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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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

Pediatric Physical Therapist, Lisa Mangino, PT, DPT, PCS, C/NDT, PRC Featured at National Forum

April 29, 2015 by Lisa Mangino

Our very own pediatric physical therapist, Lisa Mangino, PT, DPT, PCS, C/NDT, PRC presented her unique approach to treating children at the annual Postural Restoration Institute® (PRI) meeting of PRI certified physical therapists and athletic trainers on April 18th 2015. She discussed how children tend to alter their posture and movement patterns with unbalanced muscle… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: Postural Restoration Tagged With: childrens movement, movement problems in children, normal movement in children, pediatric, Pediatric Physical Therapy, poor posture in kids, postural exercises, posture, scoliosis, toe walking

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

Scoliosis and Schroth Method of exercises:

January 6, 2014 by Susan Henning

This is a patient testimonial offered by the parent of a current patient at Advance Physical Therapy: C is a (13 yr old female) who had a scoliosis upper curve of 51 degrees and lower one of 45 degrees in Jan 2013. Two top Ortho surgeons in Raleigh both recommended surgery ASAP. We felt that… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: blog, General, people, Postural Restoration, Schroth Based Therapy, Scoliosis Tagged With: conservative management scoliosis, conservative treatment for scoliosis, Pediatric Physical Therapy, Schroth, Schroth based therapy, scoliosis, scoliosis therapy

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 Global Outreach

April 15, 2013 by Lisa Mangino

                      Lisa Mangino, PT and Pediatric Specialist at Advance Physical Therapy, is headed to Guatemala at the end of April. As part of the UNC Physical Therapy School’s Global Outreach Program, she will join 7 other PT’s and 15 of their physical therapy students on… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: announcements, General, outreach, people, Postural Restoration Tagged With: education, Global, guatamala, independence, movement, outreach, Pediatric Physical Therapy, pediatrics, UNC Physical Therapy

Lisa Mangino PT, DPT, PCS, C/NDT joins Advance Physical Therapy!

November 9, 2012 by Lisa Mangino

We are so happy to welcome Lisa and her vast expertise in managing children with a host of medical issues.  Please check out her bio below as well as her recent article about Toe Walking. Lisa Mangino PT, DPT, PCS, C/NDT  joins Advance Physical Therapy Lisa graduated from Duke University with a Master’s in Physical… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: announcements, people, Postural Restoration Tagged With: Pediatric 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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