Category: Patient Care

Dizziness and Vertigo Part I Aug9th 2017

Dizziness and Vertigo

You wake up as you would any other day and roll over to get out of bed when suddenly a strange feeling hits you. The whole room begins spinning around you, the bed starts moving beneath you, and you feel as though you may be falling. Then, as suddenly as the spinning began, it slows

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Parkinson's Disease Aug8th 2017

Action Moves for Parkinson’s Disease

Exercise is beneficial, this is something we have known and read about every day and is especially true for people with Parkinson’s disease. Exercise helps you use your brain’s Dopamine more efficiently and protects your brain from further deterioration; it is neuroprotective! Research from the National Parkinson’s Foundation found that Parkinson’s patients who exercised a minimum of

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Colleen ham Apr5th 2017

Dry Needling, so What’s the Point?

What is all this about dry needling(DN)? How long has it been around and how does it work?  We asked the same questions when we became exposed to it back in 2008.  After becoming certified in this procedure, we have seen very positive results utilizing this in conjunction with other treatment techniques in managing and

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The Pain Puzzle Part 2 Jan5th 2017

The Pain Puzzle Part 2

As promised, in part two of this post on the puzzle of pain, we will attempt to provide some insight into the poorly understood and ever elusive subject of chronic pain. We will also provide some clinical suggestions on how to manage chronic pain through physical therapy intervention. To quickly review our previous post, we

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Harrisonburg Office Opening Dec13th 2016

Harrisonburg Office Opening January 2017

We are excited to announce the grand opening of our new physical therapy clinic in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Our office will be located in the Skyline Village Shopping Center between Martin’s supermarket and Kohl’s department store. At this point our goal is to begin seeing patients near the latter part of January 2017. Specialty interventions offered

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Fascial Manipulation Presentation Nov15th 2016

NAMTPT Fascial Manipulation Presentation

On October 22, 2016 Dr. Colleen Whiteford had the honor of presenting about the science of Fascial Manipulation®  to health care professionals attending the National Association of Myofascial Trigger Point Therapists Annual Conference. She was invited to speak to fellow therapists about her experience with this science and the huge impact it has had on patient care.

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Nov15th 2016

VPTA Blue Ridge District Presentation

On Thursday November 3, 2016, Colleen Whiteford and Adam Van Nortwick participated in a Panel Discussion at the Virginia Physical Therapy Association Blue Ridge District Meeting which took place at the Murphy-Deming College of Health Sciences. The panel discussion consisted of presentations by therapists with niche areas of treatment. Colleen’s presentation introduced clinicians and students

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Wellness, Prevention, and Early Intervention Nov3rd 2016

Wellness, Prevention, and Early Intervention

The other day I was working with a 52 year old female patient with knee pain, we’ll call her Ann. She started talking about her 17 year old daughter, (let’s call her Mary) voicing concerns about her posture. Ann mentioned that Mary had intermittent headaches and neck complaints as well, and wondered if they were

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Nov2nd 2016

On the Road for More Continuing Education

I had the pleasure of attending Postural Restoration Institute®’s Impingement and Instability course on Saturday October 22nd and Sunday October 23rd. The speaker, James Anderson, MPT, PRC did a great job presenting examination techniques for identifying dysfunctional movement patterns throughout the body and the rationale behind why these patterns can result in impingement and/or instability

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Restless Legs Syndrome Oct11th 2016

Restless Legs Syndrome

As is often the case with many diagnoses ending in “Syndrome,” Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) can be elusive and challenging to diagnose, treat, and understand. While we sometimes work with patients who come to us primarily for help with RLS (yes, we do treat it), more often they are seeking treatment for some other problem

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