11 Aug How physical therapy can treat your headaches

Headaches

Do you periodically experience headaches that leave you in crippling pain? Are you searching for ways to relieve this constant disturbance in your life? Our Physical Therapist in Canandaigua at Lake Country Physical Therapy is dedicated to treating your specific symptoms and pain to help make you feel better.

What Can Physical Therapy Do For You?

Before you receive treatment, our Physical Therapist in Canandaigua will need to evaluate your specific headache situation. In order to treat your pain, we must first determine the most likely cause of your headaches. Some tests that the Physical Therapist will evaluate include:

• Muscle strength and sensation
• Examining your posture when sitting, standing, and performing various activities
• Measuring the range of motion of your neck, shoulders, and other relevant body parts
• Use manual therapy to evaluate the mobility of the joints and muscles in your neck

Once the Physical Therapist has fully evaluated your situation, they will begin treatment that will cater to your needs. Some techniques we will use include:

• Improving Neck Mobility. We will use manual therapy to increase movement and relieve pain and to stretch the muscles of the back of the neck.

• Improving Your Strength. We will teach you exercises to increase the strength of the muscles that help stabilize your upper back and neck in order to improve your posture and endurance.

• Improving You Posture. We will teach you methods to help improve your posture. Whether we help you adjust your chest or shoulder blade position, slight modifications to everyday living can make a vast improvement in posture.

• Modifying Your Workstation or Home Office. Tips may include using a headset instead of a regular phone, adjusting the height of your computer screen, finding an appropriate desk chair, and adjusting the position of your computer mouse.

Our Physical Therapist in Canandaigua at Lake Country Physical Therapy is here to help relieve your pain. Give us a call at 585-396-1400 today!