1. Contrast Baths and healing- Contrast baths are the idea of soaking a body part, whether it’s a hand, wrist, elbow, ankle, etc. in hot water for a certain amount of time, and then switching to cold for that same amount of time, and repeating these steps. The idea of the cold and hot is to constrict and dilate the blood vessels helping with inflammation.
2. Electrical stimulation- Electrical stimulation is used in athletic training rooms along with physical therapy clinics. The idea of e-stim is to send an electrical pulse through your body blocking the pain signals from going from the site of pain to your brain. A lot of patients have it in their mind that its actually healing them, research is still unsure of it.
3. Pilates and back pain- Pilates is an exercise routine done to help the core muscles of the body. It is believed that it could help with back pain. I believe it some what because of the position they call “imprinting”. This position is used at physical therapy for patients with back pain. The position is to guard your back from being stressed by closing the arch of your back into the ground. Also, most times the reason why people have low back pain is because their abs need to be tightened. Doing pilates will help strengthen those muscles and therefore help the back pain.
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