Pain, Tightness,
Injury, Poor Posture?
Do
not go through the physical therapy process unless
the
cause for your situation is
addressed!
Your opinion towards
PT probably depends on who you ask or have personally experienced! In traditional PT, the therapist will help
you understand your diagnosis in terms of your structure and the impact on daily
activities. The therapist will perform
an evaluation of your flexibility, strength and nervous system, then explain the
results of the evaluation and devise a treatment plan. The therapist will demonstrate the exercises they
believe to be of benefit. Following this
instruction, they will schedule a follow-up visit with an assistant or PT to
assist you on your next visit.
Subsequent visits will follow a pattern of more exercise and stretching
with the expectation of your condition improving.
Our treatment plan is
based on the relationship between the muscular and skeletal system. A quote by Fred Mitchell, Sr, D.O., sums it
up perfectly, "Bone is slave to muscle." Therefore, a change in the muscular condition
will create a change in your skeletal posture.
Treating only one condition, whether it be the muscular or skeletal
system, is unlikely to significantly change your symptoms.
Our method of muscle
energy technique (MET) and myofascial release are manual techniques that have
potential to create change in both the muscular and skeletal systems
simultaneously. We hope this provides
insight to how you can effectively alter your current physical condition.
We will not show you an exercise unless it will enhance the manual
changes we have made in your muscular and skeletal systems. Our treatment and reputation is built on
changing the system and minimizing those variables responsible for your
symptoms. There are specific changes we
expect to happen when determining if our treatment will be effective for you. Your symptoms and flexibility change because
the system changes. As your system
changes your posture and exercise performance can improve.
To learn more about
our practice check us out on Facebook, Athletic Advantage Physical Therapy, or
visit our website at ptadvantage.com. Phone inquiries are always welcome at
740-549-7041 if you would prefer to discuss your concerns with one of our
therapists, Mark Read PT, or Michael Reuter PT, DPT.