Injured worker

Common Mistakes When Self-Treating

The majority of the referrals I get for physical therapy are sub-acute or chronic injuries. For a muscle, that means the injury is generally four or more days old. Three days may seem like a small amount of time, but a lot can happen in the tissues in 72 hours!   In this brief post, I’ll go over the most common mistakes I see when self-treating a minor injury.  NOT treating.  If I had a dollar for every patient that told me “It wasn’t a big deal, so I just thought it would go away…” That may have worked when…