Accidents are just a part of life. They can happen at work, home, or even on the road. And when accidents happen, injuries often follow. According to the CDC, the number of injury-related visits to the ER was more than 38 million in 2020. But not all injuries require the same treatment. Minor sprains and bruises can often be treated at home with rest, ice, and elevation. Other, more serious injuries necessitate ongoing care like sports rehab and physical therapy. As a combination of physical exercises and education, physical therapy in James Island, SC, has incredible benefits for those who are injured or in constant pain. For many patients and pain sufferers, physical therapy is the key to a pain-free life - one without constant worry and debilitating pain, where joints and muscles don't ache, and everyday activities are easy to accomplish.
That's where Back 2 Health Physical Medicine comes into play: to help you rediscover the lifestyle you used to love.
Physical therapy centers around correcting impairments to your body's muscles, nerves, and even your brain. When you tear a muscle or break a major bone in your body, it's crucial to maintain careful stretching and training as your injury heals. However, trying to handle physical therapy on your own is quite risky. At Back 2 Health Physical Medicine, our team uses multiple diagnostic tools to monitor your injuries as you heal to ensure your treatment is helping to heal your body, not damage it further.
We help many different types of patients recover, from teen and adult athletes who play competitive sports to older adults and seniors who are retired. Our doctors and physical therapists find that immediate care often helps prevent minor issues, like sprains, from developing into serious problems. That's especially true if we can find a misalignment or weakness that led to the injury, to begin with.
When an injury takes you out of the game or affects your daily life, seeking physical therapy can get you back to normal as quickly as possible, without risking further damage. And that's the beauty of physical therapy from Back 2 Health.
Patients rely on our trained physical therapists to help them work through a myriad of issues, such as:
Unlike other physical rehab centers, however, we provide more than just physical therapy. Instead of focusing on one pain-relieving discipline, our team utilizes physical therapy along with medical therapeutics and research-backed solutions to give patients a multi-discipline approach to healing. We don't just have one or two physical therapists at your service - we have an entire team dedicated to your recovery, including:
At Back 2 Health, we believe the very best results are achieved by giving patients personalized treatment and access to a comprehensive list of rehab services. Our doctors and physical therapists do more than treat pain - we treat patients. Our goal is to completely restore the quality of life you deserve. We accomplish that goal by using all our resources to treat your pain, from the bottoms of your feet to tips of your triceps and everything in between.
And with decades of combined experience, we understand that no two patients or their injuries are exactly the same. The causes of back pain, foot pain, arthritis pain, and other types of pain are broad and change from patient to patient. The treatment of those conditions, then, must also have a broad range of pain treatment tools.
That's why, when you trust Back 2 Health Physical Medicine, you can rest easy knowing your treatment plan is crafted for you and your body - not someone within your age and weight range.
Our team treats a wide range of conditions, including:
By taking a focused approach to physical therapy, we can better understand your needs and the conditions causing your pain. Whether you're suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome or sciatica, our doctors and therapists have the tools and training to provide relief. And we keep doing it until you're back on your feet and back to your life.
And that, in a nutshell, is what separates Back 2 Heath from the rest of the pack: nuanced medical and physical therapy in James Island, SC, that helps you rediscover what healthy, pain-free living is all about. During rehab, our therapists may use resources like massage therapy, chiropractic care, and even medical injections for a more well-rounded approach to your recovery.
Many of the patients we see who are injured report that conventional methods like pain meds and surgery don't really solve their pain problems - they just mask them. When you throw in the risks associated with surgery and pain meds, alternatives like chiropractic care make a lot of sense. If you're looking for a safe, non-invasive treatment, combining the benefits of physical therapy with chiropractic adjustments is a great option for pain relief and overall well-being.
At Back 2 Health, our chiropractic physicians diagnose and treat patients with health problems associated with the body's muscular, nervous, and skeletal systems.
As the saying goes, a healthy spine equals a healthy person.
Just about every type of chiropractic care revolves around your spine. When your vertebrae are misaligned, the nerves surrounding them become compressed, resulting in pain. When a chiropractor restores your spine's natural alignment, it reduces your pain and other medical symptoms. To achieve pain relief, Back 2 Health chiropractors use focused pressure to restore healthy vertebrae motion and loosen frozen joints. This process allows the nerves along your spine to properly function and carry messages to and from your brain.
