Part 1: Can Physical Therapy Help Your Scoliosis What is Scoliosis? “Idiopathic Scoliosis can be defined as a complex three-dimensional deformity of the spine and trunk, which appears in apparently healthy children, and can progress in relation to multiple factors during any rapid period of growth, or later in life.” Idiopathic is defined as a […]
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Part 2: Can Physical Therapy Help Your Scoliosis? About me: My name is Hope Van Dyke. I am a physical therapist who specializes in treating patients with scoliosis. I have a 28 degree lumbar scoliotic curve and a 10 degree thoracic curve. About 7 years ago I started having discomfort and progression in my scoliosis
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One of the biggest fears of many athletes is having a sports injury that would cause them to miss their favorite games or, even worse, have to give up on sports altogether. However, sports injuries do not have to take away the things you love from you. With the right physical therapy focused on sport-related
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Aqua jogging is a common cross training technique for runners. It can be used to keep up fitness while being injured or to add during a training cycle. When done correctly aqua jogging can be a great tool for maintaining fitness during an injury or to add to a training regimen. A few easy tips:
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When you hear about stretch therapy, the first thing that possibly pops into your mind is a picture of a person stretching before or after their workout or yoga. While this could be a component of stretch exercise, the scientific purpose of stretch therapy goes beyond that. Stretch therapy involves the scientific application of a
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With the many health risks associated with being overweight or obese, many people take their health more seriously by maintaining a healthy weight. If you are trying to shed some extra pounds due to health concerns, you may be looking for the right weight loss plan. While there are a ton of weight loss plans
What is fascia? “Fascia is a sheath, a sheet, or any other dissectible aggregations of connective tissue that forms beneath the skin to attach, enclose, and separate muscles and other internal organs” (1,2) How can fascia impact your body? Fascia can restrict mobility if it becomes too tight, or bound up. Tense fascia can occur
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Red light therapy, also commonly called low-level laser therapy (LLLT), is a medical treatment that uses low wavelength red light to treat skin issues such as acne, scars, wrinkles, and other signs of premature aging. RLT may also be used in the treatment of other skin conditions such as psoriasis. In the early 1990s, when
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Overview If you experience or struggle with any of the following symptoms during pregnancy, pelvic floor physical therapy can help! a pelvic floor physical therapist has specialized training in treating the pelvic floor muscles and dysfunction associated with the bladder, bowel and sexual organs. When It’s Time to See a Pelvic Floor PT #1 Urinary
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Functional medicine is a form of alternative medicine that centers on the patient and approaches an illness by identifying its root cause and using a combination of therapies to treat the patient. Practitioners of functional medicine believe that a diagnosis can have more than one cause, and it is better to trace the roots of
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