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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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

Tai Chi Best Exercise for Balance

September 29, 2016 by Jean Massé

“Slow, deliberate movements (as with Tai Chi) improve your stability and protect against falls.” We are so glad to be able to support our balance and vestibular training programs with Tai Chi classes: one of the best forms of exercise to support balance problems. Check out our Tai Chi Class schedule and formal balance and… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: Balance, classes, Vestibular Tagged With: Balance, balance class, balance problems, fall prevention, fear of falling, Tai Chi, tai chi class, tai chi for arthritis, vestibular

Do You Have a Balance Problem?

September 18, 2015 by Jean Massé

Most people acknowledge a balance problem only after they experience a fall. Understanding potential signs of balance problems will help keep you from becoming a statistic. If you identify with 1 or more of following statements you may have a balance problem. If you find 4 or more to be true for you, you are… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: balance, Vestibular

How do I know if I have a balance problem?

June 4, 2014 by Jean Massé

Most people acknowledge a balance problem only after they experience a fall.  Understanding potential signs of balance problems will help keep you from becoming a statistic.  If you identify with 1 or more of following statements you may have a balance problem.  If you find 4 or more to be true for you, you are… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: balance, Education, screens, Vestibular Tagged With: Balance, balance training, BPPV, BPPV treatment, fall, fall risk prevention, fear of falling, vestibular rehabilitation, vestibular treatment

Specialized Vestibular Rehabilitation at Advance Physical Therapy

February 10, 2014 by Jean Massé

We are so pleased to welcome Shella J. LoBianco, MSPT to Advance Physical Therapy. Shella joins us with a wealth of experience on balance and gait/walking disorders. Here is a little more about her: Shella J. LoBianco, MSPT – Physical Therapy Shella received her MS in Physical Therapy from the University of Alabama at Birmingham… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: announcements, balance, people, screens, Vestibular Tagged With: Balance, balance problems, dizziness, gait, vestibular, walking

“Don’t be the person who fell, be the person who got back up” -Jenette Stanley

June 21, 2013 by Jean Massé

  Fall Prevention and Management Program at Advance Physical Therapy   The consequences of falling are, unfortunately, an area that therapists at Advance Physical Therapy know a lot about.  We regularly have patients coming to us to deal with the harsh consequences of a fall on their body, mind and spirit.  A person that experiences… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: balance, classes, community events, outreach, Vestibular Tagged With: Balance, balance confidence, fall, fall management, fall prevention, falling, fear of falling

Vision as Related to Posture

February 7, 2013 by Jean Massé

We are so pleased to host this Postural Restoration Institute course on how our need to see, will affect how we hold our bodies.   It will be at: Advance Physical Therapy on February 10 and 11, from 8am until 5 pm.  More on the course below. Postural-Visual Integration Course Description: This course is designed to… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: classes, Education, Postural Restoration, Vestibular Tagged With: cervical, cranium, posture, vision, visual function

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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