Movement is the first and only PT clinic in the Vail Valley currently offering the Synexis Biodefense System. Adios COVID-19 and other bugs!
Synexis is the first and only company to design microbial reduction technology that produces hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in the same physical state as the oxygen and nitrogen in the air; this unique molecule is known as Dry Hydrogen Peroxide (DHP). Using DHP, the patented microbial reduction technology allows for the natural and continuous reduction of microbial contamination in occupied spaces.
Combined with a one-on-one treatment environment, Movement is highly invested in your health!
Favorite quote: "Vail Health collects “supra-competitive profits,” from its physical therapy business, 20% to 40% above competitive market prices. That’s approximately $140 per session for self-pay and more than $300 per session under an insurance contract, as opposed to the more normal rate of $65 to $120 per session, the lawsuit alleges." Read full article linked below:
NormaTec is the ultimate recovery device. The technology can increase circulation and improve mobility for those who work out regularly, are training for a competition or race, experience swollen legs from traveling frequently, stand for long hours on the job, or suffer from inflammation, sore muscles, or other circulatory issues. NormaTec is used extensively in professional athletics and is utilized for both rehab and recovery by 97% of pro teams, as well as Olympic and elite athletes across a broad spectrum of sports.
The NormaTec PULSE Series is a pneumatic compression device that utilizes patented technology to increase circulation to the limbs. NormaTec was founded by a physician and bioengineer as a medical company to help treat circulatory conditions. They later worked directly with top athletic programs to develop the NormaTec PULSE Series. Using NormaTec’s leg, arm, or hip attachments boosts blood flow and reduces pain and soreness. In addition to these benefits, studies show that NormaTec decreases inflammation, clears metabolites, and increases range of motion.
NormaTec pairs compression with a sophisticated massage pattern, employing three key forms of biomimicry, including pulsing, gradients, and distal release. The patented pulsing action uses dynamic compression, effectively mimicking the muscle pump of the legs and arms, to greatly enhance the movement of fluid and metabolites out of the limbs. NormaTec utilizes hold pressures similar to the one-way valves of veins and lymphatic vessels, preventing fluid backflow, and enhancing the natural
circulatory flow. The distal release feature releases hold pressures once they are no longer needed, ensuring that each portion of the limb gains maximal rest time without a significant pause between compression cycles.
NormaTec is a clinically proven method to enhance recovery and reduce pain and soreness. The user will first experience a pre-inflate cycle, during which the attachments fill with air to calibrate and mold to their exact body shape. The session will then begin by compressing the feet, hands, or upper quad (depending on which attachment you are using.) Similar to the kneading and stroking done during a massage, each segment of the attachment will first compress in a pulsing manner and then release. This will repeat for each segment of the attachment as the compression pattern works its way up the limb. This stimulates blood flow, massages the muscles, and works in harmony with the body’s circulatory system to mobilize fluid out of the extremities and back up towards the heart.
See research articles here:
LOW BACK:
-It is estimated that 40% of asymptomatic people have a “bulging disc” on MRI (38, 39).
-Disc “bulges” reabsorb in a matter weeks and months (40-44).
-In 40-year old asymptomatic males and females, between 25-50% will demonstrate disc degeneration and signs of injury, endplate changes, foraminal stenosis and facet joint degeneration on spinal imaging (45).
-Lumbar spine degeneration starts in a person’s early 20s and there is little correlation between arthritis and LBP in later life (45-48).
-In asymptomatic elite tennis players 33% had a spondylolisthesis when scanned, with several showcasing pars fractures, stress fractures, etc., yet no pain (39).
-Despite presenting with the same LBP, patients receive completely different MRI results when visiting different imaging centers and have different radiologists interpret the findings (49).
NECK:
-Among people with significant degeneration visible in their imaging, only 10% experience pain (50).
-90% of asymptomatic people undergoing cervical MRI scan have a “bulging” disc (including people in their early 20’s) (51).
-Demolition derby drivers crash over 1500 times during their career; averaging over 24 miles per hour, and yet almost all report no chronic whiplash-associated neck pain.
