VC Physical Therapy

Movement and progressive loading are 🔑 to long term improvement in rehab, but sometimes lingering pain - especially following injury or trauma - can prevent our 90% from getting to 💯.
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Dry needling is an effective means of alleviating pain by downregulating your nervous system and providing a local healing effect through increased blood flow and contraction.
If you have a new or chronic injury that just isn't quite resolving, click 'Book Now' in my bio for a free consultation to find out how physical therapy can help you get back to moving pain-free!
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🔑 to rebuilding ankle stability: balance and proprioception exercises. Once normal range of motion and strength are achieved after an ankle sprain, balance drills are vital to decrease risk of reinjury. After these are mastered, more sport-specific activities like plyometrics and agility drills are an appropriate progression 👍🏼
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If you are currently suffering from a new ankle injury, chronic instability, or just working toward injury prevention and bulletproofing your ankles, click 'Book Now' in my bio for a free 15-minute virtual consultation.
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Neck stiffness, upper trap/shoulder tightness and headaches from sitting in front of a computer screen all day? Dry needling isn't just for injuries and rehab! Think of it as a deep tissue massage 💆🏻‍♀️ but more targeted. Most clients get significant relief of muscle tightness after the first session, which is maintained with a personalized home exercise program, tailored just for you. ✨
Click 'Book Now' in the bio for a quick and effective treatment to minimize technology and posture induced neck pain aka 🤓
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This high school baseball player presented with pain in the front of the shoulder with pitching, decreased overhead range of motion and sensation of tightness in the back of his shoulder. Shown 👆🏻 is a series of progressive dry needling treatments to reduce static tension of the muscle, reset muscle firing pattern, and stimulate increased blood flow and healing to irritated tendons.
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Dry needling is not a magic cure but it definitely helps jump start the healing process! This patient worked really hard in therapy and is back to max-effort throwing without pain. ⚾️ Not shown are countless sets and reps of scapular work, thoracic mobility work, posterior cuff strengthening, and lots of push pull exercises with an emphasis on eccentric motion to maximize deceleration ability. ✨
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If you have questions about whether dry needling and physical therapy can help you, DM me or book a virtual free consultation by clicking the [Book Now] button in my bio 📩
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⚡️ with to reactivate muscles that fire sub-optimally following surgery. Here we're firing up the posterior delts to help them catch up with his stronger middle delts 💪🏼
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