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Physical Therapy in Sullivan's Island, SC

What Our Clients Say

What Our Clients Say

An Innovative Approach toPhysical Medicine

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:

  • Back Pain
  • Ankle Pain
  • Foot Pain
  • Knee Pain
  • Shoulder Pain
  • Wrist Pain
  • Chronic Pain
  • Muscle Pain

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 Sullivan's 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.

Enjoy Long-Term Healthwith Chiropractic Care

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.


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The Benefits of Chiropractic Care

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 Sullivan's Island, SC, and other solutions like massage therapy. Some of the most common benefits of chiropractic care include:

Less Neck Pain

Less Neck Pain

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.

Eases Back Pain

Eases Back Pain

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.

Helps Relieve Headaches

Helps Relieve Headaches

If you suffer from tension headaches that start in your upper spine or neck, chiropractic care may be the solution you need for relief.

Can Help Prevent Opioid Reliance

Can Help Prevent Opioid Reliance

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.

The Back 2 Health Chiropractic Care Process

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.


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Enjoy Long-Term Healthwith Chiropractic Care

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:

  • Improved Circulation - Massage therapy helps blood move through congested areas, improving your body's ability to function.
  • Accelerated Injury Recovery - Rehabbing an injury can be a long, arduous process. Massage therapy accelerates your recovery, keeps you relaxed, and helps motivate you to continue physical therapy in Sullivan's Island, SC.
  • Help with High Blood Pressure - Massages have been shown to lower your blood pressure in an all-natural way.
  • Better Posture - Weather due to an unresolved injury or aging, stiff and overworked muscles often result in bad posture. Massage can help relax your muscles and tendons, bringing your body back to its original alignment.
  • Improved Athletic Performance - Athletes who endure minor injuries on the court or field use massage to recover faster, allowing them to get back to training so they can improve.
  • Complementary Treatments - At Back 2 Health, we use massage to complement other services that our clinic offers, such as physical therapy, chiropractic care, and medical injections for pain or inflammation.
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Our physical therapy clinic offers several types of massages, including:

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Deep Tissue Massage

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Myofascial Release

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Neuromuscular Therapy

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Sports Massage

What Conditions Are Treated with Massage Therapy?

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:

  • Compressed Nerves
  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
  • Migraines
  • Sciatica
  • Muscle Tension
  • Tennis Elbow
  • Frozen Shoulder
  • General Physical Pain of the Neck, Back, Shoulders
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Inflammation & Joint Injections: Pain Relief When You Need It Most

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 Sullivan's 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.

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What Are Inflammation and Joint Injections?

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.


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What Are the Benefits of Inflammation and Joint Injections?

Patients who qualify for medical injections from Back 2 Health enjoy a number of short and long-term benefits, including:

  • Quick Relief - If you're suffering from intense pain, an inflammation injection may provide relief before you leave our physical medicine clinic in South Carolina.
  • Localized - Because these injections can be applied to a specific body part, like your knee, your irritation can be solved without affecting your whole body.
  • Long Lasting - One medical injection at our office can help with pain and inflammation for weeks, not hours.
  • More Movement - If you're suffering from severe inflammation, an injection from Back 2 Health can help restore your range of motion.
  • Dependability - Medical injections should still work even if you have grown accustomed to pain medicines and opiates.
  • Side Effects - Unlike invasive surgeries, you won't have to miss days or weeks away from work so that you can recover.

Patients at Back 2 Health Physical Medicine use joint and inflammation injections for a variety of conditions, such as:

  • Pinched Nerves
  • Back Pain
  • Neck Pain
  • Hip Pain
  • Inflammation
  • Chronic Pain
  • Sciatica
  • Joint Pain Due to Injuries
  • Shoulder Inflammation
  • Much More

Trust the Back 2 Health Difference for Physical Therapy in Sullivan's Island, SC

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.

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James Beard Award-winning chef is leaving Lowland for a new opportunity on Sullivan’s Island

Jason Stanhope has spent the last 17 months establishing a strong culinary identity at Lowland in Charleston.The restaurant inside The Pinch...

Jason Stanhope has spent the last 17 months establishing a strong culinary identity at Lowland in Charleston.

The restaurant inside The Pinch boutique hotel, where he was hired to be executive chef in September 2023, went through multiple menu iterations after it debuted two months later.