SHOULDER:
-One in three people over the age of 30 and two out of tree people over the age of 70 have abnormal MRI findings related to their shoulder including complete rotator cuff tears (53-55).
-After successful rotator cuff surgery and postoperative rehabilitation to regain full range of motion, strength and function, 90% of patients’ MRI reports reveal “abnormal findings” and 20% still have a complete rotator cuff tear (56).
KNEE:
-In asymptomatic individuals 25-50% of MRIs reveal significant “degenerative” changes, highlighting the poor correlation between knee osteoarthritis, pain and disability (57, 58).
-In active collegiate basketball players with no knee pain, 35% of the MRI scans show significant abnormalities (59).
-It is currently estimated that one in three knee replacements are unnecessary (60).
HIP:
-MRI of asymptomatic people show abnormalities in 73% of hips and labral tears in 69% of the asymptomatic group (61).
-Hip MRI studies show that femoroacetabular impingement and labral injuries are common in asymptomatic individuals (62).
-In hockey players with no hip pain, two out of three have scans that show significant degenerative changes (63).
Adapted from Louw's Pain Neuroscience Education 2nd Ed.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 13, 2017 DENVER - The Colorado Chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association was very pleased to receive the opinion and order from the Denver District Court, under presiding District Judge A. Bruce Jones, that the lawsuits seeking judicial review or a declaratory judgement against physical therapists performing dry needling in Colorado have been denied. The ruling was entered 12-12-2017 at 11:51 a.m. Key to the ruling is that the Colorado PT Board acted within its statutory authority and that "there is sufficient elasticity in the Act's definition (PT Practice Act) of physical therapy to encompass dry needling."The ruling upholds prior Colorado Legislative Legal Services review in 2013 that the PT practice act encompasses dry needling under mechanical stimulation with the use of a device (filament/needle).
Respectfully, Colorado Chapter, American Physical Therapy Association
Below is a compilation of the ever-growing evidence for the effectiveness of Dry Needling. This is from peer-reviewed, medical research journals. So sorry it is only a partial list and there is just so much support for this very skilled technique!!!
Dry Needling can help me dunk a basketball?!
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29181252
Dry Needling superior to injection for plantar heel pain
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29119296
Get rid of your headache!
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29037632
Help for herniated lumbar discs
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28931976
Unlock your neck
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28764281
Wake up muscle!
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28593101
Physiological changes after Dry Needling (AKA not 'energy')
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28592980
Physiological changes after Dry Needling (AKA not 'energy')
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28592980
Help for complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28434187
Dry Needling the cervical spine
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28413118
Myofascial pain syndrome and Dry Needling
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28379050
Dry Needling just as good as steroid injections for hip bursitis
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28257614
More twitches, more results!
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28291046
Upper extremity numbness and tingling resolved with Dry Needling
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28257619
Less spasticity following stroke
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28222554
Pain reduction in the trapezius muscle
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28167189
More relief for discogenic low back pain with Dry Needling
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28163732
Less pain after knee replacement with Dry Needling
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28158960
Dry needling improves low back muscle function/activity
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26406203
Less spasticity and stiffness in muscles following stroke with Dry Needling
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27362968
Dry Needling improves shoulder mobility and pain
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27497188
Dry Needling helpful for shoulder impingement
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27720812
Reduces jaw pain and grinding
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27697769
Positive therapeutic effects of dry needling to the upper trapezius
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27697768
Dry Needling as a performance enhancer in elite soccer players
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27685009
Pain Relief for plantar fasciitis
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27683642
Twitch matters and means more immediate pain relief
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27623385
Pain in the neck from the office. Dry Needling can help
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27582622
Dry Needling helps chronic neck pain
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27537209
Help following ACL reconstruction
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27428535
Dry Needling and electrical stimulation/TENS effective for chronic neck pain
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27410163
The effects of Dry Needling are long lasting
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27297448
Relief for rotator cuff tendinopathy
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27274427
Less adverse symptoms following stroke
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27167369
Dry Needling helps shoulder impingement
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27104059
Relief for hip pain
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26347305
Dry Needling for thoracic spine pain
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26309385
Dry Needling and manual therapy effective for upper trapezius pain
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26304789
Relief for occipital neuralgia / headache
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26136602
Dry Needling for mechanical low back pain
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26118519
Prediction of improvement of low back pain with Dry Needling
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26110549
Dry Needling and rats on treadmills
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26076317
Chronic ankle instability improvements with Dry Needling
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26064172
Dry Needling improves low back muscle functioning
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25801100
Pain relief for shoulders
