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If you have been diagnosed with Spondylolisthesis, you are going to want to listen to this episode. We talk more about unique, and often misdiagnosed back problems and what you can do to start healing your back problem so you can get back to doing what you love, without being hindered by this back problem.

This is part II of the interview series where we had our PT Dr. Sam came on and shared how she has been enjoying working for El Paso Manual Physical Therapy. She has been with us for a few months now and she has grown quite a bit as she found her love for the individualized approach we offer here in our clinic.

In this episode, our new Physical Therapist Dr. Samantha Hinnant  came on to share her experience with us, and how she went from a traditional physical therapy setting into our unique, and individualized manual physical therapy setting.

The biggest concerns people often have, in terms of getting injections, is if they would need to continue getting injections every few months just to keep the pain away. This of course is quite concerning because injections are really not solving the underlying problem, they are more like a band-aid, and if the underlying problem is not addressed, then yes, it is quite likely that more injections are needed.

In this episode i talk more about this and what would be appropriate to start addressing the underlying problem so you can avoid injections, or any additional injections in case you have had them in the past.

One question we often get from patients who are experiencing pain in their buttocks is if it is sciatica or piriformis. Many who are experiencing this type of pain, often write it off as sciatica, not even knowing about piriformis, or the other way around. This can be quite confusing because the pain is similar and the piriformis can set off the sciatica and vice versa.

In this episode I shed some light on these two symptoms to help you get a better idea of what to look out for in case you are dealing with this type of pain in the behind, or even know of someone who is wondering what is causing their discomfort.

If you are experiencing sciatica pain, or have in the past, you may have tried all sorts of things to find relief. You probably also tried stretching and it may have felt pretty good at the moment, but what many don’t realize is that even though it may feel good when you first stretch out your muscles, is that the sciatica nerve really doesn’t like to be stretched. Nerves in particular don’t like to be stretched because it can aggravate the nerve even more.

I’ll go into more detail about why that is and why stretching can make sciatica pain worse. I also share what to do instead.

If you are dealing with a rotator cuff tear but you don’t want to have a surgery, or even get injections but you want to find a way to naturally heal your rotator cuff tear then this episode is for you.

One question that keeps coming up is, can you really heal a rotator cuff tear naturally? And the question is yes, it depends. Of course, in some cases, it may be best to go ahead and let a surgeon fix a rotator cuff tear that is just too extensive, but if it's not that bad, you may be able to use these tips I'll share in this episode to start healing your rotator cuff naturally.

What to do if your elbow hurts? Could it be tennis elbow? That's one of the questions we sometimes hear from patients. Or even, why is it called Tennis Elbow, if they don’t play tennis? In this episode I shed some light on how a tennis elbow happen, what are the common causes for your elbow to start hurting, and i'll go over a few home remedies that you can try if you have pain in the elbow.

Have you ever experienced wrist pain without knowing where the pain came from, and what could have caused the pain if you didn’t fall, had an accident, or hurt your wrist in any way that you can remember.

We sometimes have patients that come to us for wrist pain and they too wonder about the same question, which is why I thought it would be highly beneficial to talk about it on this podcast. In this episode I talk about the most common causes for wrist pain that you should know about.

If you have ever dealt with lower back pain, you most likely have tried different things to ease the pain, some may have worked, others maybe not so much. We often get asked about natural remedies for lower back pain, so in this episode, Ill go over a few natural remedies you can try to ease your lower back pain.

These remedies are especially helpful if you want to avoid taking pain medications all the time, avoid getting an injection, or worse, having to have a conversation with a surgeon about surgery. We definitely want to avoid any of these often unnecessary procedures and treatment methods, if you can get by with the natural options I will share in this episode.