by jasonwhite | Jun 25, 2018 | ChoosePT, Exercise Therapy, Mobility, MoveFowardPT, Pain Management, Physical Therapy, Scoliosis
In the final post for Scoliosis Awareness Month we’ll look at the story of Anna and how physical therapy helped her regain mobility after being diagnosed with mild idiopathic scoliosis. Anna is a 13-year-old girl who recently joined her middle-school soccer team. In...
by Jane White | Dec 21, 2017 | ChoosePT, Exercise Therapy, General, Mobility, MoveFowardPT, Pain Management, Physical Therapy
What is dry needling? Dry needling is a technique physical therapists use (where allowed by state law) for the treatment of pain and movement impairments. The technique uses a “dry” needle, one without medication or injection, inserted through the skin into areas of...
by Jane White | Sep 8, 2017 | ChoosePT, Exercise Therapy, General, MoveFowardPT, Pain Management, Physical Therapy
Cancer, and the treatments for it, can cause physical problems such as pain, numbness, swelling, weakness, loss of balance, and difficulty moving or walking. With help from a physical therapist, exercise can benefit many cancer-related problems. Andrea Avruskin, PT,...
by jasonwhite | Feb 27, 2017 | ChoosePT, Exercise Therapy, General, Mobility, MoveFowardPT, Pain Management, Physical Therapy
Over the past month or so, we’ve been focusing on how physical therapy affects chronic pain. Lower back pain is one of the conditions where statistically speaking, most patients treat it with prescription opioids rather than pursue alternative therapy. In...
by jasonwhite | Feb 13, 2017 | ChoosePT, General, Mobility, MoveFowardPT, Pain Management, Physical Therapy
This month we’ve been focusing on physical therapy as an alternative to opioid use for long term pain management. MoveForwardPT’s program #choosept advocates for the use of physical therapy to reduce the risk of opioid addiction and even REGAIN movement,...
by jasonwhite | Feb 6, 2017 | General, Mobility, Pain Management, Physical Therapy
Lately we’ve been talking about how physical therapy can be a viable alternative, if not replacement, for many surgical procedures and pain management programs, among others. The facts speak for themselves, and now the recommendation of physical therapy over...
