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Cervical Dystonia and Direct Current Treatment

Unnati Topiwala2024-09-19T14:01:23-04:00June 14th, 2023|Categories: Cervical Dystonia Articles, Neuro Rehab Articles, Pain Management Articles, Physical Therapists News, Physical Therapy Articles|Tags: Autonomic nervous system, Cervical Dystonia, Cervical vertebrae, Danielle Peters, dry needling, Dystonia, Functional electrical stimulation, health, Manual therapy, massage therapy, Medicine, Myoclonic dystonia, Myofascial trigger point, Nervous system, Neubie, Neurological disorders, neuromuscular, Neuromuscular junction, Organ systems, Pain management, Physical Therapy, Pseudoscience, sensory, Spasmodic torticollis, Torsion dystonia, Torticollis, Traction|

What is Cervical Dystonia? Cervical dystonia, also known as spasmic torticollis, is considered to be a motor system disorder in which the neuro-functional connections in the brain are affected. This can cause involuntary, often painful muscle contractions and decreased motor control of the cervical spine musculature. Multiple systematic reviews have shown that physical therapy in conjunction with medical intervention including botox injections can have positive impacts on patients with cervical dystonia. Physical therapy offers a wide variety of treatments for [...]

The Artistic Athlete: Physical Therapy for the Performer

Unnati Topiwala2024-09-27T17:23:17-04:00July 13th, 2022|Categories: Performing Arts Medicine Articles, Physical Therapists News, Physical Therapy Articles, Sports Medicine Articles, Wellness Articles|Tags: Alternative medicine, Ami Kirollos, Health care, Health sciences, Manual therapy, Medical specialties, Medicine, Performing arts, Performing arts medicine, Physical exercise, Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation medicine, Sports medicine, Surgery, Therapy|

What is Performing Arts Medicine? Performing Arts Medicine is a specialized subset of sports medicine focused on treating and managing conditions unique to dancers, musicians, vocalists, actors, and all other performers. The treatment of performers requires extensive knowledge and background in the demands, culture, and techniques specific to the arts in order to correctly diagnose, treat, and return the performer back to the stage safely and efficiently. Why is it important to see a provider specializing in Performing Arts Medicine? [...]

Debunking top 5 Myths: The Pelvic Floor Edition

Unnati Topiwala2024-09-27T16:23:40-04:00April 28th, 2022|Categories: Pelvic Floor Articles, Physical Therapists News, Uncategorized, Women's Health Articles|Tags: Ami Kirollos, Anatomy, Branches of biology, Chicago Pelvic Health and Wellness, constipation, Dyspareunia, Gynaecologic disorders, Kegel exercise, Medical specialties, Organ systems, Pelvic Floor, Pelvic floor dysfunction, Pelvic floor physical therapy, pelvis, Prolapse, Sexual health, Stress incontinence, Urinary incontinence, Urination, Urology, Women's Health|

Body Myths: The Pelvic Floor Edition We get a lot of information about our bodies from all sorts of sources today (your Instagram feed, the news, and even your friendly neighbor who’s been on “WebMD” a few too many times…) So what is the truth and what is a myth? We will start with the “Pelvic Floor” which remains a mystery to MANY of us. So let's set the record straight: “Wetting yourself with every sneeze, cough, or belly laugh, that’s [...]

Bending without breaking: Hypermobility disorders and physical therapy

Unnati Topiwala2024-09-27T15:38:24-04:00July 19th, 2021|Categories: Physical Therapists News, Physical Therapy Articles, Pilates Articles|Tags: Ami Kirollos, Atlanta, BeightonScore, Clinical medicine, Contortion, EDS, Ehlers-Danlos Society, Ehlers–Danlos syndrome, Ehlers–Danlos syndromes, Genu recurvatum, Gyrotonic, Gyrotonic Fit, health, HSD, Hypermobility, Injury Prevention, Joint dislocation, Ligamentous laxity, Musculoskeletal system, Organ systems, Pelvic floor dysfunction, Physical Therapy, Range of motion, Rheumatology, Skeletal disorders, Syndromes|

“Hypermobility,” is a term we like to throw around in all types of ways. For many people, it means casually bringing your leg over your head in yoga class or twisting your body into a pretzel-like Cirque Du Soleil performer, but for others, it means chronic pain, frequent injuries, and symptoms that many medical providers will shrug off as “being bendy.” There is a fine line when “flexible” can be more than just limber joints and muscles and may be [...]

Hydration For Youth Athletes

Melissa Baudo2023-12-21T14:41:23-05:00September 18th, 2018|Categories: Physical Therapists News, Youth Sports Articles|Tags: Articles, Biology, Branches of biology, Dehydration, Dietary supplements, Electrolyte disturbances, Exercise physiology, health, Heat cramps, heat illness, Heat stroke, hydration, Karen Davis Warren, Medical emergencies, Medicine, Perspiration, Physical exercise, recovery, RTT, sports drink, Thermoregulation, Wilderness medical emergencies, youth athletes|

As a parent of a young athlete, like me, I often get asked the following questions about youth hydration: How much should my child be drinking? When should they be drinking? What should they be drinking? Why are children more prone to heat illness and how do we prevent it? What happens in the winter when it’s cooler? The youth sports programs don’t typically have nutritionists on staff guiding and educating the athletes or parents, so it’s time to put [...]

