Sports Medicine • Physical Therapy • Chiropractic • Personal Training • Pilates • Massage Therapy • Nutritional Counseling

Active Spine and Sport Therapy Current Time

8:06

Thursday
July 24th 2008

Our office is Closed. Please call during normal business hours to schedule an appointment.

Office hours are Mon, Wed, Fri 8-12 & 2-6. Tues & Thurs 8-2.

Commonly Treated Conditions

  • Frequent Headaches
  • Neck & Back Pain
  • Shoulder Pain
  • Tennis/Golfers Elbow
  • Wrist Pain
  • Running Injuries
  • Knee Pain
  • Muscle Spasms
  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
  • Foot Pain
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What Makes Us Different?

  • Treatment is not the same every visit; it is specific for the condition each time. As patients recover their symptoms will change, so treatment changes accordingly to be as specific as possible and get the quickest results.
  • Patients are thoroughly educated about their condition and taught self care strategies to decrease their need for future care.
  • Patients are given specific stretches and exercises to emphasize strengths and minimize weaknesses in mechanics and functionality to reduce recurrence of symptoms.
  • Joint manipulation is not based on alignment and is not necessary for every patient. When deemed necessary, joint manipulation is utilized to restore functionality, range of motion and decrease pain.
  • A Physical Therapist is on staff full time allowing for exceptional, convenient and comprehensive care from beginning to end.
  • We enjoy updating and working closely with our patients’ family physician and other health care providers to provide complete comprehensive care.
  • These reasons, along with our progressive therapy strategies, allow our office to have some of the shortest treatment plans seen in the profession.

Accepted Insurance Plans

  • Beech Street
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield - PPO Only
  • Coventry
  • Cigna
  • First Health
  • Galaxy Health Network
  • Golden Rule
  • Great West Health Care
  • Health Allies
  • HealthSmart
  • Humana – Choice Care Network
  • Interplan Health Group
  • Medical Resource, LLC
  • Medicare
  • MultiPlan
  • Pacificare
  • PHCS – PPO Network
  • Reserve National
  • Secure Horizons
  • Student Resources
  • Tricare - Physical Therapy Only
  • United Health Care
  • Affordable Cash/Self-Pay Options Available!

Any questions - Please call 817.332.5353

Mckenzie Method Active Release

Therapies

Physical Therapy

McKenzie MethodOur certified, caring and experienced staff provides specific one-on-one rehabilitative training to help you recover from your condition as soon as possible. We offer individualized hands on care within a clean, comfortable facility.

You play an integral role in making your therapy successful. The best thing we can do is provide you with the knowledge to help treat yourself. Educating patients is one of the key roles of physical therapy.

Throughout your therapy you will gain information on:

  • Managing/Reducing Pain
  • Restoring Motion and Mobility
  • Gaining Strength and Stability
  • Resuming Normal Activities
  • Posture and Body Mechanics
  • Preventing Re-Injury

Physical Therapy can be beneficial with any of the following:

  • Orthopedic/Sports Injuries
  • Pre/Post Surgical Rehab
  • Rehabilitative Strength Training
  • Core Strengthening
  • Spinal Stabilization
  • Balance/Proprioceptive Training
  • Extremity Conditioning

McKenzie Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy

McKenzie MethodThe total system of patient care known as the McKenzie Method® is an approach that is trusted and used by practitioners and patients all over the world for common back and neck problems.

Most low back pain is "mechanical" in origin, meaning that an applied force caused the pain. A basic philosophy of McKenzie's theory is that the reverse force can probably abolish the pain and restore function.

McKenzie credits the patient's ability to learn the principles and empowers them to be in control of their own symptom management, which can reduce dependency on medical intervention. The McKenzie Method® promotes the body's potential to heal itself without medication, heat, cold, ultrasound, needles, surgery or a force dependent on the practitioner. It also addresses a growing demand from patients and third party payers for professional rehabilitation services that develop the patient's self-treatment skills in a cost-effective and time-effective manner.
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Active Release Techniques Soft Tissue Management System

Active Release TechniquesWHAT IS ART? Active Release Techniques Soft Tissue treatment is a manual therapy administered by trained professionals to certain soft tissue structures of the body. The ART soft tissue management system is based on scientific evidence that muscles, nerves, blood vessels, and connective tissue develop adhesions within and between them as a result of various injuries that include: acute (sudden injury), cumulative (chronic injury) and pressure (due to poor posture). These adhesions cause the motion of muscles or joints to be altered, resulting in a wide variety of symptoms, including pain, weakness, reduced range of motion, numbness and tingling.
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Kinesio Tape

Active Release TechniquesThe Kinesio Taping Method has taken the Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine world by storm. Developed by Dr. Kenzo Kase nearly 25 years ago in Japan, Kinesio Taping has become the gold standard for therapeutic rehabilitative taping. The proprietary method of taping uses a uniquely designed and patented tape for treatment of muscular disorders and lymphedema reduction.

The Kinesio Taping Method involves taping over and around muscles in order to assist and give support or to prevent over-contraction. The first technique gives the practitioner the opportunity to actually give support while maintaining full range of motion, enabling the individual to participate in physical activity with functional assistance. The second technique helps prevent overuse or over-contraction and helps provide facilitation of lymph flow 24 hours per day.
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Interferential / Electrical Stimulation Therapy

There are many different variations of electrotherapy and we have found this to be the most effective for pain, muscle spasm and joint irritation. Electrode pads are placed on the skin to allow the electrical impulses to criss-cross at the problem area. These impulses reduce inflammation by causing certain chemical reactions underneath the skin and reduce muscle spasm by “pushing the reset button” on tight muscles.

Ultrasound

Inside the sound head of the ultrasound applicator is a crystal that vibrates very quickly to produce very high frequency sound waves that are then directed into the tissue. These sound waves then act similarly to snow plows and mechanically push away inflammation and promote healing.

Stabilization Training

Poor posture, stress, lack of exercise, too much exercise, repetitive motions and trauma can all lead to changes in the biomechanics of the body. These changes in mechanics can make some areas of the body work more than they should and make some areas do almost no work at all. Stabilization training is necessary to better distribute the forces equally between musculature and joints and fix aberrant movement patterns.

Physioball Exercises

Many of the exercises patients receive from this office will include the use of a physioball. These big colorful physioballs are often seen in your local gym or health club. The physioball adds components of balance and joint position sense or “proprioception” to different exercises. Most exercises concentrate on the big muscle groups and the smaller postural muscles of the body don’t get conditioned properly when they are actually far more important. Doing exercises with the physioball allows patients to get to work on both the larger muscle groups and the smaller postural muscles at the same time which leads to better results.

Wobble Board Exercises

These exercises work primarily on balance and joint position sense or ‘proprioception”. Large strong muscles aren’t of much use if they don’t turn on and off at the right time and are not coordinated well. Put a bodybuilder on a unicycle and those big muscles aren’t much good if they can’t be controlled. Wobble board exercises build coordination and balance to help train your muscles how and when turn on and off. Properly coordinated muscles take stress off of joints and reduce the likelihood of re-injury.