Here in the United States and truly all throughout the world, matters of chronic physical pain are far from uncommon. In fact, it has even been estimated that up to one and a half billion people are currently living with some level of chronic pain on a global basis. Chronic pain can reduce mobility, reduce enjoyment of life, and overall prove to be detrimental to just about any single person who is living with it – and can even impact their friends and loved ones and family members as well. And there are many different types of chronic pain out there as well.
For instance, chronic inflammation is a common type of chronic pain and one that can come along with many medical conditions. For instance, arthritis often leads to chronic inflammation, as too do many other joint diseases. On a global scale, as many as 350 million people are living with some level of chronic inflammation. Here in the United States alone, the number of people living with such conditions totals more than 40 million (hitting around 43 million, to be just a little bit more precise).
Of course, chronic conditions can originate from a number of places. They can come through disease, or even from genetic conditions. And they can even become a permanent fixture in a person’s life after a serious injury is sustained. Fortunately, going into a physical therapy program where rehab tools and systems can be put into place can be hugely beneficial for just about anyone who is struggling with chronic pain.
Through the use of rehab tools and systems like range of motion testing and the collection of range of motion data, physical therapy centers can assess a chronic pain patient’s condition and develop a plan of treatment that will hopefully work to lessen their pain and improve their overall quality of life. For many people here in the United States, the rehab tools that are taught in physical therapy can be carried over into everyday life, even when physical therapy has ended.
If anything, physical therapy can be used simply to get a patient moving again. After all, even a scant ten minutes of physical activity on a daily basis can be hugely beneficial for just about everyone. Such activity can increase your health – and reduce your risk of dying young, thus effectively prolonging your life. And with up to 650 muscles in the typical human body, there are many ways in which this activity can occur. Oftentimes, the use of rehab tools and even functional assessment tools can help to determine what that movement and activity should be for an individual patient in question.
Physical therapy tools, in addition to rehab tools, can also include chiropractic adjustment tools. After all, chiropractic adjustment can be used to provide instantaneous pain relief for many patient. This can make it much easier for them to work with the rehab tools that they’ve been given to make some real progress. In fact, chiropractic adjustment can, in some cases, even cause that progress in the first place (at least partially). For many people, the sensation of getting a chiropractic adjustment is a hugely pleasant one, and therefore is not something that should be underestimated as part of the regimen of the typical course of physical therapy for a wide array of chronic pain conditions. At the end of the day, different things will work for different patients, and trying them all out is likely to be worthwhile for in many a case.
At the end of the day, living with just about any chronic pain condition can be a hugely difficult thing – there is certainly no denying this fact. But fortunately, there are ways that this pain can be better dealt with, such as through the rehab tools that are given in most physical therapy settings. For many people, the use of rehab tools and physical therapy as a whole can turn out to be utterly life changing. Many find that after such tools are given and then are able to be applied with greater ease, life quality improves dramatically.