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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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

Children and Back Pain

March 6, 2014 by Lisa Mangino

            Last week there was a story on NPR about young athletes and back pain.  http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/02/03/269521744/young-athletes-risk-back-injury-by-playing-too-much-too-soon The story was about children who are spending increased time with one sport, resulting in overuse injuries, particularly back pain.  With the added excitement of the Olympics this month, young people are inspired to compete and to perform to… Continue Reading →

Filed Under: blog, Education, General, orthopaedic physical therapy, performance, Postural Restoration, screens Tagged With: adolescent, back pain, back pain in sport, children, overuse injury, pediatric, physical therapy for back pain, physical therapy for children, physical therapy for spondylolisthesis, sports performance

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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