There are many benefits of using chiropractic care alongside physical therapy in James Island, SC, and other solutions like massage therapy. Some of the most common benefits of chiropractic care include:
Sitting in one spot for hours or frequently bending at work can cause horrendous neck pain. Whether from work or a car accident, our chiropractors ease that pain by realigning your spine, which reduces the tension on your neck.
The American College of Physicians says that doctors should recommend non-medical treatments for back pain prior to surgery. Chiropractic care helps tremendously in this regard, correcting subluxations through techniques like spinal decompression.
If you suffer from tension headaches that start in your upper spine or neck, chiropractic care may be the solution you need for relief.
Unfortunately, many people with back pain become addicted to pain meds like opiates. However, a study by the NIH found that adults who visited a chiropractor weren't as likely to receive an opioid prescription for pain when compared to those who only visited a medical doctor.
Our team of chiropractic doctors excels at finding and analyzing improper vertebrae placement. Once those areas are discovered, they use advanced techniques to correct subluxations, returning your body to its proper alignment. This strategy is key in correcting vertebral subluxation complex, which can affect your long-term health and how your body functions.
Like other practitioners, our chiropractors follow common standards and procedures to diagnose and treat you with chiropractic care. On your first visit, we'll get your medical history, conduct physical, orthopedic, and neurological examinations, and may order lab tests for further info. We may also use X-rays and other essential tools to focus on your spine and its proper function.
If needed, our chiropractors may conduct a postural and spinal analysis to discover if vertebral dysfunction is affecting your nervous system or causing a skeletal imbalance, which lowers disease resistance and causes additional pain.
Massage has been used for thousands of years to promote relaxation and relieve pain. And while most people think of getting a massage as a treat, purposeful massage therapy demonstrates an incredible ability to heal and restore overall wellness. In fact, modern applications have been proven to be very effective when used to supplement physical therapy. A complete review by the Institute of Work and Health found that massage had measurable effects vs. placebo treatments. That's excellent news for patients who need physical therapy to help heal injuries.
The benefits of massage therapy for issues like back pain and shoulder pain are numerous and include the following:
Deep Tissue Massage
Myofascial Release
Neuromuscular Therapy
Sports Massage
If you're suffering from a long-term condition like neck pain, back pain, shoulder pain, or arm pain, massage therapy could be a great option to consider. Though massage can't always solve issues like inflammation, it can help relieve painful symptoms and works very well when used as part of the multi-discipline approach at Back 2 Health Physical Medicine.
Massage can help treat many conditions, such as:
If we're being honest, few people look forward to a medical procedure that involves needles. But the proper injection may reduce or even eliminate joint, nerve, muscle, or spinal pain plaguing you for years, all within a few hours. At Back 2 Health, we combine medical injections for immediate relief with other treatments like physical therapy in James Island, SC, that repair factors causing inflammation in your body, providing permanent results.
In many cases, inflammation is a good thing - it helps heal injuries and subsides when the healing process is finished. In many cases, however, inflammation doesn't go away. It actually becomes counterproductive, causing severe pain, swelling, restricted movement, and even structural damage that prevents normal bodily function.
Joint and inflammation injections from Back 2 Health help relieve pain and inflammation by reducing blood flow and limiting immune system cells at the affected joint. These injections typically contain a corticosteroid and an anesthetic. The corticosteroid helps with inflammation by limiting blood vessel dilation, while the anesthetic helps with immediate relief of pain.
Generally, joint and inflammation injections can serve two purposes: for pain relief and for diagnostic purposes. As a diagnostic tool, these injections can help our doctors identify the source of pain you're enduring. As a pain reliever, injections help reduce inflammation around the affected joint, providing localized pain relief with few, if any, side effects.
Patients who qualify for medical injections from Back 2 Health enjoy a number of short and long-term benefits, including:
Patients at Back 2 Health Physical Medicine use joint and inflammation injections for a variety of conditions, such as:
If you're looking for a truly personalized, complete approach to physical therapy and pain relief, contact Back 2 Health Physical Medicine today. As a team, we analyze every new patient's case and craft a customized medical treatment plan tailored to their needs. But unlike other "pain" clinics, we don't rely on one form of therapy.
