By AntiFragile Physical Therapy (Asheville, NC) When you're dealing with chronic pain, it can be easy to feel like your body is constantly working against you. Tight muscles, lingering soreness, stiffness, and discomfort can make everything from sitting at your desk to working out feel more difficult. Massage therapy can be a helpful way to address some of those symptoms. While massage is not a solution for every type of chronic pain, it can help decrease muscle tension, impr

By AntiFragile Physical Therapy (Asheville, NC) September is Chronic Pain Awareness Month, making it a good time to talk about something that affects so many people but is still often misunderstood: chronic pain. Pain is something most of us experience at some point. You roll an ankle, tweak your back, or overdo it at the gym, and your body lets you know something isn't quite right. Usually, as the injury heals, the pain starts to fade. Chronic pain can be different. For some

By AntiFragile Physical Therapy (Asheville, NC) For years, many pregnant athletes have been told to avoid heavy lifting. The idea that strength training, especially lifting heavier weights, could be dangerous during pregnancy has led many people to scale back or stop activities they love. But new research is challenging some of those long-held beliefs. A recent study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine took a closer look at what actually happens to the baby du