by Ralph Havens -- PT, IMTC & Certified Integrative Manual Therapy | Sep 3, 2008 | chronic pain, Health, Integrative Manual Therapy, Physical Therapy
Have you heard yourself, or someone you know, say “Well, it must be because I am getting old”, or “It is to be expected if I am going to continue to be as active as I want”, or “I guess it will go away eventually if I just leave it alone”, or “I can’t do (insert...
by Ralph Havens -- PT, IMTC & Certified Integrative Manual Therapy | Aug 4, 2008 | chronic pain, CRPS, Health and Wellness, Integrative Manual Therapy, Physical Therapy
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), commonly referred to as reflex sympathetic dystrophy or RSD, is a syndrome in which pain, usually burning type, is out of proportion to the injury (either nerve or no nerve involvement). The pain may spread through the entire...
by Ralph Havens -- PT, IMTC & Certified Integrative Manual Therapy | Jul 8, 2008 | Health and Wellness, Integrative Manual Therapy, physical therapist, Physical Therapy
Get Treatment Early! I have been practicing physical therapy for 7 years. One of the biggest recommendations I have for people who are having physical pain is this: GET HELP EARLY! Treating an acute injury is so much more effective, and recovery is much quicker. Many...
by Ralph Havens -- PT, IMTC & Certified Integrative Manual Therapy | Jul 1, 2008 | Auto-Immune Problems, autoimmune, celiac disease, chronic pain, dr. thomas O'Bryan, gluten free, gluten sensitivity, Health and Wellness, Integrative Manual Therapy, Nutrition and Diets, osteoporosis
As we have been seeing a rise in gluten sensitivity and as we have been helping our patients recover their health by eliminating gluten, we have looked to the medical and scientific research on gluten sensitivity and found that a search of celiac disease shows over...
by Ralph Havens -- PT, IMTC & Certified Integrative Manual Therapy | May 26, 2008 | Health and Wellness, Integrative Manual Therapy, Physical Therapy
Some interesting questions come up when we use Integrative Manual Therapy to help our patients. Most times people just want to get rid of their pain and get on with their life; doing the things they had been unable to do or were limited in doing, due to pain and...
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