If you’re suffering from joint instability due to chronic sprains or strains, you may want to consider prolotherapy as a treatment option. Prolotherapy jumpstarts your body’s natural healing process and can be effective at managing issues with tendons, ligaments, muscles, and soft tissue. What Is Prolotherapy? Prolotherapy is an injection treatment that offers an alternative…
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Treatments for Joint Pain During Pregnancy
Pregnancy is an exciting and wonderful journey, but it typically comes with its share of physical discomforts, including joint pain. As the body changes to accommodate a growing baby, many women experience pain and stiffness in their joints, particularly in the later stages of pregnancy. This pain can make everyday activities challenging and affect the…
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Top Causes of Joint Pain and Their Treatments
Joint pain is a common and troubling ailment, affecting people of all ages. At Long Island Spine Rehabilitation Medicine, our physiatrists take a holistic, nonsurgical approach to relieving joint pain and restoring function. We know that understanding the various causes of joint pain and diagnosing them correctly is crucial to determining effective treatments. Below are…
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Revitalizing Joint Health: Unveiling the Potential of Prolotherapy
Long Island Spine Rehabilitation Medicine is pleased to have added prolotherapy to the array of therapeutic options we offer our patients. Our physiatrists have spent years providing nonsurgical pain relief and restoration of function to individuals who come to us suffering from spinal and other musculoskeletal ailments. Because we take a holistic approach to medical…
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Relief for Weather-Related Joint Pain
At Long Island Spine Rehabilitation Medicine, our dedicated physiatrists understand that certain kinds of weather present challenges to patients with joint pain. This is not an old wives’ tale; it’s a scientific fact. If you are one of the Long Islanders who finds your joint pain exacerbated by bad weather, contact one of our five…
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Treatments for SI Joint Pain
The SI (sacroiliac) joint, which plays a pivotal role in connecting the spine to the pelvis, can unfortunately be a source of chronic pain. Over the years, SI joint pain has been notoriously misdiagnosed as a spinal problem, so consulting with specialists in pain diagnosis and treatment is critical. At Long Island Spine Rehabilitation Medicine,…
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Sesamoid Pain: Causes and Treatments
Sesamoid pain is a discomfort that affects the small, delicate sesamoid bones embedded in the tendons of the balls of the feet. While this condition can be debilitating, the good news is that effective treatments are available. At Long Island Spine Rehabilitation Medicine, our physiatrists specialize in nonsurgical pain relief and the restoration of function…
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Do External Factors Make My Chronic Joint Pain Worsen?
You may have noticed that your joint pain waxes and wanes, whether its source is an accidental injury, a congenital abnormality, or a disease condition, even if internal factors like your mood, your weight, and your lifestyle remain constant. This fluctuation in your pain level is explicable. Pain is subject to variations due to several…
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How Weather Affects Joint Pain
At Long Island Spine Rehabilitation Medicine, many, if not most, of our patients report that their joint pain is negatively impacted by bad weather, and we have no reason to doubt them. As doctors of physiatry, we are pragmatists as well as scientists, working from firsthand evidence and observable facts as well as published data. …
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Factors that Affect Your Chronic Joint Pain
Many of the patients who come to Long Island Spine Rehabilitation Medicine are seeking help with chronic joint pain. Our doctors are physiatrists who specialize in alleviating pain and restoring function so we are experts when it comes to relieving chronic joint pain. If you are suffering from this problem, contact us soon so we…
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