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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SHOULDER HELP FOR HOME (Part Two)   

May 20, 2020 by Nancy Toole

In our last post on “Shoulder Help For Home”, we reviewed how to rest while home with a painful shoulder. Here, we present some simple activities to help get your shoulder moving again. If you have had a serious injury to your shoulder, please consult with your medical professional directly before beginning exercises. It is… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: orthopaedic physical therapy, Shoulder Tagged With: caring for a painful shoulder from home, managing shoulder pain from home, shoulder exercises from home

SHOULDER HELP FOR HOME

May 6, 2020 by Nancy Toole

(Shoulder Help for Home – Part One) The shoulder is a complicated joint! The humerus (shoulder bone) is intricately involved in the position of the scapula (shoulder blade) and clavicle (collar bone). In addition, all these bones can be influenced by the position of the rib cage. For anyone at home struggling with a new… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: orthopaedic physical therapy, Shoulder Tagged With: managing shoulder pain from home, shoulder, shoulder pain, treat shoulder pain from home

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

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

From One Runner (and Physical Therapist) to Another

September 23, 2013 by Jean Massé

                               I have been using Fleet Feet Sports in Carrborro as resource for my physical therapy clients and for myself since moving to the area 3 years ago.  So when I got the chance to perform injury screenings for their community of walkers and runners this past month I jumped at the chance.   This… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: Education, orthopaedic physical therapy, outreach, performance, Running, screens Tagged With: ankle pain, hip pain, ITB pain, Knee pain, Running Injury, running pain, running performance, running screen

“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

Advance Physical Therapy Provides On-Site Dance Medicine for Spring performance.

May 31, 2013 by Jean Massé

  Working behind the scenes of Peter Pan: Written by Matthew Harwood, PT, DPT, OCS I recently provided behind the scenes physical therapy for the performance of Peter Pan, by Legacy Studios for the Performing Arts.  Providing “show coverage” offers a unique professional opportunity which is different than when I am treating dancers in the… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: community events, orthopaedic physical therapy, outreach, performance, Postural Restoration Tagged With: chapel hill, dance injury, dance medicine, dance performance, dance rehabilitation, durham, raleigh

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

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

Give your legs and feet some TLC this running season!

January 17, 2013 by Jean Massé

Training season has begun for me and many other area runners with spring races happening between March and June.  The trick to training and running healthy is to not let these injuries linger.  As a runner myself, I can attest to experiencing these issues.  With the first 2 weeks of my pre-training season, (I started… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: Education, orthopaedic physical therapy, performance Tagged With: injury prevention, running 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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