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What do you call THAT?!

August 21, 2017 By Tobin Forbus Leave a Comment

A patient came into Synergy today for the first time on a recommendation of her friend after failing PT at another facility.

She came in with 9 out of 10 pain in the L buttock that she had been suffering with for 4 months.  She works a standing job and was in misery for all those months and could not stand at all without shooting pain in the buttock.  After careful evaluation, we determined the cause of her pain and performed several manual therapy techniques to correct it.   I had planned on putting her on another unique treatment machine called the ATM2 after manual therapy, but upon standing up, she said, “it doesn’t hurt anymore”.

I was somewhat skeptical it was that good, so I had her walk around the clinic for a while and we went over to the ATM2 machine… no pain walking.

Now, for this machine to work, there needs to be a trunk motion that can reproduce the patient’s symptoms (meaning bending forward, back, side to side or rotation reproduces the pain).  When we tried all these movements… no pain. 0/10.  Pain relieved after 4 months of 9/10 suffering, her pain with standing and walking relieved after 1 session.

This patient’s husband then asked a great question, “What do you call that? It’s not chiropractic or physical therapy!”

I couldn’t help but smile and explained that what we do is more similar to the Osteopathic treatment model, but we are manual therapy based Physical Therapists and it does, indeed, feel very different than the type of treatment offered at most PT clinics in the area. The experience at Synergy was so different than what they experienced at the other facility that he didn’t even think that what we did would be called the same thing!

The clinic you choose matters!  Not all physical therapy is created equal. Remember, you have the right to request where you receive your care. Choose wisely, choose Synergy.

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There are two major schools of outpatient PT treatment: Manual therapy vs. exercise focused care. Much of the pain and limitation you are experiencing is coming from changes to the joints and surrounding tissues that only doing exercises will not correct. Skilled manual therapy interventions can be the key to your quickest and most complete recovery.

Our therapists are each expertly trained manual therapists in a variety of different approaches including manipulation, mobilization, muscle energy, strain-counterstrain, proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation, myofascial release, instrumented soft tissue release, dry needling, Mulligan and McKenzie approaches among others. The breadth of training of our Doctors of Physical Therapy means that if one approach is not working, we have many more options to try. There is no “one trick pony” at Synergy. We are problem solvers who love to try a variety of approaches to resolve your pain and get you back to the life you want to live.

If you want to regain your health, it is not a passive path. You have to be proactive and determined that you will regain what you have given up for the sake of helping others, and it is your turn to focus on regaining the quality of life you deserve. We are your best advocates and want this for you as much as you want it for yourself. There is nothing that gives us more satisfaction than to help someone who is motivated and willing to work to change their lives for the better. You can do it! –and we can help!

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