Advance Physical Therapy

Advance Physical Therapy

Certified Postural Restoration Center · C2 Advanced Schroth Certified Scoliosis Therapists (BSPTS)

Certified Postural Restoration Center · C2 Advanced Schroth Certified Scoliosis Therapists (BSPTS)

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Scoliosis and the Importance of Early Intervention

February 19, 2017 by Lisa Mangino

If you are reading this, there’s a good chance you or your child has scoliosis. I’m going to guess you have a pretty good sense of what scoliosis is. The most frustrating part for you might be trying to figure out what to do about it. Your MD may have said, “Come back in 4-6… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: announcements, articles, balance, blog, chronic pain, classes, community events, Education, General, orthopaedic physical therapy, outreach, pediatric physical therapy, people, performance, Personal Training, Postural Restoration, posture, Running, Schroth Based Therapy, Scoliosis, scoliosis intensive program, screens, SEAS, Uncategorized, Vestibular, workshops Tagged With: Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis, conservative management scoliosis, exercises for scoliosis, postural restoration, Schroth Method, scoliosis, scoliosis cases

Do You Have a Balance Problem?

September 18, 2015 by Jean Massé

Most people acknowledge a balance problem only after they experience a fall. Understanding potential signs of balance problems will help keep you from becoming a statistic. If you identify with 1 or more of following statements you may have a balance problem. If you find 4 or more to be true for you, you are… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: balance, Vestibular

Do you have a balance problem?

October 9, 2014 by Jean Massé

Loss of balance and mobility are not inevitable as we grow older. Sudden falls in older individuals, however, are of concern because the incidence of balance problems is known to increase significantly with age. The number one indicator for fall risk is a previous fall. Other indications include symptoms of dizziness, lack of physical conditioning… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: balance, people Tagged With: Balance, dizziness, fall management, fall prevention, falls, PBBV, vertigo, vestibular, vestibular rehabilitation, vestibular treatment

How do I know if I have a balance problem?

June 4, 2014 by Jean Massé

Most people acknowledge a balance problem only after they experience a fall.  Understanding potential signs of balance problems will help keep you from becoming a statistic.  If you identify with 1 or more of following statements you may have a balance problem.  If you find 4 or more to be true for you, you are… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: balance, Education, screens, Vestibular Tagged With: Balance, balance training, BPPV, BPPV treatment, fall, fall risk prevention, fear of falling, vestibular rehabilitation, vestibular treatment

Specialized Vestibular Rehabilitation at Advance Physical Therapy

February 10, 2014 by Jean Massé

We are so pleased to welcome Shella J. LoBianco, MSPT to Advance Physical Therapy. Shella joins us with a wealth of experience on balance and gait/walking disorders. Here is a little more about her: Shella J. LoBianco, MSPT – Physical Therapy Shella received her MS in Physical Therapy from the University of Alabama at Birmingham… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: announcements, balance, people, screens, Vestibular Tagged With: Balance, balance problems, dizziness, gait, vestibular, walking

Find a need and fill it. ~Ruth Stafford Peale

June 26, 2013 by Jean Massé

I have been a member of the Community Church of Chapel Hill for over 15 years.  As a PT, I have occasionally visited church members in the hospital to help out if needed, I have adjusted a few canes over the years, and even seen a few members as patients in the clinic.   However, over… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: balance, community events, Education, outreach, people Tagged With: fall prevention, fall risk, falls, fear of falling, free balance screen

“Don’t be the person who fell, be the person who got back up” -Jenette Stanley

June 21, 2013 by Jean Massé

  Fall Prevention and Management Program at Advance Physical Therapy   The consequences of falling are, unfortunately, an area that therapists at Advance Physical Therapy know a lot about.  We regularly have patients coming to us to deal with the harsh consequences of a fall on their body, mind and spirit.  A person that experiences… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: balance, classes, community events, outreach, Vestibular Tagged With: Balance, balance confidence, fall, fall management, fall prevention, falling, fear of falling

Advance Physical Therapy is a physical therapist owned practice offering quality rehabilitation to clients in Chapel Hill, Durham, Carrboro, Pittsboro, Cary and surrounding areas of the Triangle in North Carolina.

Our therapists are highly experienced in traditional physical therapy techniques and have specialized expertise in a variety of areas including Postural Restoration, Manual Therapy, Counterstrain, Schroth based Scoliosis Rehabilitation, Pediatrics, Sports Medicine, Orthotics and Personal Training.

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