Our doctors and specialists use massage therapy, chiropractic therapy, medical injections, and other treatments to give you long-term relief - not a short-term "band-aid" that only lasts for a few days. If surgery and opiates are off the table, contact our office to learn more about the Back 2 Health physical therapy difference.
JOHNS ISLAND — An undeveloped island that belonged to a Quaker colonist's family for 220 years will soon be home to 10 new households.Hoopstick Island, a 55-acre private property between Kiawah and Johns islands, was first formally conveyed by an English royal land grant in July 1717 to Abraham Wright.The land was part of a larger 96-acre property that Wright passed down through his female lineage until the family sold it in 1937.More th...
JOHNS ISLAND — An undeveloped island that belonged to a Quaker colonist's family for 220 years will soon be home to 10 new households.
Hoopstick Island, a 55-acre private property between Kiawah and Johns islands, was first formally conveyed by an English royal land grant in July 1717 to Abraham Wright.
The land was part of a larger 96-acre property that Wright passed down through his female lineage until the family sold it in 1937.
More than 80 years and several owners later, an Atlanta-based investor and developer paid $7.5 million for the property that is zoned for a maximum of 10 estate lots — eight with deep-water access.
Reservations are now open for the first phase of sales.
SFG Hoopstick Island LLC, is an affiliate of developer Stonemont Financial Group of Atlanta, is the owner, according to Charleston County land records.
Sean McDonell, senior vice president with Stonemont Financial Group, said this is the company’s first venture into the Charleston market and was presented by a friend of the owner.
“Once we got our arms around it, it wasn’t necessarily that Charleston was never a target on our market list as much as it was the opportunity was so unique and that’s why we pursued it,” he said.
Charles McIntosh with The Cassina Group, which represented Stonemont in its 2022 purchase and is also handling the lots sales, said the previous owner of the property was looking for a private place to create a family compound. It bought Hoopstick, which is why the 10-unit development plan was already in place.
Stonemont saw no reason to change the plans, McDonnell said.
“One of the thoughts we had was you’ve got this undeveloped piece of property that dates back a long, long time," he said. "So we want to take our time and really think through what’s going to be developed here so that we preserve as much of the natural part of the island as possible. It would almost be a shame to move too quickly and make sort of uninformed decisions.”
During the three years of planning, McDonnell said his firm spent time with land planners, architects and builders, asking their ideas and experience in developing similar property — what worked and didn't or what they would have done differently.
The island will be sold in phases. The first four lots are listed, with one under contract. The asking price was $3.45 million for 20.11 acres — a mix of 4.61 acres of high ground and 15.5 acres of marsh.
The smallest of the four, with 4.03 acres of high ground and 8 acres of marshland, hit the market May 9 for $2.75 million. The other two are going for $3.2 million and $3 million and are between 6 and 8 acres.
Once developed, the island with over a mile of deep-water frontage along Bohicket Creek, will be gated, but McDonell said the plan is to keep the property as natural as possible.
The single existing causeway leading the island will be resurfaced with shell aggregate, not asphalt, he said. The enclave won’t have an amenity space, but will have a common green area for a potential garden.
Development plans also call for keeping as many trees as possible, McDonell said. Buyers can then design their houses and layouts based on the natural layout of the environment.
“There is a set of architectural guidelines for the property, but the vision is for the homes to be a Lowcountry style and blend with the surroundings,” McIntosh said.
Robertson Allen, founder of The Cassina Group, said he anticipates closing on all lots in the first part of 2026 given the demand for waterfront living and the lack of available property.
“We’re surrounded by water, but true deep-water opportunities are not a dime a dozen,” he said. “I feel like Hoopstick gives someone a unique opportunity to have a short-dock and an estate-sized piece of property very close to town.”
JAMES ISLAND, S.C. (WCSC) - School is out and summer is just around the corner, which means you may have a few fun days at Folly Beach or the pool already planned, but with that, there may also be some risks.The South Carolina Department of Public Health says toddlers and preschool-aged kids are the most at risk for both fatal and nonfatal drowning incidents.Though the state has few reported drownings, you may still have anxieties or fears involving swimming.On Tuesday night, to help mitigate some of those worries, the T...
JAMES ISLAND, S.C. (WCSC) - School is out and summer is just around the corner, which means you may have a few fun days at Folly Beach or the pool already planned, but with that, there may also be some risks.
The South Carolina Department of Public Health says toddlers and preschool-aged kids are the most at risk for both fatal and nonfatal drowning incidents.
