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HEALTH & FITNESS
WHAT IS CAUSING
YOUR PAIN?
by Paula Allia W e are into the third month of already experienced. For example if you suddenly
PT, DHSc, MTC, OCS 2016. Many people started with have pain in your right shoulder but for no known
a resolution to get into shape. reason, it may be associated to your gall bladder. Your
“The overall People may quit for many reasons. left shoulder and scapula pain may be caused by your
key to Others have realized that exercising is as important heart; The low back may be cause by kidney or liver
understanding to each day as brushing the teeth! issues. Again, the first key is to notice if this pain is
familiar or not and rule out other medical conditions.
pain and I frequently ask my older clients, “What is the
dysfunction is key to your longevity?” The common answers of Once understanding that your pain truly is
those who persevere are: coming from the local area and not referred from
to figure out elsewhere, now do your due diligence with allowing
if your pain is • Drink plenty of water each day yourself to pay attention to what you feel, what
being caused • Get at least eight hours of sleep per night makes the pain worse and better.
• Staying strong
by an active • Keeping weight under control If a joint has breakdown and degeneration of
• Physically MOVE….just move… the bones, bone pain can be strong and a deep
”or passive As Fitness Together is completing its 12th year ache. Ligaments check motions and contribute
in business in downtown Naples, those answers to the joint’s stability. Usually a ligament that is
structure. continue each and every year. We are happy to say causing pain gets painful when there is stress on
that in all of our time in business, our clients come the structure. The menisci of a joint help to make
Fitness Together in with issues and improve their health with us. We a joint congruent. If there is a partial tear in this
335 14th Ave South are proud of this! If they gets kinks along the way structure, for example, in the knee, pain can occur
Naples, FL 34102 we figure out why and adjust our programs. You see, if the cartilage is lodged in the joint wrong the
239.263.9348 using an eclectic approach to fitness and everyday joint could lock. These anatomical parts are inert
life is our key to success. structures….Pain can be elicited from passive
FitnessTogether.com/Naples What we do hear, on occasion is about aching movements of the joint.
joints and arthritis that affects many people’s lives.
What is actually causing the pain? Whether you Other connective tissue structures that cause pain
exercise or not is important to figure out the cause are tendons and muscles. These structures become
of you pain so that then you can do something painful when actively moving or being tested. For
about it. example, if you raise your shoulder using a certain
Last month we discussed osteoarthritis that muscle and there is pain and this pain worsens
is a degenerative process of the joint where one with added resistance to that movement, chances
may experience pain and stiffness. You may rise are the muscles are involved. If the movement does
with stiffness and as you move around the stiffness not hurt with active motion but pain is worse with
dissipates and then later in the day once you are passive movement, chances are the structure cause
sitting for a period of time, you may go to get up the pain is not the muscle or tendon.
and once again have stiffness.
The overall key to understanding pain and As a Doctor of Physical Therapy, patients come
dysfunction is to figure out if your pain is being in for evaluations with assumptions of what is
caused by an active or passive structure. Many painful because a friend had the same problem.
connective tissue structures can cause pain. In Never assume what the problem is and get
addition, some pain can actually be a referred pain checked out so you have a better idea of the cause.
caused by an organ dysfunction. Treatments vary depending upon the structure hurt
If you are experiencing pain in a joint, recognize and one should never assume. Treat your body right
if the pain is familiar or differ from what you have and if you have pain get checked out sooner than
later and take a proactive role in your health care.
To Your Health!
50 Life in Naples | March 2016
