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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March 21st Free ZOOM scoliosis webinar for parents, patients and practitioners

February 24, 2022 by Molly Miller

FREE WEBINAR FOR PARENTS DISCUSSION OF CURRENT TREATMENT RECOMMENDATIONS Your child or teenager has just been diagnosed with Idiopathic Scoliosis –  Now what? There are countless resources and recommendations regarding scoliosis, and it can be difficult to know what is best for your family. Join us on Zoom in discussing evidence-based treatment guidelines, bracing types… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: announcements, classes, Education, Postural Restoration, Schroth Based Therapy, Scoliosis, Scoliosis Education Tagged With: Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis, adolescent scoliosis, bracing in scoliosis, conservative treatment of scoliosis, juvenile scoliosis, parents, physical therapy in scoliosis, treatment of scoliosis

What is Scoliosis Specific Exercise?

July 12, 2017 by Jean Massé

Scoliosis can have many forms. We have general categories for scoliosis and spine curvatures, but each is unique. Scoliosis Specific Exercise are designed to balance scoliosis curves.  They address the unique curvatures of each person. Asymmetry is something all scoliosis curves have in common. Asymmetries occur in 3 dimensions: 1) Front to back, 2) Side… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: blog, Education, Postural Restoration, Schroth Based Therapy, Scoliosis Tagged With: Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis, adolescent scoliosis, Barcelona Scoliosis Physical Therapy School, conservative management scoliosis, conservative treatment for scoliosis, Jean Masse Scoliosis, Lisa Mangino Scoliosis, New York Times Scoliosis, postural restoration, Schroth, Schroth Method, scoliosis, scoliosis exercises, Susan Henning Scoliosis

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

Are High Arches Giving You Knee Pain?

November 16, 2016 by Jean Massé

Here is an image of a person with knee pain in her athletic footwear: I am likely to find knee pain in this body because of the “attitude” depicted above at the feet. When the feet and shoes roll outward, weight is no longer distributed evenly through the whole foot as intended at rest. This… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: Education, performance, Postural Restoration, posture, Running Tagged With: custom foot orthotics, foot orthotics for runners, high arches, hip pain, Knee pain, pronation, supination

Physical Therapy Treatment for Shortness of Breath

December 9, 2015 by Jean Massé

One of the benefits of improving core strength through the Postural Restoration approach, is that is requires us to establish efficient breathing patterns (http://www.posturalrestoration.com/the-science/treatment). In doing so, many of my patients that come in with back or neck pain subsequently report that their breathing has improved along with their pain reduction. I have recently seen… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: blog, Education, General, Postural Restoration, posture, Schroth Based Therapy, Scoliosis Tagged With: breathing, breathing and core strength, breathing and function, breathing and posture, breathing problems

Postural Restoration for Children

September 25, 2015 by Lisa Mangino

At the last Capitol District Physical Therapy Association meeting, my colleague, Lisa Mangino, PT, DPT, PCS, C/NDT, PRC, offered a terrific presentation on how she uses principles of Postural Restoration with children. Lisa reminded participants that the human body is inherently asymmetrical and is biased toward patterns of extension. Sensory awareness of posture, the ground,… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: classes, community events, Education, pediatric physical therapy, people, Postural Restoration, Scoliosis Tagged With: children posture, core strength children, movement difficulty children, Pediatric Physical Therapy, poor posture children, postural restoration children, posture and children, scoliosis children

Tips to Change Habits for Tension Relief

August 5, 2015 by Lisa Mangino

Don’t Be Controlled By Your Focal Vision “Powered Peripheral Vision”, Tips to Change Habits for Tension Relief Adapted from Dr. Heidi Wise, PRI Vision, LLC Focal vision refers to being focused on something small at any distance, from your phone to a golf ball far away on the green. Technology is partly contributing to our… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: blog, Education, General, Postural Restoration Tagged With: back pain relief, eye strain, healthy posture, jaw pain, neck pain, physical therapy for posture, postural restoration, shoulder pain, tension, tension headache

Too much “Doing” and not enough “Being”: a recipe for pain and poor performance.

July 17, 2015 by Jean Massé

There are fundamental principles for healthy core body alignment and breathing. When these essential elements are missing, postural compensations, strain and less efficient movement strategies become habits that often lead to pain and or inefficiency of movement. What are the essentials? (How to get better at “Being” in the core) The pelvic ring should be… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: Education, performance, Postural Restoration, posture

Release Your Neck!

June 29, 2015 by Jean Massé

Easier said than done, right? So why do necks stay so tight all the time? When we work with patients who have chronic neck pain and shoulder tension, we usually find dysfunctional breathing patterns directly related to poor core body postures. Did you know the best muscle for getting air into your body is the… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: blog, Education, Postural Restoration Tagged With: back pain, breathing, breathing and function, breathing and posture, chronic pain, core strengthening, diaphragm, neck pain

Vicious to Virtuous Cycle in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis – Part 2

April 22, 2015 by Susan Henning

* Muscle Imbalance * Gravity *  Breathing * Body Schema * Walking The Vicious Cycle describes how these factors, listed above begin to reinforce curvatures that have developed, often in hypermobile, restless, young people. (see part 1) However, it has been postulated that these same factors could be utilized to re-balance curvatures if applied in… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: blog, Education, Postural Restoration, Schroth Based Therapy, Scoliosis Tagged With: back pain, conservative management scoliosis, conservative treatment scoliosis, physical therapy for scoliosis, Schroth, Schroth based scoliosis rehabilitation, scoliosis, scoliosis exercises, spine pain

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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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