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SPORTS INJURIES
If you love playing sports, a sports injury is bound to happen at some point in your life. Although it will undoubtedly feel devastating at the time, an injury doesn’t have to take you out of the game forever.
By getting quality treatment for sports injuries, you can reduce your risk of permanent damage and improve your chances of making a full recovery. The sooner you get care, the better, which is why it’s important to get in touch with our team at Basecamp Physical Therapy and Performance right away.
Types of Sports Injuries
Common sports injuries vary depending on the sport type and overall competition level. Soccer players often experience ankle sprains, while football players are more likely to suffer a knee injury.
Other types of injuries include:
- Dislocations
- Concussions
- Bone fractures
- Tendinitis/Tendinopathy
- Bursitis
Bruises and lacerations occur most often in all sports. Improving your balance and flexibility with help from a physical therapist can help you avoid those injuries and many more.
Why Get Prompt Care
There are many benefits of getting prompt care for your sports injury from our physical therapists, such as:
- Get an accurate diagnosis: Our physical therapists can use their expertise and diagnostic test results to evaluate your injury and make an accurate diagnosis. You will then know what you’re up against and can work with your therapist to create a treatment plan.
- Avoid complications: When left untreated, sports injuries can cause many complications and even result in lasting pain. Treatment by our physical therapists will get you on the road to recovery and prevent complications.
- Recover much faster: Targeted treatment can help you recover from your sports injuries much faster than just trying to RICE and wait it out. Our physical therapists can create a personalized treatment for you and adjust as needed throughout the healing process.
- Prevent future injuries: Our physical therapists can help you avoid future injuries by ensuring the original injury heals properly. We’re also well-versed in helping you improve your flexibility and balance.
Suffering a physical injury can impact your mental health, but your physical therapist can help with that as well. With our support and guidance, you can cope with the emotional challenges linked to recovering from the injury. You’ll enjoy a much more positive mindset as a result, which can accelerate healing even more.
Sports Injury Treatments
Our physical therapy team can provide all the treatments you need to recover from sports injuries, including:
- Therapeutic exercises
- Manual therapy techniques
- Movement preparation
- Load management
- Functional training
We can also complete a gait and movement analysis to help reduce the risk of re-injury in the future. Once you’re ready to return to your sport, our team will help you plan for that transition and safely ease into the game.
Get Prompt Care at Our Flagstaff Physical Therapy Clinic
If you’ve recently suffered a sports injury, it’s time to get care at our Flagstaff physical therapy clinic. You can just give us a call, and we’ll help you find a convenient time to come in. We look forward to helping you make a full recovery and return to playing your favorite sports, so please feel free to get in touch today.
AUTO INJURY
Getting into an auto accident is a traumatic experience that can impact your mental health and physical well-being. Even minor accidents can wreak havoc on your body, causing whiplash, fractures, and many other auto injuries.
To fully recover from those injuries, you need more than just acute care at the time of an accident. You can also benefit from getting comprehensive auto injury treatment in Flagstaff by a knowledgeable physical therapist—and our team at Basecamp Physical Therapy and Performance is here to help.
When to Seek Care for Auto Injuries
Oftentimes, people feel surprisingly okay right after a car crash occurs. There’s no pain, stiffness, or discomfort lulling them into a false sense of security. But that doesn’t mean all is well. Shock can mask the physical symptoms until the following day.
That’s why you should always get checked out by a doctor right after getting into an auto accident. You may need to go to the hospital, visit the urgent care center, or make an appointment with your family doctor. If they note any injuries or you wake up the next day in pain, physical therapy is the way to go.
With help from our physical therapists, it’s possible to reduce your pain levels and restore your range of motion and mobility. Your therapist can also help you improve your posture, balance, and coordination.
Signs You Have an Auto Injury
Common signs you have an auto injury include:
- Pain
- Stiffness
- Headaches
- Dizziness
- Limited mobility
- Poor range of motion
- Numbness or tingling
- Trouble concentrating
- Mood changes
- Fatigue
If you feel like something is off, getting checked out by an experienced physical therapist is a good idea. Simply icing the injury at home could lead to complications and lasting pain, and potentially is missing the root cause of the issue. If all you need is to follow RICE protocols to recover, your physical therapist will let you know. To find out, you have to come into our clinic for an evaluation.
Treatment for Auto Injuries
Effective physical therapy treatments we provide for auto injuries include:
- Manual therapy
- Functional training
- Therapeutic exercises
- Movement training and preparation
- Load management
- Return to work training
The treatment you will need depends on the injuries you’ve sustained and their severity. Our physical therapists will need to complete a thorough evaluation and make a diagnosis to determine which treatments will help most. Once we have a treatment plan in mind, we’ll share it with you and adjust our approach to suit your preferences, if needed.
As you heal, your therapist may also need to adjust your treatment plan to keep you on track in making a full recovery. They may add extra pain management techniques, like dry needling, or provide additional at-home strengthening exercises designed to reduce strain on your joints, ligaments, and tendons.
Call for Physical Therapy Services in Flagstaff, Arizona
If you’ve been in involved in a car accident, make sure you get the care you need and deserve by calling our physical therapy clinic. We’re experienced in handling all types of auto injuries, including sprains, concussions, and back pain. Our team looks forward to helping you make a full recovery, so please feel free to reach out to us anytime.
