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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Welcome Robin Sharp our newest administrative staff member!

December 17, 2021 by Jean Massé

We are pleased and excited to introduce our newest staff member, Robin Sharp. Robin is joining Deana McCollum in the office management of our practice.  This will enable a more reasonable distribution of the many office responsibilities which Deana has juggled singlehandedly since early COVID times.  In the short time that Robin has been with… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: people Tagged With: administrator, front desk, office

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

Nutrition: A Missing Link in Joint Pain

January 24, 2017 by Jean Massé

Nutrition may be your missing link? At Advance Physical Therapy, we are interested in more than the parts of you that hurt. We want to know how your whole system is working together (or not). Because of this, we often ask about your general fitness, hearing and vision. In addition, we will likely ask about… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: chronic pain, community events, people, Uncategorized, workshops Tagged With: Joint Pain, Nutrition

A Physical Therapist Describes Treatment at Advance Physical Therapy

October 21, 2015 by Jean Massé

Tell us about your experience at Advance Physical Therapy (APT) and how your function has improved since beginning physical therapy. My reason for coming to APT was to address a mild scoliosis. While not debilitating or the source of intractable pain, it has contributed to severe muscle tension throughout my shoulders and neck, and it… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: people, Postural Restoration, posture, Schroth Based Therapy, Scoliosis Tagged With: breathing and core strength, breathing and posture, breathing problems, core strength, curvature of the spine, kyphosis, neck pain, postural restoration, Schroth, Schroth based scoliosis rehabilitation, scoliosis, shoulder pain

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

Schroth based Scoliosis Treatment in the Physical Therapy World

April 8, 2015 by Susan Henning

On 3/19/15, Jean Masse, PT, DPT, PRC, OCS, ATC, was invited to speak to the UNC Physical Therapy Class of 2017 about scoliosis. Jean gave an eloquent and enlightening presentation to these students, inviting them to explore rehabilitation techniques utilized in Europe for nearly 100 years, but only recognized in the US beginning in 2008…. Continue Reading →

Filed Under: blog, classes, community events, Education, people, Schroth Based Therapy, Scoliosis Tagged With: conservative management scoliosis, conservative treatment of scoliosis, physical therapy for scoliosis, Schroth, Schroth based therapy, scoliosis, scoliosis specific exercise

Postural Restoration lends the support our bodies need

January 20, 2015 by Jean Massé

Support comes in many forms. I recently completed my certification in Postural Restoration (PRC). I could not have achieved this designation without the support of my co-workers at Advance Physical Therapy, the clients I care for, my family or the faculty at the Postural Restoration Institute. Postural Restoration is an exciting and effective approach to… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: announcements, people, Postural Restoration Tagged With: back pain, core, core strength, healthy posture, Matthew Harwood, postural problems, postural restoration, postural restoration certification, posture, PRC

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

Advance Physical Therapy and Fleet Feet Sports Wraps Up Winter Coat Collection for Area Children

October 27, 2014 by Jean Massé

Dear Friends, On October 19th we concluded our winter coat collection drive.   Together with Fleet Feet Sports we were able to collect 28 winter coats.   All of the donations went to the John Avery Boys and Girls Club of Durham; this organization provides a safe and warm place for kids to learn, grow and have… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: announcements, blog, community events, outreach, people Tagged With: advance physical therapy, Coats for Kids, community outreach

Do you have a balance problem?

October 9, 2014 by Shella LoBianco

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

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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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