Though the state has few reported drownings, you may still have anxieties or fears involving swimming.
On Tuesday night, to help mitigate some of those worries, the Town of James Island and the Gullah Swim Academy are having a meet and greet for the instructors and swimmers in their new partnership program.
“It’s so important because you know, there’s always the chance of drowning if a child is out playing and slips and falls or goes into the water to retrieve a ball, something like that,” Mayor Brook Lyon said.
The lessons will allow up to 60 participants throughout the summer to learn how to swim, offering four Friday sessions over the next few months. Each day will have three 45-minute lessons at James Island Recreational Center.
The dates include June 6, June 13, June 27 and July 11.
“Everyone should know how to swim. It’s a real safety issue if you don’t know how to swim, living in the Lowcountry, especially on James Island,” she said.
Several local churches will also offer free transportation to and from lessons, including True Vine Tabernacle.
“Us being surrounded by so much water, you’ll be surprised by many of the people who don’t know how to swim,” Pastor William German said.
German said he knows there’s a population on the island that can’t afford lessons either, so being able to be a part of this will save lives.
Lyon said the town was able to cover the costs of 60 participants, coming out to about $4,500, which she said is worth every penny since it has been in the works since last year.
“Not only is it going to save lives, but it could teach them a lifelong recreation, hobby or skill. It’s always fun to go swimming, especially in the summer, as hot as it gets around here in Charleston,” Lyon said.
German said the reason for Tuesday is simple.
“You don’t know me unless you interact with me. And we become familiar with people, and I think that will settle down the fears, the unknown, and when we interact with one another, they make a connection,” German added.
Below is the list of local churches included in this partnership:
JOHNS ISLAND, S.C. (WCSC) - A real estate group hopes to revitalize a former tomato packing facility on Johns Island to create a commercial and industrial complex.Behind a rusted old fence sits the old DiMare tomato packing facility off Main Road. It’s been there sitting empty for a decade and a half, but Johns Island resident Pamela Frazier remembers it in its heyday.“That’s my very first job I ever had in my life,” she said.At just 16 years old, she was excited to get to work.“I wor...
JOHNS ISLAND, S.C. (WCSC) - A real estate group hopes to revitalize a former tomato packing facility on Johns Island to create a commercial and industrial complex.
Behind a rusted old fence sits the old DiMare tomato packing facility off Main Road. It’s been there sitting empty for a decade and a half, but Johns Island resident Pamela Frazier remembers it in its heyday.
“That’s my very first job I ever had in my life,” she said.
At just 16 years old, she was excited to get to work.
“I worked on the boxes, put the boxes together for the tomatoes to be packaged,” Frazier said.
The Charleston County Finance Committee’s meeting agenda shows Obelisk Real Estate Partners is looking to change that by investing $21 million dollars into the property.
Over the next two years, the plan would be to maintain the existing footprint of the property as well as make upgrades to the structures. They want to retrofit spaces for warehousing, storage, distribution, and light manufacturing use.
However, Frazier is concerned more about how it may affect the already-busy Main Road.
“It’s not going to be a good thing because the traffic on Main Road is awful,” Frazier said. “All my life, I’ve lived here and I’ve never seen so much cars, the road is damaged, you have a hard time getting to, and people are late for work and other things. It’s not needed.”
She and others who have lived on the island for decades said back when the tomato packaging facility was still operating, the road was not nearly as busy as it is now.
Frazier prefers the site stay empty.
“I would hope they continue with what they do. That’s where the firefighters go for their training so I figured they would keep it for that,” Frazier said.
Thursday’s agenda refers to the potential project as an opportunity to bring economic development and jobs to the neighborhood.
The property has not officially been sold yet. Charleston County’s Finance Committee meets on Thursday to discuss the Economic Development Abandoned Building Special Tax Assessment.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The Lowcountry swept the South Carolina High School League 5A baseball state championships on Saturday. James Island won the Class 5A - Division 1 State Championship and the Berkeley Stags claimed the Class 5A - Division 2 State Title.BaseballState finals5A - Division 1: Game 3James Island 6, Lexington 5 - The James Island Trojans won the Class 5A - Division 1 State Championship with a walk-off win against Lexington. The Trojans Jake Amman hit a walk-off RBI-si...