Eventually, Stanhope found a way to fit his style of cooking, which he honed over 15 years at FIG, into Lowland's three-story former private residence that dates to 1834. Several favorites have emerged, from his fresh pasta, biscuits and crispy quail to a delightful celery salad with dates, walnuts and long shavings of Prairie Breeze cheddar.

The chef, who won a James Beard Award while working under Mike Lata at FIG, had found a new home at Lowland. But he's about to start a job at different restaurant in the Charleston area.

He wasn’t looking for another venture, but the right opportunity — one that enabled him to be a part-owner for the first time in his career — is pulling him away from the George Street restaurant and out to a familiar destination on Sullivan’s Island.

“I feel like I’m leaving while the party is just getting good,” Stanhope said. “The concept has come a long way since day one.”

Stanhope said Lowland is in a strong position with its current team. Randall Cook, CEO and co-founder of Lowland operator Method Co., echoed that sentiment.

"Chef Jason Stanhope has been instrumental in making Lowland into the incredible place it is today — a cherished neighborhood establishment as well as a nationally acclaimed restaurant," Cook said in a statement. "We deeply appreciate his leadership and the passionate and talented team — both in the kitchen and the front of the house — that he has cultivated and who are ready to usher Lowland into its exciting next chapter."

In the coming months, Stanhope will transition into his new role as executive chef and partner at Sullivan’s Seafood & Bar, originally opened as Sullivan’s Fish Camp in 2022. Current operators Ben and Kate Towill — who transformed the former island staple Sullivan’s Seafood Restaurant into a breezy establishment with a 1970s-inspired beachside aesthetic — are no longer involved in the restaurant.

Sullivan’s is owned by Wes and Betsy Fuller, Jeremy Graves and, now, Stanhope.

“Renovating Sullivan’s was such a privilege for us, and Kate and I are thrilled that Jeremy and Jason are taking it over and on to its next chapter,” Ben Towill said in a statement. “I know Jason shares our deep love and respect for Charleston’s incredible farmers and fishermen, and we cannot wait to come back with our family as guests.”

Stanhope consulted with Lata, owner of FIG and The Ordinary, and well-known chefs like Ashley Christensen and Pat Martin, before making the decision.

The 2015 James Beard Award winner realized that the Sullivan’s Island establishment gave him a sense of place and framework for cooking the kind of locally inspired food he’s passionate about. He also envisions his kids, 4 and 7, growing up with the restaurant.

“This felt like an opportunity for me to truly be in control of my own destiny,” Stanhope said.

The restaurant will transition back to its fish camp roots, Stanhope said, though he anticipates upcoming shifts to happen gradually. He eventually envisions a place where guests can order a basket of expertly fried fish next to light, bright plates filled with local vegetables.

“I’m excited to do some fish camp classics,” Stanhope said. “But I’m also excited to take what people think a fish camp is and show them that it can evolve, like everything.”

As for the restaurant’s ambiance and décor, patrons can expect little to change under Stanhope’s watch. The chef credited the Towills with building “an amazing dining room” with a functional and visually appealing design.

Sullivan’s Island diners can look forward to seeing Stanhope roam that bright dining room starting this spring.

Sullivan’s Fish Camp will continue to operate as it has during the transition. For more information, visit sullivansseafoodandbar.com.

HALO presents Sweeney Todd

A Victorian tale of revenge comes to life from March 12-15 at the Battery Gadsden Cultural Center on Sullivan's Island, as the Holy City Arts & Lyric group (HALO) promises to deliver an evocative and enduring performance.The Stephen Sondheim score will feature a 22-piece on-stage orchestra in this portrayal of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. The story revolves around an exiled barber thirsting with vengeance against those who have crossed him, according to HALO Artistic Director Dimitri Pittas.In de...

A Victorian tale of revenge comes to life from March 12-15 at the Battery Gadsden Cultural Center on Sullivan's Island, as the Holy City Arts & Lyric group (HALO) promises to deliver an evocative and enduring performance.

The Stephen Sondheim score will feature a 22-piece on-stage orchestra in this portrayal of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. The story revolves around an exiled barber thirsting with vengeance against those who have crossed him, according to HALO Artistic Director Dimitri Pittas.