TMJ DYSFUNCTION
TMJ dysfunction can seriously derail your daily activities by making it difficult to chew your food and speak clearly without pain. At night, you may have trouble sleeping, too. And without treatment, this condition can impact your dental health, resulting in tooth and gum damage.
To lessen the impact on your life, you just have to get Flagstaff TMJ dysfunction treatment—and our team is here to help. At Basecamp Physical Therapy and Performance, our therapists have the skills and experience needed to treat this condition and eliminate many of your worst symptoms.
When to Come in for Care
You don’t have to wait for TMJ to impact every facet of your life before getting care. In fact, it’s better to seek early interventions to prevent harm to your teeth, gums, and bite. Getting care right away can also do wonders for your overall well-being.
So, it just makes sense to get in touch with our physical therapists as soon as jaw pain sets in. We can help you understand what’s going on with your jaw by completing a thorough evaluation. Our therapists will use their findings to accurately diagnose your condition and then create a treatment plan just for you.
As your condition starts to improve, they will make targeted adjustments to keep you on the right track. You’ll also learn how to modify your lifestyle, like avoiding chewy candy or wearing a mouthguard at night, to keep your symptoms from returning or getting worse.
TMJ Dysfunction Symptoms
Jaw pain and discomfort are the most common signs of TMJ dysfunction. That’s because this condition is caused by a problem with the temporomandibular joint and its surrounding muscles. You may notice the jaw pain on one or both sides. Sometimes, the pain can move from one side to the other.
Other symptoms of TMJ dysfunction include:
- Mild to severe headaches
- Pain in your shoulders and neck
- Clicking or popping noises in your jaw
- Difficulty opening or closing your mouth
- Pain, pressure, and fullness in the ears
- Facial fatigue and muscle stiffness
Symptoms can vary from day to day. Stress can greatly increase symptoms, especially if you’re prone to clenching or grinding your teeth. Other things that make TMJ worse include sitting with poor posture, biting your nails, chewing gum, and eating hard or sticky foods.
Treatment for TMJ Dysfunction
At our clinic, we offer many effective TMJ dysfunction treatments, such as:
- Manual therapy
- Splint therapy
- Therapeutic exercises
- Dry Needling
- Jaw Movement Training
Our team can also help you resolve functional issues exacerbating your symptoms, like eating the wrong food, slouching, and using non-ergonomic equipment. If you need help with stress management, we can do that as well.
We’re happy to work with your dentist, too, to help you improve your jaw alignment and reduce stress on its vital structures. Your dentist may need to straighten your teeth and correct your bite to help fully resolve your symptoms.
Call for a Physical Therapy Appointment in Flagstaff, Arizona
If you’re experiencing jaw pain, it’s time to reach out to our team and get the quality care you deserve. Our physical therapists are always ready to use their expertise to diagnose and treat TMJ dysfunction. You just have to give us a call to get started. We look forward to helping you manage or eliminate your symptoms, so please reach out today.
BACK PAIN
Back pain is incredibly debilitating and colors every aspect of your life. You may find it challenging to complete your work duties and household chores. Even trying to rest at the end of the day and sleep at night may feel impossible.
Although the pain might feel like it’ll never go away, there is a solution: specialized back pain treatment in Flagstaff. Our physical therapists can use their skills and expertise to diagnose the cause of your pain, relieve your discomfort, and help you heal.
Causes of Back Pain
Everything from medical conditions to your lifestyle can leave you with mild to severe back pain. The most common causes include:
- Sprain
- Muscle strain
- Herniated disc
- Degenerative disc disease
- Fibromyalgia
- Pinched nerve
- Arthritis
Obesity, poor posture, and a lack of core strength can also contribute to the development of back pain. Improper lifting techniques can injure your muscle, ligaments, and tendons near your spine, especially when moving heavy items. Sometimes, the symptoms suddenly come on just from moving the wrong way.
Depending on the cause, the pain may affect any of the four areas of the spine: cervical, thoracic, lumber, sacrum, and coccyx. In severe cases, the pain may encompass your entire back from the top of your neck to the end of your tailbone.
Oftentimes, pain in one area of the back radiates to other areas or even into your limbs. If any nerves get pinched, you may also notice numbness, tingling, and burning in your arms and legs. It’s not uncommon for all your symptoms to worsen in a particular position and almost completely disappear in others.
When to Get Care
You should seek care for back pain as soon as it starts. The longer you wait, the longer you’ll have to live with the pain affecting every aspect of your life.
When the discomfort first starts, it’s referred to as acute pain. After four weeks, it moves into the subacute stage and then turns chronic after 12 weeks. By getting care at the acute stage, you can potentially halt the damage in its tracks with help from your physical therapist.
The care process begins with a thorough evaluation and diagnosis. From there, our physical therapists can create a comprehensive treatment plan designed to meet your needs. The plan will help manage your pain, promote healing, and improve your mobility and range of motion.
Back Pain Treatments
Our physical therapy treatments for back pain include:
- Gentle stretches
- Manual therapy
