by Penelope Van Osten | Feb 18, 2022 | Chronic Pain, TMJ
Managing Your TMJ Pain If you currently have or are managing TMJ pain, you are likely aware that certain foods are more painful to eat than others; or, you may have new-onset jaw pain and are finding that eating anything right now hurts. Trying to navigate pain with... 
by Molly Rittberg | Jan 30, 2022 | Chronic Pain
Exercise and Arthritis One of the most frequently asked questions I receive in the clinic is ‘can I exercise even though I have arthritis?’ My answer is a resounding ‘yes, it is important to continue to move!’ There are a couple of factors that come into... 
by Wes Kokott | Oct 29, 2021 | Chronic Pain
Treating Chronic Low Back Pain Did you know that people go to their doctors with complaints of back pain more frequently than any other problem? Sixty-five million Americans have reported a recent episode of back pain. Close to 16 million adults, roughly 8 percent,... 
by Jeffrey Verhagen | Sep 9, 2021 | Chronic Pain, TMJ
Headaches and Temporomandibular Dysfunction- “Are they related?” Are you a chronic headache sufferer? Do you have neck pain, facial pain, a sensation of ear fullness, or pain? If you have never had your neck/ face/temporomandibular joint (TMJ) assessed by a trained... 
by Molly Rittberg | Sep 4, 2021 | Chronic Pain
How to Get Relief from Arthritis Pain Arthritis is a common disease, with more than 50 million adults and 300,000 children affected. Arthritis is not a single disease, it encompasses more than 100 types of arthritis and related conditions. While there is no true... 
by Gary Shields | Aug 17, 2021 | Chronic Pain, Spine
Low back pain is one of the most common and debilitating concerns for individuals pursuing physical therapy. Deya et al., 2006, performed a survey of 31,044 respondents, and of that large pool of subjects, 26.4% reported significant incidences of low back pain in the...