In describing what to expect from this four-night production, Pittas explained that most people would commonly refer to it as your classic musical and/or Broadway show.

"And that's the thing with HALO, we don't put ourselves in boxes. You know, we will do La Traviata or Rigoletto in the fall and follow it up with something like Steven Sondheim. It's the same art form; it's just a different period in which it's being presented. The Italian word for opera (opera d'arte) is really just a work of art," said the New York City-born tenor.

What's more, buying a ticket to a HALO event means being an active participant in the theatrical showcase. Spectators, continued Pittas, are encouraged to interact with the on-stage talent through much of every performance.

Since 2019, Pittas and his wife Leah Edwards — an opera singer and pianist — have operated HALO in response to an intense clamoring for live stage entertainment in the Charleston metro area. As an Italian tenor who had galivanted the entire world over two decades, Pittas had no plans to launch his own performance company.

But as fate would have it, Pittas and Edwards fell in love with Charleston, also known as the birthplace of opera in North America. The Holy City, in fact, was the setting for the premiere of Flora in 1735.

Upon relocating from the Big Apple in 2015, the husband-wife duo quickly caught on to Charleston's connection to opera and musical theater.

HALO's September 2019 debut, however, hit a setback — much like many other businesses — only months later with nationwide COVID lockdowns going into effect in March of 2020. But about a month or two into the early stages of the pandemic, the artistic couple began staging concerts from their driveway with music playing from a pickup truck.

"That basically like was the phoenix rising out of the ashes for our organization because everything got turned upside down. We ended up doing 100 concerts between April and November that year."

Since then, HALO has gone on to produce large-scale productions annually at Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park or at Battery Gadsden, among other Lowcountry venues.

Being a nonprofit, recounted Pittas, and the challenges it presents in terms of raising money, has been a rewarding experience for the well-traveled entertainer. On that note, the peripatetic opera singer commutes three days week to New York City to serve as a member of the voice faculty at the Manhattan School of Music.

One of the greatest joys Pittas derives from assembling a cast is watching talented individuals of varying experience levels collaborating seamlessly before a live crowd.

"There are artists who come down from New York, that come from all over the world. And the great thing that we do is we put them on stage with people who are looking for those opportunities in Charleston," he observed. "That's great because at the end of the day, it's all about creating a level of art we aspire to."

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.holycityarts.org. To stay up to date with HALO happenings and to find out how you can be involved, sign up to receive the newsletter. For individual and corporate sponsorship opportunities, please call the office at (843) 388-3243.

Edgar Allan Poe Library’s grand reopening happening on Sullivan’s Island

SULLIVAN’S ISLAND, S.C. (WCSC) - After around eight months of closure, the Edgar Allan Poe Library on Sullivan’s Island will officially reopen Tuesday morning with a brand-new look.The library has been closed for renovations as part of the $108.5 million referendum project passed by Charleston County voters back in 2014 to build five new libraries and renovate all existing branches. This library is the last branch to be renovated before work begins on the Main Library in downtown Charleston.The renovations to the Ed...

SULLIVAN’S ISLAND, S.C. (WCSC) - After around eight months of closure, the Edgar Allan Poe Library on Sullivan’s Island will officially reopen Tuesday morning with a brand-new look.

The library has been closed for renovations as part of the $108.5 million referendum project passed by Charleston County voters back in 2014 to build five new libraries and renovate all existing branches. This library is the last branch to be renovated before work begins on the Main Library in downtown Charleston.

The renovations to the Edgar Allan Poe Library include refurbished bathrooms with new flooring, all new paint and furniture and upgraded IT systems.

The building has been around for almost 120 years, so it was in definite need of a refresh.

As part of the renovations, the library was completely rewired with all new outlets, so library leaders say they are excited that there will no longer be any dead zones in the library and the Wi-Fi will reach every corner.

The branch manager for the library, Delores Schweitzer, says they have also given their collection a complete refresh, so patrons can expect to see a lot of brand-new books.

The library was named after Edgar Allan Poe who was stationed on Sullivan’s Island with the U.S. Army in the 1800s.

Schweitzer says she can’t wait to continue sharing the fun stories and history of the library.

