Without being a medical professional yourself you already know that doctors are highly specialized individuals in one medical field or another. Some doctors offer general health care, while other doctors pick a part of the body that they would like to know the most about. When it comes to a pain management doctor, Carrollwood residents might know these specialists by their title of physical therapist. These individuals are tasked with the job of helping patients that do not get much assistance from their primary care physician on pain management. These doctors have special exercise regimens and management programs that may help an individual cope with pain where traditions practices and medications did not help.
How a Primary Care Doctor and Physical Therapist Treat Pain?
Primary care physicians can offer little help when trying to cope with pain caused by a medical condition, accident, or aging. Most primary care physicians are able to prescribe pain medications to their patients but it can have little effect on chronic pain. With a physical therapist as a pain management doctor, Carrollwood residents can expect different exercises and activities that are designed to strengthen muscles in the problematic areas patients are suffering to cope with. There are many different exercises that can help patients increase their range of motion and lower pain levels.
What Types of Exercises Help Treat Pain Management?
Depending on the cause as well as the location of a patient’s pain, physical therapists have many different types of exercises they can try. With a physical therapist as a patient’s pain management doctor, Carrollwood residents will first be subjugated to stretches and range of motion exercises to help build up muscles and ligaments in sore areas. Because balancing is a big issue to consider with older patients as well as all patients involved with physical therapy, range of motion exercises can be taken into a pool and be combined with water sports and aquatic aerobics.
*Disclaimer: The views expressed here are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of Bayside Medical Group*
