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Defy Gravity! Now you can Rehab and Train without the Pain!

Alter-G Anti-Gravity Treadmill was developed at NASA for astronauts to maintain their fitness while on prolonged space flights. The Alter-G's differential air pressure will "unweight" you so can exercise at a fraction of your body weight while your body is recovery from an injury or surgery.

What about Sports Performance? The world's best athletes and teams use the Alter-G for tempo, recovery runs and longer training session to minimize stress on their bodies.

Alter-G can be used in a variety of ways:

• Rehab following injury or surgery of the lower extremity (hip, knee, ankle, foot)
• Training through an injury
• Reduced impact training and sport-specific conditioning
• Gait training and biomechanical analysis
• Weight-loss and management

The Alter-G Treadmill can get back to your sport or activity in the shortest amount of time possible. Period.

Dry Needling

Dry Needling is also known as intramuscular stimulation (IMS) and trigger point dry needling (TDN). It is a safe, effective and efficient treatment used to:

• Relax myofascial trigger points, and
• Restore normal muscle tones, muscle length, coordination, function and strength

Dry needling involves insertion and repetitive manipulation of a "dry", solid filament needle in a trigger point in order to produce an involuntary spinal cord reflex, also known as a local twitch response (LTR). This results in lasting muscle relaxation due to the release of shortened bands of muscle fibers for overactive (tight) muscles or the activation of under-active (weak) muscles. Deactivation of the trigger points can bring immediate relief of symptoms, so the therapist can immediately train the muscles to work with the newly gained pain free range of motion (ROM).

Dry Needling vs. Acupuncture

Dry needling is similar to acupuncture in the sense that a dry, solid filament needle is inserted and manipulated under the skin to release endorphins and serum cortisol for pain relief. The difference is that dry needling is based on western neuroanatomy and modern scientific study of the musculoskeletal and nervous systems. Acupuncture is based on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). It creates balance in the body by influencing the flow of Qi (energy) in pathways called meridians to achieve pain relief and alleviate inflammation.

Conditions Treated by Dry Needling

Dry needling has successfully been used to treat a variety of conditions including:

• Head and Neck Pain - including whiplash and headaches / migraines, degenerative joint disease, degenerative disk disease or osteoarthritis
• Otological (Ear) and Opthamological (Eye) Pain - including tinnitus and eye strain
• Dental (Teeth) and Orthodontic (Jaw and Occlusal) Pain - including cavities, temporomandibular joint (TMJ) dysfunction, tooth impaction and root problems
• Shoulder Pain - including rotator cuff muscle tears, bursitis, adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder), tendonitis and impingement syndrome
• Elbow Pain - including lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow) and medial epicondylitis (golfer's elbow)
• Hand and Wrist Pain - including gamekeeper's thumb, DeQuervain's syndrome, carpal tunnel syndrome, degenerative joint disease and osteoarthritis
• Back and Hip Pain - including lumbar degenerative disc disease, arthritic changes and herniated discs
• Knee Pain - including degenerative joint disease or osteoarthritis
• Shin / Ankle / Foot Pain - including shin splints, gout, metatarsalgia and Morton's neuroma
• Plantar Fasciitis (Heel Pain)
• Acute and Chronic Tendonitis
• Athletic and Sports-related Overuse Injuries
• Post-surgical Pain
• Post-traumatic Injuries, Motor Vehicle Accidents (MVA), and Work-related Injuries
• Other Chronic Pain Conditions - including myofascial pain and myofascial pain syndrome (MPS)

Manual Therapy

Manual therapy is a hands-on treatment by clinicians to treat muscle aches, joint pain, and limited range of motion. It encompasses a variety of techniques including soft tissue mobilization of muscles, specific joint mobilization, and joint manipulation.

The three most notable forms of manual therapy are:

• Manipulation is the application of a rapid force into a joint(s). Manipulation is often associated with an audible popping sound called cavitation.
• Mobilization is a slower, more controlled process of articular and soft-tissue stretching intended to improve joint mobility.
• Massage is typically the repetitive rubbing, stripping or kneading of muscle and fascia tissues to facilitate healing.

Manual therapy has been proven to be an important part of an overall conservative treatment plan for a variety of conditions including:

• Adhesive capsulitis
• Shoulder impingement
• Shoulder stiffness/limited range of motion
• Tennis elbow
• Golfers elbow
• Pinched nerves
• Limited joint range of motion
• Capsule tightness
• Postsurgical stiffness
• Much more.

Manual therapy is typically part of a complete treatment plan that is customized for your specific needs. Give us a call to learn how we can incorporate manual therapy into your rehabilitation program.