Advance Article, Leg Length Difference and Heel Lifts

The latest edition of "Advance for Physical Therapy and Rehab Medicine" arrived at our clinic today. It's a wonderful national physical therapy magazine with great articles for those in the Rehab field. We have been anxiously awaiting it's arrival since our owner and therapist Chris Ford, MPT was interviewed about leg length differences and if heel lifts are a proper way to combat this issue. Our answer is no.

So today we got our copy of Advance, and boy! Our philosophy is very different from many others. We are looking forward to the debate. Chris Ford states that in his years (17 plus now!) of working as a Physical Therapist the only true leg length differences he has seen are from improperly healed fractures or a patient with polio. He has been able to correct leg length differences using no surgery and no heel lifts with the Leveling Technique.

See the latest article here: http://physical-therapy.advanceweb.com/Archives/Article-Archives/Need-a-Lift-It-Depends-on-Whom-You-Ask.aspx 
 
I guess we are used to looking at Physical Therapy from "outside the box." It is how Chris Ford, MPT came up with our name Alternative Back Care Physical Therapy, because what we do is truly alternative.

Below we included the "Long/Sit" test. It's a way to determine if the person has a sacroiliac dysfunction if the rotated pelvis is creating a functional leg length difference but not an actual leg length difference.

We were also interviewed last summer by "Advance for Physical Therapy and Rehab Magazine." When they did an article on the sacroiliac joint, they called us to speak with Christopher Ford, MPT. His leveling technique helps patients across the country with back pain and migraines. Read that article here: http://physical-therapy.advanceweb.com/Editorial/Content/PrintFriendly.aspx?CC=227090

New website up and running!

Finally the day has come! Edits are in and website is up! We have been working with Rusty George Creative to do the full website remodel, giving us a much needed update. It looks great!

Check out our new and improved website remodel here: http://www.abcphysicaltherapy.com/

We hope to add a bigger section on migraines, since what we do with migraines here has had such a big impact on our patients. Using our Leveling Technique, we are able not just relieve back pain, but also reduce or resolve migraines and headaches, usually in the first session the patient is seen.


What do you think of the new website? We are really happy with the layout and website design, all done by Rusty George of Rusty George Creative. He does amazing work, check out his website here: http://www.rustygeorge.com/ He has worked with some of the biggest names in Tacoma for graphic and website design. Thanks again Rusty George for the website remodel!

Postcard from Italy!

One of our patients sent us a beautiful postcard from Italy!

"Dearest friends, Thanks to all your good work on my behalf, going up and down the Roman hills and walking everywhere has been just fine after the first couple days. Great bus, subway and train systems. Beauty in museums and flowers everywhere. Am so very grateful to you. More later :) "

We are so excited to hear about the trip when they return! We have such awesome people we get to work with everyday and we are really glad to hear she is having an amazing and pain free time! It looks so pretty we wish we were there too!