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25794307
No more pain in the neck
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25709869
Post-operative shoulder pain less with Dry Needling
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25666690
Dry Needling relieves TMD/ TMJ symptoms
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25662558
Reduction in trapezius pain with Dry Needling
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25661462
The lower trapezius muscle needs needles too
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25582412
Dry Needling and wet needling both effective for neck and shoulder pain
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25576642
Dry Needling helpful for post-stroke spasticity
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25547766
Dry Needling even helps elbow pain and cyberchondria
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25487824
Woof! Dry Needling and dogs
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25454375
Achilles tendinopathy relief with dry needling
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25448138
Needles go where my hands cannot for TMD / TMJ
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25433977
Thoracic spine pain reduction
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25328832
Dry Needling at the top of the arsenal of pain management options
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25322743
Silly rabbit, needles are for humans
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25276839
Dry Needling more effective than manual therapy alone
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25269764
Spasticity, baropodometry, pain pressure sensitivity and Dry Needling post-stroke
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25199825
Chronic post surgical pain eased with Dry Needling
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25132412
Improvement following arthroscopic hip surgery
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25098193
Dry Needling successful for management of upper quarter and craniofacial dysfunction
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24912453
Dry Needling relieves upper trapezius pain
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24725800
Improves plantar heel pain
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24700136
Even one session of Dry Needling helps neck pain
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24568260
Dry Needling for knee pain in a dancer
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24567862
Platelet rich plasma and Dry Needling for patellar tendinopathy
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24481828
Help for frozen shoulder / adhesive capsulitis with Dry Needling
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24261931
Relief for proximal hamstring tendinopathy
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24261928
Shoulder tendinopaty…there's a needle for that
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23997721
Dry needling for pelvic floor pain and dysfunction
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23943509
Dry needling overall just as good as PRP, and more cost effective
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23912197
How does it work?
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23801002
Help for hamstring strain
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23772348
Lots of studies supporting dry needling for upper quarter pain
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23756457
Dry Needling helpful for TMJ / TMD
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23687913
Imaging confirms immediate change with Dry Needling
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23684553
Dry Needling tendinitis / tendinosis / tendinopathy
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23652530
Dry Needling superior for paraspinals
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23629597
Dry Needling benefits for fibromyalgia
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23609584
Total Knee Arthroplasty / Replacement pain relief with Dry Needling
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23606888
Chronic Low Back Pain relief
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23593553
Needling tendons
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23487340
Dry Needling changes rabbits
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23346198
Pain relief for TMJ / TMD
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23220812
Physiologic changes with Dry Needling
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23206963
Dry Needling is for real
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23138883
Relief for musculoskeletal chest wall pain / costochondritis
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22666647
Jaw pain and Dry Needling
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22549679
Relief for lateral epicondyalgia / epicondylitis
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22018577
Depth does matter
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21696603
Dry Needling rabbits
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21529778
Mechanisms of Dry Needling
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21439050
Lumbar spinal stenosis relief with Dry Needling
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20698999
Dry Needling trigger points
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20544158
Shoulder pain and volleyball players
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20351377
Dry Needling away jaw pain
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20213036
Improved circulation and oxygenation
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20140448
Dry Needling vs local anesthetic injection
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19838864
Regional effects of Dry Needling
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19404189
No reason to inject a substance for headaches
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19241799
Pain and trigger points
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18054148
Dry Needling and the elderly
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17718644
Widespread effects of Dry Needling
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17449984
Positive results for patellar tendinopathy / tendinitis / tendinosis
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17387140
Relief for media epicondyalgia / golfer's elbow
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16990441
Treatment for myofascial pain syndrome
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16945250
Postherpetic pain and Dry Needling
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16712624
Dry Needling plus stretching more effective than stretching alone
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14620302
Twitch matters in Dry Needling
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11562554
Dry Needling for shoulder impingement
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10807110
Diagnostic testing or effective treatment?
