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Active Marquette’s Jeanette Tousignant Completes Intensive Training in Vestibular Rehabilitation

We would like to congratulate Jeanette Tousignant, PT, CKTP for successful completion of Vestibular Rehabilitation: A Competency-Based Course.  This course was put on by world-renowned vestibular rehabilitation specialist Richard Clendaniel at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, and is co-sponsored by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) It’s a one-week intensive course that encompasses examination and treatment of many different types of vestibular disorders.  Here’s what Jeanette has to say about her experience: “This highly sought-after training is offered once annually for 200 students max, providing the most current information about the function of the Vestibular system and how best to assess and treat any deficits that impact mobility and quality of life. The course is designed and taught by the premier Physical Therapy practitioners in the field, who are not only treating patients regularly, but are conducting the research and publishing the results regarding best practice...

5 Key Ways a Licensed Athletic Trainer Helps Protect Your Child On the Field

Athletic Trainers (ATs) are a key member of the sports medicine team.  It’s especially important to have athletic trainers on the athletic field because they have the specialized training to take care of the unique needs of athletes.  When the rubber hits the road, there is nobody better to be taking care of athletes on a day-to-day basis than an athletic trainer. Take a look below at why this is the case as we discuss the Domains of Athletic Training. Injury and Illness Prevention and Wellness Promotion ATs are trained to identify risk factors in the athletic and general populations through specialized assessment methods, and are able to help reduce risk of injury by utilizing techniques such as taping, bracing, rehabilitation exercises, fitness/conditioning programs, altering environmental factors, and others.  ATs are also advocates for health through education to optimize wellness for individuals and groups. Examination, Assessment and Diagnosis ATs...

Want to Become an Athletic Trainer? Here’s How…

So if you’ve been following our blog this month, you may know that March is National Athletic Training Month.  Last week we discussed what an athletic trainer is and some of the things they do.  In order to fully understand athletic trainers, it’s important to have a basic understanding of their educational requirements.  For a more extensive description, click here.  In order to become an athletic trainer, all the following requirements need to be filled. Attend an Accredited University.If you want to become an athletic trainer, you must attend a university who runs a CAATE Accredited Athletic Training Education Program (ATEP).  CAATE stands for the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education.  This organization maintains quality standards for those who wish to provide the service of an ATEP at the university level  Many universities offer a four-year track toward completion of the program and an undergraduate degree. That is the...

What is an Athletic Trainer Anyway?

Athletic Trainers (ATs) are health care professionals who collaborate with physicians to provide preventative services, emergency care, clinical diagnosis, therapeutic intervention and rehabilitation of injuries and medical conditions.  At Active Physical Therapy, our Licensed Athletic Trainers work with athletes at some of the local high schools (Negaunee, Republic, Westwood and Ishpeming) and see patients in our clinics by providing hands-on support to our Physical Therapists.   Athletic Trainers have a special set of skills that make them a vital part of the sports medicine team.  These skills can be used in a variety of settings such as competitive athletics (all levels), industrial work sites, physician offices, the military, performing arts, physical therapy, and others.   A strong background in orthopedics and sports injury knowledge prepares them to handle a wide array of injuries from sprains and strains to fractures and concussions. They receive extensive training in immediate response to injury,...

Get Back to your Life: How Physical Therapy can help relieve Low Back Pain and Prevent Future Occurrences

Did you know that low back pain is the second most common cause of disability in the United States? Over 80 percent of the US population will experience an episode of lower back pain at some time during life. For most, recovery can happen within a few months, but the incidence of low back pain is on the rise, and so is the costs associated with it – loss of work, visits to the ER, medications, and imaging. Low back pain can present itself as a dull ache, a throb, sharp shooting pain, radiating down either or both legs.  Symptoms can be constant, or come and go, come on gradually or appear suddenly with a certain position or movement. Those who have experienced back pain know that it makes everything more difficult. The pain can be completely disabling, preventing you from going to work, standing up straight, sitting in...

Bike Fit Services at Active Physical Therapy

There are many benefits to riding a bike and it can be a fun and easy way to get a little exercise in and enjoy some fresh air. Riding a bike can improve your cardiovascular fitness, strength, endurance and even your mood and mental clarity.  But what do you do if riding your bike causes pain and you just can’t ride that far anymore?  Do you just need a new bike? Should something be adjusted?  How do you know? The Bike Fit experts at Active Physical Therapy have a solution for you. We will fit your bike  to you to compensate for injuries, pain, or annoyances.   Does your neck hurt on long straight aways? Numbness and tingling in your hands? Knee pain with hill climbs? Low back pain or even saddle soreness that isn’t from first ride of the season? All of these things can be tied to...

Kinesiotaping at Active Physical Therapy

What is that colorful tape everyone is wearing? You’ve probably seen it on athletes on television. Maybe your friends and family have watched a YouTube video and tried it themselves, or your neighbor went to PT and had a couple of strips on his knee.  Have you ever wondered what it was?  Did it work or was it just a fad? It all began with Kinesio tape®, an elastic adhesive tape that was originally developed in Japan in the 1970’s. Since, it has expanded to include more than 20 different brands of tape and counting, each with their own niche.  The Kinesio tape® brand has been the most researched, and will be the one discussed most in this article. Kinesio tape is latex free, hypoallergenic, water-resistant, and wearable for days at a time.  Its uses and purposes vary, including muscle inhibition or facilitation, swelling reduction, pain alleviation, providing correction...

Aqua Therapy Services and Active Physical Therapy

Water has been – and remains – one of the best environments to achieve full function regardless of the injury. Water improves motion and flexibility and has a relaxation effect on the body which decreases pain and muscle tension.  The natural buoyancy reduces compressive forces and impact on the joints, hence making exercises much easier to perform than on land. What to Expect When walking into the HydroWorx pool at Active Physical Therapy, you are treated to smells of not the expected chlorine, but to bromine, a chemical not as harsh to the skin or the nose as chlorine. Depending on patient needs, the water is kept at a temperature between 82 and 96 degrees for therapeutic purposes. A physical therapist or physical therapy assistant will take you through a series of personalized exercises designed to help meet your goal for rehab of your injury. You will work one-on-one with your therapist...

Active Welcomes Balanced Body Physical Therapy

Join us at our clinic at 1455 Fair Avenue in Marquette as we welcome Jeannie Wagner, PT, DPT, CLT-LANA and Laurie Smith, PT, to Active Physical Therapy. Jeannie and Laurie have provided physical Therapy services at Balanced Body Physical Therapy to the Marquette Community for many years, and now are bringing their expertise to Active Physical Therapy! Light refreshments will be served.

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