Treat Your Body As Well As Your Car

Mar 28

If you have been thinking about receiving physical therapy treatment but have hesitated to take action, here is your sign to stop waiting- get the help you need TODAY. You might think that the nagging mystery pain that you have been experiencing will just go away on its own, and that you are young enough and strong enough to wait it out. Or maybe you are a new mom and your postpartum symptoms are supposed to go away on their own… Unfortunately, these things won’t just go away on their own. If you are experiencing pain, discomfort, or dysfunction, waiting is never the right call. If your car had bald tires, a leaky engine, made a weird noise, or was blinking/beeping at you that something was wrong every day, would you just expect these issues to resolve themselves? No! Treat your body as well as you treat your car. You can always get a new car, you don’t get a new body. Keeping the one you have in its best condition is imperative.

Some of the benefits of starting physical therapy sooner are as follows:

Having better physical outcomes at a quicker rate
Experiencing lower costs by being able to avoid other more expensive treatment avenues
Probability of needing surgery is much lower
Reduces the need for opioids and other potentially addictive painkillers
Can avoid unnecessary testing that will rack up a substantial medical bill
Proactive care is more effective than reactive care

Aside from the most important reason, being your health, one of the most significant benefits of receiving treatment right away for your pain is that you will be saving large amounts of money. Ignoring your pain or delaying treatment will lead to countless doctor’s visits, potential x-rays/scans, costly medication and/or painkillers, and even surgery. Delaying proper treatment will not actually fix the problem- it will actually prolong the issue, and lead to unnecessary spending. It is much more beneficial for not only your body, but your wallet as well, to look into proper treatment options now. Immediate treatment will reduce the amount that you are spending without actually reducing the effectiveness of treatment. You will be receiving the best possible care right away, and by addressing the issue sooner rather than later you will be more likely to be pain-free faster without having to spend money on other options down the road that might not even be as effective. That being said, many patients look to surgery as the fix for their pain, but surgeries aren't always as effective as patients are led to believe. So, if you were planning on seeing your primary care provider or a specialist for an orthopedic condition or pain and you haven't seen a physical therapist yet, you should consider making physical therapy your first stop. You could end up getting better faster, for less money, and you might avoid riskier treatments like injections or surgery.

Not only will starting treatment sooner rather than later be easier on your wallet, it will also (and most importantly) make things easier on YOU, both physically and mentally. If you decide to just “wait until it’s dire” when it comes to looking into treatment, this can cause long-term and potentially damaging effects on your body. The pain that you are experiencing, whether it is from a known injury or some form of mystery pain, will continue to build up and get worse as time goes on. This will take a toll on your body physically, as well as your mind mentally. Waiting too long, especially in your older age, will also just prolong treatment as well. Physical therapy treatment is bound to be more effective faster if you are proactive and seek it out when you begin experiencing pain, rather than waiting years and years to do so. You don’t want to wait until you are unable to do your favorite activities, spend quality time with loved ones, or until the pain is unbearable.

You deserve to live your life to the fullest, and this is why you should not spend another moment in physical pain. You deserve to get back to the activities that you enjoy with the people that you love, and you should not have to deal with the constant nagging of mystery pain that has built up in your body over time. It is easy for us to come up with excuses when it comes to taking care of ourselves, but it shouldn’t be. We should learn to make ourselves and our health a top priority, and not feel selfish for doing so. If you have been considering seeking out physical therapy treatment for mystery pain or any other kind of pain sustained from known or unknown traumas, this is your sign to do so today. You reach out to us here at Arancia Physical Therapy to set up a free consultation, or you can start by giving us a call at 401.602.7006. We look forward to helping you take that first step in living a happy, healthy, pain-free life!