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9298338
Twitch matters
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8043247
Trigger points in dogs and Dry Needling
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1581647
Post-surgical pain relieved with Dry Needling
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2638215
Dry Needling for chronic low back pain
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6461928
Dry needling for chronic low back pain again
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6446774
No medication necessary…the needle effect!
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/424236
Do you want the chance to create a more effective swing and increase clubhead speed? See how mobility exercises can help...
As a whole, the vertebral column (often described in press as ‘the spine’ or ‘spinal column’) has 5 main functions:
1. To support the weight of the head and the trunk
2. To allow movement of the head and trunk
3. To protect the spinal cord which transmits signals all over the body
4. To allow nerves to exit to each part of the body
5. To provide sites for muscle attachment
The functions of the vertebral column, from an anatomical point of view, are well established. However, how we improve movement in the thoracic region and transfer it to the golf swing needs further investigation. This blog focuses on function number 2 -- the ability of the spine to allow movement of the head and trunk -- and in particular, the movement of the trunk.
We know that golf is a sport that involves a great deal of rotation...and that rotation has to come from somewhere in the body. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you: The Thoracic Spine!
Keep reading: http://www.mytpi.com/articles/fitness/5_exercises_for_increasing_thoracic_spine_mobility_in_your_golf_swing
The effect of dry needling on the radiating pain in subjects with discogenic low-back pain: A randomized control trial.
Author information: Mahmoudzadeh A, Rezaeian ZS, Karimi A, Dommerholt J.
Abstract:
BACKGROUND:
Disk herniation is the most common cause of radiating low back pain (LBP) in subjects under 60 years of age. The present study aims to compare the effect of dry needling (DN) and a standard conservative approach on the pain and function in subjects with discogenic radiating LBP.
MATERIALS AND METHODS:
Fifty-eight subjects with discogenic radicular LBP were screened and randomized into control (Standard physical therapy, n = 29) and experimental group (Standard physical therapy and DN, n = 29). Radiating pain intensity and disability were measured using visual analog scale (VAS) and Oswestry Disability indices at baseline, at the end of treatment and 2 months after the last intervention session. The changes in pain intensity and disability were studied using a 3 × 2 repeated measures analysis of variance considering time as the within-subject factor and group as the between-subject.
RESULTS:
Pain intensity and disability scores decreased significantly in both experimental and control groups (experimental group: VAS = 37.24, Oswestry Disability Index [ODI] =28.48, control group: VAS = 45.5, ODI = 32.96), following the intervention. The change continued during the follow-up period (P < 0.001 for all comparisons). Pain and disability improvement, however, were more significant in experimental group, both in post intervention (experimental group: VAS = 25.17, ODI = 22.17, control group: VAS = 42.4, ODI = 30.27) (P = 0.05 and P = 0.03, respectively) and follow-up measures (P = 0.006 and P = 0.002, respectively).
CONCLUSION:
Both intervention strategies seem to significantly improve pain and disability immediately following intervention, where the improvement continued during 2 months after the last active intervention. Therefore, supplementary DN application may enhance the effect of the standard intervention considerably.
KEYWORDS:
Discogenic; dry needling; low back pain
PMID: 28163732 PMCID: PMC5244646 DOI: 10.4103/1735-1995.192502
Check out this video presentation by Dr. Mike Voight from the First International Sports Physical Therapy Conference:
Return to Play: The Role of Assessing Movement in the Return to Play Decision
Key Points:
Movement Physical Therapy is the only clinic in the Vail Valley area certified in the Selective Functional Movement Assessment (SFMA), Functional Movement Screen (FMS), Y-Balance Test (YBT), and computerized algorithms. All are integral components in determining the athlete's readiness to return to sport. Movement Physical Therapy calls the in-depth analysis our Injury Prevention Physical. No other clinic in the Vail Valley offers worthwhile testing. Some locally used examples are "sport testing" and impairment measurements such as limb circumference, ROM, strength testing, etc. The research is clear...who do you trust for your injury?!
Move to Achieve!