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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

Summer Heat May Reveal Developing Scoliosis

June 23, 2016 by Susan Henning

Summertime – green and gorgeous, heat waves that influence us to wear the minimum clothing needed, bathing suits, sports and camps. This is often the first opportunity parents have to notice scoliosis forming in their growing adolescent’s spine.  There may be differences in the height of the child’s shoulders.  One hip may appear “shifted” out… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: pediatric physical therapy, Postural Restoration, Schroth Based Therapy, Scoliosis, scoliosis intensive program, screens Tagged With: conservative management scoliosis, early detection scoliosis, exercise for scoliosis, how to know if your child has scoliosis, non-surgical treatment for scoliosis, physical therapy for scoliosis, Schroth Method, scoliosis

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

Keep Your Eyes On Those Growing Spines!

March 6, 2015 by Jean Massé

Early detection and treatment of abnormal spinal curves during growth can make a tremendous difference in the health of the mature spine.  Keep an eye on your growing child’s spine, especially between the ages of 9 and 14 with this simple test: Adams Forward Bending Test: Have your child stand with their feet together and… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: blog, outreach, pediatric physical therapy, Postural Restoration, Schroth Based Therapy, Scoliosis, screens Tagged With: Adam's Forward Bend, adolescent scoliosis, early detection scoliosis, early treatment scoliosis, free scoliosis screen, Schroth, Schroth Method, scoliosis, scoliosis exercises, scoliosis treatment

Postural Restoration Institute™ Techniques in Children with Musculoskeletal Pain

January 6, 2015 by Lisa Mangino

Pictured left to right, with , Lisa Mangino, PT, DPT, PCS, C/NDT, PRC is Postural Restoration faculty Mike Cantrell, MPT, PRC, Ron Hruska, MPA, PT, founder of Postural Restoration Institute, and James Anderson, MPT, PRC. In December 2014, our pediatric physical therapist, Lisa Mangino, completed the requirements for obtaining the designation of Postural Restoration Institute™… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: blog, pediatric physical therapy, people, Postural Restoration, screens Tagged With: children with foot pain, kids with musculoskeletal pain, musculoskeletal pain in children, pediatric foot pain, Pediatric Physical Therapy, postural problems in children, treatment for joint pain in children, treatment for pediatric pain

Awake Tummy Time: A Crucial Part of Infant Movement Development

September 29, 2014 by Lisa Mangino

  It’s always a good time to be reminded about the importance of babies experiencing enough “tummy time” through their early developmental months. As happens with many interventions, the Back-to-Sleep campaign1 to prevent sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) has produced some unintentional consequences. The campaign was successful in decreasing the occurrence of SIDS; however, parents… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: Education, pediatric physical therapy, Postural Restoration Tagged With: crawling, Pediatric Physical Therapy, postural restoration, should baby be on belly, should i put my baby on their tummy, SIDS, tummy time

Adolescent and Adult Scoliosis Advanced Treatment Certification

September 3, 2014 by Susan Henning

Susan Henning, Jean Masse, and Lisa Mangino have completed their advanced training in managing older adults with scoliosis.  These therapists have already completed intensive training and certification (C1) in managing Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) using Schroth based Methods, from the Barcelona Scoliosis Physical Therapy School (BSPTS). The  high level (C2) Schroth based certification program qualifies… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: announcements, pediatric physical therapy, people, performance, Schroth Based Therapy, Scoliosis Tagged With: Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis, adolescent scoliosis, adult treatment for scoliosis, Barcelona Scoliosis Physical Therapy School, Beth Janssen, conservative treatment of scoliosis, Schroth, scoliosis, scoliosis rehabilitation, spine pain treatment

Give the Gift of Warmth for a Healthy Winter Season

August 17, 2014 by Jean Massé

Being cold takes the fun out of winter.  Last winter was especially cold and nasty for us in the greater triangle region.  Thinking about this may make you cringe and go searching for your winter jacket!   For some children in our community, last winter was endured without the warmth of a winter coat.  During a… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: announcements, community events, outreach, pediatric physical therapy, Postural Restoration Tagged With: advance physical therapy, Coats for Kids, donate your winter coat

Come See What We Do

August 6, 2014 by Susan Henning

We would like to welcome our colleagues, friends, clients and patients to a free public lecture reviewing the history, background and general “nuts and bolts” of the powerful work we are doing to address curvature of the spine. “The Influence of Position and Breath In the Treatment of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis using Postural Restoration and… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: announcements, community events, outreach, pediatric physical therapy, Schroth Based Therapy, Scoliosis, workshops Tagged With: conservative treatment of scoliosis, exercise for scoliosis, free public lecture, physical therapy for scoliosis, postural restoration, postural restoration and scoliosis, Schroth Method, scoliosis

Concerns about the way your child or a child you know is moving??

July 3, 2014 by Lisa Mangino

ADVANCE PHYSICAL THERAPY’S Pediatric Physical Therapist Specialist is offering FREE PEDIATRIC MOVEMENT SCREENINGS Wednesdays in July and August from 12-2 pm. Bring your child and/or talk to our specialist. Call ahead at (919) 932-7266 to reserve a time.

Filed Under: community events, outreach, pediatric physical therapy, performance, Postural Restoration, screens Tagged With: childrens movement, developmental movement, movement problems in children, movement screen, normal movement, normal movement in children, pediatric movement screening, pediatric screening, toe walking

To Crawl or Not to Crawl?

June 23, 2014 by Lisa Mangino

Recently, a few parents have asked me if it’s okay for their child to skip the crawling phase of gross motor development.  A quick look at the internet reveals an active debate with some people saying that crawling is quite important, while others don’t think it is critical for gross movement development. Here’s what I… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: blog, Education, pediatric physical therapy, Personal Training, screens

Advance PT Jumps at a Chance for Outreach in Guatamala

May 22, 2013 by Lisa Mangino

If you had a chance to go to another country and perform your same job in a place where you couldn’t speak the language… would you do it? A place where maybe they do your job a little bit differently, but where you had the opportunity to teach and share “tricks of the trade”? If… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: outreach, pediatric physical therapy, people Tagged With: outreach, pediatric, Pediatric Physical Therapy, UNC Chapel Hill, UNC Physical Therapy

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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