pain is the number one reason why people come to physical therapy

Pain is a subjective experience. Pain is not a sensation but rather a response from cognitive, emotional and somatic experiences. Pain is the number one reason why people come to physical therapy. The body is an amazing structure. It can compensate and adapt to change extremely well which is why most people do not come into therapy until the pain becomes so overwhelming that it finally affects their quality of life.

Most clients tolerate stress for long periods of time. By the time they become a physical therapy patient, they have pain from both the root cause of the problem, as well as the adaptations that their body has created to cope with the issue. ActiveCare Physical Therapy staff are trained to figure out the root cause of the problem. We treat the problem, not the symptoms. Symptom treatment means prolonged therapy and a constant chasing of symptoms because we are not fixing the problem. It usually means the client does not really feel much improvement or any long lasting improvement. When we determine what the root cause of the problem is, the pain and compensations can change quickly.