Hypermobility Pain Treatment with Physical Therapy
If you suffer from hypermobility pain, you need more than pain medication. You want a treatment that also allows you to improve stability and the ability to move safely. Physical therapy provides hypermobility pain treatment and more. It strengthens muscles, improves joint stability, and improves proprioception.
What is Hypermobility?
When joints move beyond the normal range of motion, hypermobility exists. A contortionist leverages their hypermobility to create entertaining performance art. However, if you suffer from discomfort or pain from joints that move beyond normal, you don’t want to perform – you want relief.
Hypermobility and hypermobility spectrum disorders make joints unstable. People with this condition find that they are more prone to injury, and often suffer from pain in their muscles, tendons, and joints.
Physical Therapy For Hypermobility Pain Treatment and More
Physical therapy offers effective treatment relief for hypermobility pain. The goals of physical therapy for hypermobility go beyond simply treating pain. In addition to pain treatment, physical therapy for hypermobility provides these benefits.
Stronger Muscles
By strengthening muscles, physical therapy conditions your body to better support your hypermobile joints, reducing the strain on them. Stronger muscles supporting your joints reduce your likelihood of pain or injury.
More Stable Joints
Exercises focusing on coordinating movements and reactions improve the communication between the brain and muscles, leading to better control over joint movements. Techniques like massage, myofascial release, or trigger point therapy relieve tension in the muscles and fascia surrounding the joint. Once the tension is removed, you enjoy more balanced muscle function and better joint stability.
Better Proprioception
Physical therapy helps improve proprioception, or the body’s ability to sense joint position, which can reduce the risk of injury. Think of proprioception as your body’s sixth sense which allows you to position your body parts without looking at them. Good proprioception allows you to walk upstairs in the dark or type by touch. Better proprioception leads to improved coordination and stability, which lessens the chances of dislocations or sprains.
Hypermobility Pain Management
Of course, physical therapy relieves hypermobility pain while improving quality of life. Physical therapists use techniques such as manual therapy, soft tissue mobilization, and stretching exercises to alleviate the pain associated with hypermobility.
Hypermobility Pain Treatment in Irvine, Newport Beach & Laguna Beach
The physical therapists at Balanced Body Physical Therapy tailor the physical therapy treatment to your needs and limitations. We provide comprehensive physical therapy services to residents of Orange County, including Irvine, Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, and Costa Mesa.
Before treatment begins, we carefully evaluate your joints, muscle strength, and movement patterns to understand your unique hypermobility challenges and then create a personalized treatment plan.
This ensures that the therapy you receive is the therapy you need. In addition, we’ll recommend braces and taping where appropriate to increase stability and teach you better posture techniques to help you move safely.
As functional and holistic physical therapists, we treat your entire body, not just your joints.
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