As you age, or if you gain too much weight, your joints can suffer from pain related to arthritis. Arthritis is a chronic condition that causes joint pain by wearing down the cartilage in your joints. Without cartilage, your bones in your joints have no cushion to prevent them from rubbing against one another.
Osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis are the two most common forms of the disease that people suffer from, though there are more than 100 types of arthritis in total. The disease can affect anyone at any time for a number of reasons, so even if you’re not a senior or are overweight, please seek medical attention if you notice any of the following:
- Severe pain in the joints
- Stiffness
- Swelling
- Redness around the joints
- Fatigue
- Fever
- Loss of appetite
How physical therapy helps people with arthritis
Many treatments for arthritis make use of medications and corticosteroids that come with many undesirable side-effects. That’s why many people with arthritis choose physical therapy. Physical therapists can treat your arthritis with techniques that do not cause all of the side-effects you get from other treatments.
At Border Therapy Services on Edgemere Boulevard in El Paso, Texas, our treatments are all personalized according to factors like the severity of your arthritis and your age, weight and medical history. Many of the treatments that we use to help reduce pain and improve joint mobility include:
- Stretches and exercises
- Hands-on therapy
- Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)
- Hot and cold therapy
- Ultrasound
- Posture guidance
- Weight-loss guidance and more
Contact Border Therapy Services in El Paso, Texas for arthritis treatment
Whether you’re a long-time sufferer of arthritis pain or have recently been diagnosed with the disease, you can benefit from physical therapy. Contact us today to schedule an appointment for your treatment and discover how physical therapy can help reduce arthritis pain and help you use your joints again.
Our Edgemere location:
12801 Edgemere Blvd. #102
El Paso, Texas 79938
Border Therapy Services serves patients from multiple clinics in the El Paso area. Please visit our locations page to find other clinics that may be more conveniently located for you.