by Dr. Nate Kadlecek, PT | Feb 22, 2023 | Exercise/Fitness, Physical Therapy
If you keep lifting with tendonitis your symptoms can increase, decrease or stay the same. This will largely depend on how you modify your lifting once you have symptoms. In the rest of this post, we will cover a few different aspects of tendonitis. This...
by Dr. Nate Kadlecek, PT | Nov 25, 2022 | Physical Therapy
Physical therapy should NOT be extremely painful. If you are experiencing extreme pain during or after therapy it’s likely that you are doing the wrong exercises or interventions, going to hard, or are just in a highly tissue irritable state. It’s...
by Dr. Nate Kadlecek, PT | Sep 29, 2022 | Back Pain, Physical Therapy
I have worked with many individuals over the age of 65 who have DDD and I have them routinely lift heavy weights without issue. If you modify your weight and keep it below a level that is not aggravating symptoms, you will be okay. It is safe to lift heavy...
by Dr. Nate Kadlecek, PT | Sep 29, 2022 | Back Pain, Physical Therapy
Is the radiating pain from degenerative disc disease causing damage? It depends. If you are having progressive numbness, tingling, and weakness, and this is getting worse, it is possible that this is causing increasing damage to the nerves. If you are not having...
by Dr. Nate Kadlecek, PT | Sep 29, 2022 | Back Pain, Physical Therapy
If you are like most people, the long-term effects of degenerative disc disease will be no symptoms. Most people have DDD and don’t even know it. If you are one of the unlucky ones, you may develop arthritic type pain or nerve pain. If you are...
by Dr. Nate Kadlecek, PT | Sep 29, 2022 | Back Pain, Knee Pain, Physical Therapy
Degenerative disc disease and arthritis are the same. DDD refers to the intervertebral disc losing its height due to a decrease in hydration. This is a normal process that occurs over our lifespan. Joint space narrowing is a primary feature of radiographic...
