Why did standard physical therapy fail?
Standard physical therapy is good for many things, but often patients relate they performed a lot of exercises that helped but did not quite return them to their prior level of function and there is still difficulty with movement and some lingering symptoms. Exercise is great but if your body lacks sufficient mobility and efficient alignment it’s hard to use your muscles effectively. Our treatments focus on specific and specialized hands-on care. We assess and treat limitations in tissue and bone to first restore your mobility and retrain efficient movement capacity - returning you to activity and exercise that works better not just harder.
How do we "normalize" the tissues?
We assess your body’s movement and use manual and neuromuscular therapy skills and techniques to treat limiting tension in the tissues and movement system as a whole. Functional Manual Therapy® & Myofascial Release are specialized approaches effective in identifying specific areas appropriate for treatment and address your movement system as a whole rather than as individual pieces as is common in more traditional therapy. These specialized approaches involve extensive additional training and education, often providing more comprehensive treatment for symptoms that may have lingered or did not respond to more previous therapy treatments.
What Problems Can This Treat?
Common issues are plantar fasciitis, post ankle sprain stiffness, tendonitis in the foot ankle and lower leg, small bone alignment (e.g., bunions), muscle strains, and general foot and ankle pain.
How will I respond to treatment?
Acute or more recent foot and ankle issues respond well to early treatment. Realigning the foot and ankle bones after a sprain or strain can help you return to your regular activities and exercise with more confidence and comfort. Treatment of chronic ankle/foot pain or stiffness can also be very effective, resolving symptoms and preventing a the development of additional back, hip and knee pain. Most people see noticeable improvements in 2 or 3 treatments while more chronic situations may require more treatment.
How safe is it?
Our treatments are very safe. We will clearly explain our treatment before and during treatment and you are an active and engaged participant in each session.
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