Some risk factors cannot be changed, such as family history. However, there are many that can be controlled, such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, carotid artery disease, obesity and physcial inactivity.
No matter what area of the body ails you - neck, shoulder, back, knee - physical therapists have an established history of helping indivuduals improve their quaity of life. They can even help prevent ans injury altogether.