balance exercises that elderly people […]

Two balance exercises elderly people will have fun with

fun balance exercises for elderly

The ability to balance is one of the functions that starts to go away as people grow more elderly. Physical therapists in Blaine, Washington, can help seniors with balance issues find balance exercises they can do every day. Here are two balance exercises that can help elderly people have fun and improve their balance:  1. […]

Try these two exercises to prevent tennis elbow

exercises to prevent tennis elbow

An article published by Medscape reports that 1% to 3% of the U.S. population suffers from tennis elbow annually. These percentages mean that approximately 3 to 10 million people in this country could get tennis elbow this year. If you don’t want to be one of them, there are exercises you can use to prevent […]

Reduce how long a stiff neck lasts with these two stretches

how long does a stiff neck last?

It’s happened to most people. You wake up in the morning, and as soon as your neck moves, you can feel that dreaded stiffness. In many cases, the stiffness should go away on its own within about 24 hours. You might think that you’re stuck with it until it goes away. Fortunately, there are ways […]

Two tips to avoid pain on outside of left wrist from golf

outside left wrist pain from golf

For many golfers, the leading arm and wrist are those on the left because you’re right-handed. Many issues can lead to pain in the left or leading wrist. You could be unknowingly using poor swinging form. Playing too much after a long break can also lead to leading wrist pain, and people who don’t stretch […]

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