Laser Therapy: A Magic Wand to Fix Pain?

Up till now, I’ve never seen a magic wand, outside of Disney Studios, but at R&R PT, we now do have a “wand” that can help to take pain away with a few waves back and forth. For Real… and this “wand” is called a Lightforce Class 4 Therapy Laser. A while back I got…

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Ever Heard “There is a Time and Place for Everything”? What do YOU think… T or F?

If you have read my website or blogs you know I am not much on relying only on medication, injections and surgery. But is there a time for these things? Sure. Well how about EXERCISE? Is IT the most important thing? You might be surprised to hear a physical therapist can tell you that EXERCISE…

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Is There Anything That Can Help the Pain Down the Back of My Leg?

“I have pain down the back of my leg, it’s been there for 2 years and all the doctor does is give me pills and injections, but it won’t go away. There is nothing that can help!” Or is there? I recently talked to a lady at church who told me her story. She was…

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3 Things We Do Daily That Cause Neck/shoulder Pain

Let’s take a real quick quiz that might help you live with less neck pain… (And if you answer “YES” to any of these questions… Keep Reading!) Chances are good that you answered YES to at least one of the above questions. The reason I know this is because for years, the vast majority of…

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Do You Ever Feel “There Is No Hope for Me” ?

Do you ever feel like “There is no hope, nothing can be done to help me” ? If you feel that today… Read what this lady told me yesterday. Yesterday on the phone a lady told me “There is no hope for change, nothing can be done to help the pain or the struggle to…

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“I don’t have hope to get better because I don’t know what’s wrong!”

“I don’t have hope to get better because I don’t know what’s wrong!” This is what a lady told me this week. It made me sad inside to hear it. She went on to describe her fear of doing any activity because it made her hurt. She knew she needed to do something, but she…

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Ice or Heat, To Help My Pain?

This is a great question, I hear this several times per week. Part of the reason this seems so confusing is that different people will tell you different things. I even know some physical and occupational therapists that still like to put heat on a body part before they work with it. Well here’s the…

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What Can I Do to Help My Pain, Other Than Just Pills?

I hear a variety of this question every day! And the reason I wanted to start my blog with this question is because I would like to help people have good solid answers with which they can start to help themselves even before they go to a therapist or doctor, and many times can really…

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