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The Lowcountry swept the South Carolina High School League 5A baseball state championships on Saturday. James Island won the Class 5A - Division 1 State Championship and the Berkeley Stags claimed the Class 5A - Division 2 State Title.
Baseball
State finals
5A - Division 1: Game 3
James Island 6, Lexington 5 - The James Island Trojans won the Class 5A - Division 1 State Championship with a walk-off win against Lexington. The Trojans Jake Amman hit a walk-off RBI-single in the bottom of the 8th inning to lead them to a 6-5 win. It’s the James Island baseball team’s second straight state title and fourth overall. The Trojans moved up from Class 4A to 5A - Division 1 this season. It marks their first state championship in the state’s largest class.
5A - Division 2: Game 2
Berkeley 9, Catawba Ridge 4 - The Berkeley Stags claimed their second state championship since 2022 with a 9-4 win at Catawba Ridge. The Stags completed the sweep of the copperheads in two straight games.
2A: Game 3
Batesburg-Leesville 8, Philip Simmons 5 - The Iron Horses fell in a series-deciding Game 3 against the Batesburg-Leesville Panthers. It’s the panthers first state championship since 1949.
Softball
5A - Division 1: Game 3
Byrnes 5, Summerville 4 - The Byrnes Rebels snapped the Summerville Green Wave’s state title streak with a 5-4 win in nine innings. The Green Wave had won the previous two state championships. The Rebels Addy Waters hit a walk-off 2-RBI single to take the 2025 State Championship. Heading into Game 2 of the series, the Green Wave had also won 83 straight games. Byrnes snapped the win streak in Game 2 of the Best-of-3 series with a 9-8 win.
Summerville finishes the season with an overall record of 33-2.
JOHNS ISLAND, S.C. (WCBD) – Kiawah Island developers are proposing a plan to expand a new community on Johns Island.Orange Hill Tract is about 933 acres of land between Bohicket Road and River Road. Charleston County previously approved development plans there in 2004, but since, it has been sold to South Street Partners. They are requesting approval from the County to build a ...
JOHNS ISLAND, S.C. (WCBD) – Kiawah Island developers are proposing a plan to expand a new community on Johns Island.
Orange Hill Tract is about 933 acres of land between Bohicket Road and River Road. Charleston County previously approved development plans there in 2004, but since, it has been sold to South Street Partners. They are requesting approval from the County to build a new residential community and 18-hole golf course, part of the Kiawah Island Club. The group and county are also working on a development agreement, which officials said makes this deal more attractive.
“Our community development was able to secure a significant amount of funding for affordable workforce housing for Johns Island, nearly a million dollars. I think there was another $500,000 for Sea Island Habitat for Humanity. Additionally, St. John’s Fire Department is getting half the cost of a fire engine from the developer and our Charleston County EMS is basically getting half the cost of an ambulance covered,” Joe Boykin, county councilmember for District 8, said.
Also, Developers tell News 2, around 60% of their employees live on Johns Island and Wadmalaw Island. They said this gives their employees another opportunity to make their commute closer to home and be present in the community with their contributions.
The revised plan coming from the South Street Partners includes a greater focus on preservation, by keeping over 80% of live oaks on the property, improving stormwater management, and reducing the numbers of homes originally proposed.
“That was done as a result of site analysis that suggested lower density and more modest home sites rather than big home sites and big homes. More modest home sites appropriate for the setting. More aligned with the character of Johns Island in terms of the nature of homes there,” said Mark Permar, Kiawah Island master planner and architect.
Additionally, by reducing the amount of homes, there will also be less impacts from previously planned roads on the property. The group has also decided to put the community’s entrance on the less congested roadway.
“The access point was instead of Bohicket Road, we felt the more after we did an assessment we felt the more appropriate access point would be off of River Road,” Permar said. “Part of that was a reaction to the ever increasing traffic count on Bohicket Road that we’re all familiar with.”
The Kiawah Partners own and manage the Beach Club and Cassique Club, and Permar said they continue to be a community involved group. When asked about possible resident concerns, Boykin added that this is a better option than allowing for an outside developer to come in and sell.
“The developer’s been pretty sensitive to our concerns as Johns Islanders and wanting to keep our sense of place. So, again the concessions they made in reduction to how many units and the rearrangement of how they’re putting in this development I think were sensitive to our concerns,” said Boykin.
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