WHY DO PHYSIoTHERAPY
protect from injury
PROVIDE STRENTH AND STABILITY IN JOINTS
MOVE WITH GOOD FORM
REDUCE RISK OF INJURY
REMAIN ACTIVE FOR LONGER PERIODS
ENJOY LIFE WITH LESS ACHES AND PAINS
Recover From injury
REGAIN STRENGTH AND MOBILITY
SAFELY RETURN TO ACTIVE LIFEYSTYLE
LEARN TO MOVE BETTER
RECOVER FASTER
PREVENT FURTHER INJURY
What makes fortified physiotherapy different?
Recover faster with patient centered care
Focus on patient outcomes, not productivity
One on one, personalized care
Go through rehab journey with an experienced Physiotherapist with a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree
Focus on lifestyle and behavioral changes
Avoid jumping through the needless and frustrating hoops of insurance, wasting valuable recovery time
Return to even higher quality functional movement without insurance constraints
If you have limitations or difficulties with movements physiotherapy is right for you!
PLEASE CALL AND SET UP A MOVEMENT SCREEN TODAY TO GET BACK FEELING YOUR BEST
PHONE: 770-288-0836
brian.stewart@fortifiedbhr.com
PHYSIOTHERAPY QUICK TIPS
Having Low back pain?
Approximately 8 in 10 Americans will experience low back pain
Annual combined cost of low back pain is $253 billion in lost wages
Chronic low back pain is second leading cause of disability
Solution
First, and best step, is to begin with abdominal bracing!
Draw in stomach
"Flair" out the side muscles (think of making body like a pancake)
Be sure to keep breathing
Engage pelvic floor (feel like stopping the flow of urine)
Practice this movement whenever lifting, squatting, standing up from seated position
DISCLAIMER: Please get checked by a movement specialist such as a physical therapist
Knee or back pain with squatting?
Might be due to poor ankle dorsiflexion
DISCLAIMER: Please get checked by a movement specialist such as a physical therapist first
Test your dorsiflexion
Perform wall test
Put foot five fingers away from wall in half kneeling
Lean forward keeping heel on ground
Try to touch knee to wall
Fail = cannot touch knee to wall without heel coming off the ground
How to increase ankle dorsiflexion
Sit in chair and slide foot back as far as possible, keeping foot completely flat
Sit in half kneeling position and lean forward, keeping foot flat
Elevate toes on weight and sink heel down
Perform goblet squat, holding at the bottom for 15 seconds