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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

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

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

Children and Back Pain

March 6, 2014 by Lisa Mangino

            Last week there was a story on NPR about young athletes and back pain.  http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/02/03/269521744/young-athletes-risk-back-injury-by-playing-too-much-too-soon The story was about children who are spending increased time with one sport, resulting in overuse injuries, particularly back pain.  With the added excitement of the Olympics this month, young people are inspired to compete and to perform to… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: blog, Education, General, orthopaedic physical therapy, performance, Postural Restoration, screens Tagged With: adolescent, back pain, back pain in sport, children, overuse injury, pediatric, physical therapy for back pain, physical therapy for children, physical therapy for spondylolisthesis, sports performance

Scoliosis and Schroth Method of exercises:

January 6, 2014 by Susan Henning

This is a patient testimonial offered by the parent of a current patient at Advance Physical Therapy: C is a (13 yr old female) who had a scoliosis upper curve of 51 degrees and lower one of 45 degrees in Jan 2013. Two top Ortho surgeons in Raleigh both recommended surgery ASAP. We felt that… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: blog, General, people, Postural Restoration, Schroth Based Therapy, Scoliosis Tagged With: conservative management scoliosis, conservative treatment for scoliosis, Pediatric Physical Therapy, Schroth, Schroth based therapy, scoliosis, scoliosis therapy

A Patients Perspective on Managing Her Scoliosis

December 21, 2013 by Susan Henning

61 Year Old Female with Scoliosis I have been working with Susan Henning since the autumn of 2010.  I am a 61 year old female whose scoliosis was diagnosed at the age of ten during a pediatric check up.  I was most fortunate to avoid back surgery since my spinal growth stopped at about twelve… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: blog, General, Postural Restoration, Schroth Based Therapy, Scoliosis Tagged With: non-surgical management scoliosis, Nova Scheller, postural restoration, Schroth, Schroth Method, scoliosis, Susan Henning

Upcoming November ChiWalking workshop

October 11, 2013 by Jean Massé

See dates/times below. Let me know if you would like to sign up. Would love to have you, Beth Dates: Sundays (Nov. 3 & 17) Time: 1:30 – 3:00 ChiWalking Workshop Instructor: Beth Elder                      Walk and hike effortlessly and injury-free by learning how to walk biomechanically.  Attend the Small Group ChiWalking workshop… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: announcements, classes, community events, Education, General, people, performance, workshops Tagged With: Beth Elder, chi walking, ChiWalking, walking workshop

Scoliosis in Adolescents Needs PT Treatment – Don’t Wait!

September 27, 2013 by Lisa Mangino

Last night I spoke with yet another concerned parent about their teenaged child.  Like so many others, this child was diagnosed some years ago, as a preteen, with mild scoliosis.  This mother sought out the best medical help she could find and was told by a doctor, “Just wait and see what happens – there… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: Education, General, Postural Restoration, Schroth Based Therapy, Scoliosis Tagged With: Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis, Barcelona Scoliosis Physical Therapy School, bracing for scoliosis, conservative management scoliosis, postural restoration, Schroth, Schroth Method, scoliosis, scoliosis screen, scoliosis treatment, treatment for scoliosis

Screening Children for Scoliosis

September 13, 2013 by Jean Massé

What do we look for? Does the child have natural curves at the back of the neck, middle and lower back?  The start of scoliosis is often marked by a flattening or increase in spinal curvatures, before a more obvious sideways curve develops. When the child bends forward is there:  a flattening between the shoulder… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: Education, General, outreach, Postural Restoration, Schroth Based Therapy, Scoliosis Tagged With: Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis, conservative management scoliosis, conservative treatment for scoliosis, postural restoration and scoliosis, postural restoration scoliosis, Schroth based therapy, scoliosis, scoliosis bracing, scoliosis exercise program, scoliosis screening

New York Times on Scoliosis

July 29, 2013 by Jean Massé

The July 17th, 2013 Health Section of the New York Times ran an extensive piece on scoliosis.  I pulled out a small section of the article below – as I thought it contained useful norms and guidelines.  Reference the entire article here.  We are tremendously excited about the results we are seeing in patients with… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: articles, Education, General, Postural Restoration, Schroth Based Therapy, Scoliosis Tagged With: conservative treatment for scoliosis, curve prediction, exercise for scoliosis, risk of progression, Schroth Method, scoliosis

“I can “smile” as before”

July 2, 2013 by Joe Belding

I had a smile from ear to ear when I read what this patient wrote about her experiences here at Advance Physical Therapy.  I can remember the day this patient came in to the clinic with the help of her family, clearly in terrible pain in her neck, face and jaw.  This patient works hard… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: General, orthopaedic physical therapy, people, Postural Restoration Tagged With: face pain, facial pain, jaw pain, neck pain, temporomandibular joint pain, TMJ

Helping to answer the tough questions about athletic performance:

April 25, 2013 by Jean Massé

Why does an athlete have an injury?  Why can’t an athlete move to the left as easy as they do to the right?  Why can’t an athlete get low to a ball? This year’s PRI Interdisciplinary Integration Symposium provided answers for these questions and gave the clinicians at APT more insight into helping area athletes… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: General, people, performance, Postural Restoration Tagged With: Andrew Marchesi, Eric Cressey, Heidi Wise, John Cook, Ken Crenshaw, Kris Berg, Mike Arthur, performance, postural restoration, Ron Hruska, strenth and conditioning

Durham Bulls Could Be Better

April 19, 2013 by Jean Massé

No matter your sport, sports performance is an area that is continually challenging and exciting from a rehabilitation perspective.  Last weekend 4 of our clinicians here at Advance Physical Therapy went to Lincoln Nebraska to attend a Sports Performance Enhancement seminar at the Postural Restoration Institute. When the core of the body is well positioned… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: Education, General, orthopaedic physical therapy, performance, Postural Restoration Tagged With: core strength, durham, sports, sports injury, sports performance

Advance Physical Therapy Global Outreach

April 15, 2013 by Lisa Mangino

                      Lisa Mangino, PT and Pediatric Specialist at Advance Physical Therapy, is headed to Guatemala at the end of April. As part of the UNC Physical Therapy School’s Global Outreach Program, she will join 7 other PT’s and 15 of their physical therapy students on… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: announcements, General, outreach, people, Postural Restoration Tagged With: education, Global, guatamala, independence, movement, outreach, Pediatric Physical Therapy, pediatrics, UNC Physical Therapy

Study Finds Physical Therapy Just as Effective as Surgery in Patients with a Torn Meniscus and Arthritis of the Knee

March 22, 2013 by Jean Massé

Alexandria, VA, March 21, 2013 — A New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) study showing that physical therapy is just as effective as surgery in patients with meniscal tears and arthritis of the knee should encourage many health care providers to reconsider their practices in the management of this common injury, according to the American… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: articles, Education, General, orthopaedic physical therapy Tagged With: direct access, effective knee treatment, Knee pain, knee rehabilitation, knee surgery, no referral needed, physical therapy, physical therapy first

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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