Oh Baby! What Happened To My Body?

OneTherapy2024-05-13T16:57:25-04:00April 4th, 2018|Categories: Dry Needling Articles, Physical Therapists News, Pilates Articles, Trigger Point Dry Needling Articles, Wellness Articles, Women's Health Articles|Tags: baby, back pain, body, Clinical medicine, Diastasis recti, dry needling, health, Low back pain, Manual therapy, massage, Medical specialties, Medicine, Melissa Baudo, Myofascial pain syndrome, Myofascial trigger point, Nociception, pain, Physical Therapy, Pseudoscience, Soft tissue disorders|

By Melissa Baudo Marchetti Calling all moms! Have you recently had a baby, or still struggling with post baby pain and weakness? Pregnancy places high demand on the musculoskeletal system and can be very traumatic for some women leaving them with myofascial pain, internal pelvic pain, nerve pain, diastasis recti (a gapping in the abdominal muscles), weakness in the core from a C-section, neck and shoulder pain from holding your newborn baby, and much more. In December, after a five-year [...]

Injury Prevention for Tennis Players

OneTherapy2024-05-13T16:59:06-04:00March 21st, 2018|Categories: General Information, Injury Prevention Articles, Physical Therapists News, Physical Therapy Articles, Sports Medicine Articles|Tags: athlete, Elbow, Flexibility, health, Human leg, Manual therapy, massage, Medical specialties, Medicine, Melissa Baudo, Melissa Baudo Marchetti, Overuse injuries, Physical exercise, Physical Therapy, RTT, Soft tissue disorders, sports, Sports injuries, Sports injury, Sports medicine, Stretching, Tennis, Tennis elbow, tennis injury, Warming up|

Injury Prevention for Tennis Players By Melissa Baudo Marchetti, PT, DPT, SCS, MTC It’s that time of year again…welcome back Spring ALTA tennis players! The weather is getting nicer out…perfect for tennis! We want you to be prepared this tennis season and minimize those pesky injuries, aches, and pains. Injuries to the lower leg, elbow, back and hips are common in tennis due to the high demand of the sport and the repetitive, quick movements required. You can reduce your [...]

The Balancing Act: Changing Pain

OneTherapy2023-12-15T00:21:40-05:00March 7th, 2018|Categories: General Information, Injury Prevention Articles, Physical Therapists News, Physical Therapy Articles, Sports Medicine Articles, Wellness Articles|Tags: Acute pain, balance, chronic pain, Dyspareunia, health, Low back pain, Nociception, Organ systems, pain, Pain management, Perception, Physical Therapy, Psychological stress, stress, Suffering, The Creative Healing Shift, wellness|

A recent National Institutes of Health study determined that nearly 50 million American adults have chronic pain and nearly half of those are reported to have severe pain. Our society and culture has provided many of us with many wonderful amenities of life, but at the same time, it has created a wide array of stressors and unhealthy activities. This can make it difficult to find balance in mind and body. Often, these imbalances can contribute to causing chronic pain, [...]

The Importance of Play

OneTherapy2023-12-20T05:28:52-05:00January 18th, 2018|Categories: General Information, Pelvic Floor Articles, Performance Enhancement Articles, Physical Therapists News, Physical Therapy Articles, Sports Medicine Articles, Wellness Articles|Tags: biking, Chloe, Chloe Murdock, Cycle sport, cycling, exercise, fitness, Fitness apps, health, Health software, Human activities, Human behavior, january, Medicine, new years resolutions, Physical activity, Physical exercise, Physical Therapy, Pilates, play, Recreation, sports, Summer Olympic sports, wellness, workouts|

Chloe Murdock PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS We’re two weeks into January, and gyms are bursting with people eager to keep their New Year’s resolutions. But how many of these people will be so zealously hammering away on the Stair Master in July? Becoming and staying active is very hard in our sedentary society, often because it becomes just another task on our “To Do” list. Adding one hour of exercise per day can cut into our social lives and time [...]

Changing the Pain Game // Chronic Pain Fix

OneTherapy2023-12-19T07:40:12-05:00December 13th, 2017|Categories: Injury Prevention Articles, Performance Enhancement Articles, Physical Therapists News, Physical Therapy Articles, Sports Medicine Articles, Wellness Articles|Tags: Acute pain, back pain, chronic pain, Lance Cross, Low back pain, Nerve root, Nervous system, Nociception, Organ systems, pain, Perception, Physical Therapy, Piriformis syndrome, Psychogenic pain, Radiculopathy, recovery, Spinal disc herniation|

Lance Cross PT, MPT, OSC, CMTPT Four times as many people in the U.S. truly suffer from chronic pain compared to those who suffer from diabetes, heart disease and cancer and the medical community is playing catch-up. Have you or someone you know been left to feel hopeless or invalid because past treatments have failed or doctors haven’t been able to explain the causes of your chronic pain? I’m of the opinion that, far too often, our well-intended pharmaceutical, therapeutic, [...]

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