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Not All Back Pain Is The Same

Post author:Dr. Philip Finemore, PT, DPT, Cert. DN, Cert. VRS
Post published:March 19, 2021
Post category:Arthritis Back Pain Injury Prevention Pain
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Back pain is something that a majority of people will experience in their lifetime. Studies suggest up to 80% of people will experience back pain at one point in their…

3 Tips to Prevent Pain While Driving

Post author:Dr. Philip Finemore, PT, DPT, Cert. DN, Cert. VRS
Post published:September 2, 2020
Post category:Ergonomics Injury Prevention Pain
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There have been many shifts taking place around the world recently and one of the biggies I have noticed is an uptick in people driving to their destinations. Airports and…

5 Tips to Live Pain Free with Arthritis

Post author:Dr. Philip Finemore, PT, DPT, Cert. DN, Cert. VRS
Post published:August 5, 2020
Post category:Arthritis Injury Prevention Pain
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Arthritis is something that almost all of us will deal with at some point in our lives. By definition, arthritis means inflammation of the joint. This is a very natural…

3 Exercises to Improve Back Pain from Arthritis

Post author:Dr. Philip Finemore, PT, DPT, Cert. DN, Cert. VRS
Post published:July 29, 2020
Post category:Back Pain Injury Prevention Pain
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Back pain is almost inevitable for most of us in our lifetime but it doesn’t have to be debilitating. There are many reasons that pain can be coming from the…

Direct Access Physical Therapy in Maine

Post author:Dr. Philip Finemore, PT, DPT, Cert. DN, Cert. VRS
Post published:July 15, 2020
Post category:Back Pain Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Ergonomics Injury Prevention Pain Rotator Cuff Tendinitis Shoulder Pain Tennis Elbow
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Some of you may have seen me discuss this topic in past posts, blogs, or e-books but I wanted to expand upon it a little bit more. Maine is very…

Shoulder Impingement Syndrome: Causes, Symptoms, & Treatment

Post author:Dr. Philip Finemore, PT, DPT, Cert. DN, Cert. VRS
Post published:June 10, 2020
Post category:Injury Prevention Pain Rotator Cuff Tendinitis Shoulder Pain
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We are sticking with the upper extremity trend this week examining another example of pain that can be effectively treated and prevented without the need of medication or surgery. Shoulder…

Tennis Elbow: Causes, Symptoms, & Treatment

Post author:Dr. Philip Finemore, PT, DPT, Cert. DN, Cert. VRS
Post published:June 3, 2020
Post category:Injury Prevention Pain Tennis Elbow
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Staying on the upper extremity trend, this week’s blog will take a look at Tennis elbow. Tennis elbow or lateral epicondylitis is a very common injury, especially in the workplace.…

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

Post author:Dr. Philip Finemore, PT, DPT, Cert. DN, Cert. VRS
Post published:May 27, 2020
Post category:Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Injury Prevention Pain
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In the last blog and in our very first blog, carpal tunnel syndrome was a topic of discussion. Because of that, I wanted to take a deeper dive into it…

Working From Home & Preventing Injury

Post author:Dr. Philip Finemore, PT, DPT, Cert. DN, Cert. VRS
Post published:May 20, 2020
Post category:Injury Prevention Pain
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With a Focus on Micro-Stretching It’s impossible to go literally anywhere these days without running into something that has completely changed due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. One of the biggest…

3 Tips to Relieve Headaches & Migraines

Post author:Dr. Philip Finemore, PT, DPT, Cert. DN, Cert. VRS
Post published:May 13, 2020
Post category:Injury Prevention Pain
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In this week’s blog we are going to move up the spine to the neck and talk about a common problem that, in my experience, takes way too long to…