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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Are High Arches Giving You Knee Pain?

November 16, 2016 by Jean Massé

Here is an image of a person with knee pain in her athletic footwear: I am likely to find knee pain in this body because of the “attitude” depicted above at the feet. When the feet and shoes roll outward, weight is no longer distributed evenly through the whole foot as intended at rest. This… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: Education, performance, Postural Restoration, posture, Running Tagged With: custom foot orthotics, foot orthotics for runners, high arches, hip pain, Knee pain, pronation, supination

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

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

What to expect during your ACL rehabilitation

September 30, 2011 by Jean Massé

The physical therapists at Advance Physical Therapy have experience helping people achieve the most after their ACL surgery.  We follow the basic principle that our body knows how to heal itself if it is allowed to. Through monitoring the stages of healing and knowing when to make appropriate exercise progressions clients can return to their prior… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: orthopaedic physical therapy Tagged With: ACL, Knee pain, knee surgery

Knee Pain

June 11, 2010 by Jean Massé

How do we approach knee pain, based on a Postural Restoration understanding of the knee? We are talking here about a gradual development of knee pain that now demands your attention, not an identifiable sport injury or accident. Your knee hurts when you walk, squat, climb stairs, run, whatever. In addition to examining the knee… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: Postural Restoration Tagged With: Knee pain

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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