“I think what I’m most excited about is to see our patrons and our visitors again. We get so many people that come in and wander into our building because they just are really intrigued by the building, or they see that it’s got Edgar Allan Poe on it and they know that there’s a story there and we are a place of stories,” she says. “This building itself being as old as it is, it has lots of stories to tell and we get to share those here so that makes it really fun.”

For Schweitzer, it means the world to her that county taxpayers have chosen the libraries as a priority, as the libraries offer so many things beyond books.

The libraries include all kinds of technology and resources and programs for county residents to enjoy. She says she loves to see people enjoy the new, refurbished libraries.

“I think it is just the delight in the faces of the people from the county that come in and they see refreshed spaces, better functionality, excited staff who are happy to share programs and services with them and they’re able to do that easier now because of the investment that the county taxpayers have made for us. It’s been phenomenal to see that kind of excitement in libraries that they just, you know, buzz with energy when you go into any of our libraries,” Schweitzer says.

Schweitzer says she has missed being in the library after it was closed for such a long period of time. She is eager to open it back up and to continue engaging with the community. She says she can’t wait for everyone to see all the new parts of the library that they can enjoy.

“I think you know a lot of our programs that we run here, like our memoir and poetry groups and our book clubs and all they celebrate stories and so we get a chance to share stories with people but also engage and hear their own and so that’s one of the things I’m really excited [about]. I’ve missed that a lot in the last several months not being able to do that. So, I’m glad to be back for it,” she says.

The grand reopening and ribbon cutting ceremony for the renovated Edgar Allan Poe Sullivan’s Island Library will take place at the library’s location, 1921 Ion Avenue, Tuesday at 9 a.m.

Speakers from Charleston County government, elected officials and the library will all be in attendance to honor the grand reopening with a special guest appearance from Owlbert, the library mascot.

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Beware of jellyfish on South Carolina beaches: What to look out for this season

The clear float of a Man-o-war jellyfish rests on the sand after it was left stranded high and dry by the high tide. (Photo: National Park Service/Nathaniel Pinson)0LOWCOUNTRY, S.C. (WCIV) — If you've been for a stroll along some Lowcountry beaches in recent weeks, you may have come across a few jellyfish washed up on shore. Most of the jellyfish you see in South Carolina are harmless, but some should be left alone.Officials with the Lowcountry's local beach communities want locals and visitors alike to know what t...

The clear float of a Man-o-war jellyfish rests on the sand after it was left stranded high and dry by the high tide. (Photo: National Park Service/Nathaniel Pinson)

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LOWCOUNTRY, S.C. (WCIV) — If you've been for a stroll along some Lowcountry beaches in recent weeks, you may have come across a few jellyfish washed up on shore. Most of the jellyfish you see in South Carolina are harmless, but some should be left alone.

Officials with the Lowcountry's local beach communities want locals and visitors alike to know what to look out for when heading out into the ocean.

The Charleston area starts to see a larger amount of Cannonball jellyfish in the spring, which are the most common jelly in South Carolina -and least venomous.

“Cannonballs are largely harmless to humans and they're a favorite food of leatherback sea turtles," Erin Weeks with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources explained. "Typically, when cannonballs appear, we know leatherbacks are not far behind. Like other jellies, cannonballs are poor swimmers that follow where ocean currents push them; thus, they often wash ashore, especially after offshore storms.”

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Jellyfish glide through the currents and end up washing up on shore. Some are more notorious than others.

Portuguese man o’ wars look like jellyfish, but they are actually just a relative, are bit more complex, and can be more harmful.

“Portuguese man o' wars are less frequently seen in the warmer months but merit greater caution," Weeks said. "These animals are easily distinguished by a bright blue, inflated 'float' that rests on the surface of the water, and they should be avoided both on the beach and in the water. Man o' wars can trail long tentacles that cause a very painful sting.”

Man o' wars tend to drift through the Gulf Stream up to the waters off the coast of the Palmetto State.

To prevent getting stung, avoid touching washed up Man o’ wars, as they are still venomous. If you are stung seek medical help immediately.

For more information on jellyfish from the SCDNR, click here.

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Officials said reporting sightings of jellyfish help prevent stings. To report a jellyfish sighting contact the Folly Beach Fire Department at 843-588-2433 on Folly Beach, the Sullivan's Island Fire Department at 843-883-9944 on Sullivan's Island, or the Isle of Palms Fire Department at 843-886-4410 on Isle of Palms.

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