by Russ Simmerman | May 24, 2019 | PT News
We were honored with WWAY TV3’s Viewer’s Choice Award for Best Physical Therapy! We are humbled to be nominated and certainly appreciate the support. We strive to continue to deliver the excellent, hands-on, patient centered care that this award warrants! Thanks again! We take our obligations as your service provider very seriously and we strive to provide the best care possible for all of our patients. The clinical staff at Physical Therapy Services provides treatment with seasoned clinical expertise ranging from orthopedic and sports injuries to balance and vestibular disorders. Our professional staff is dedicated to rehabilitative success and is constantly striving to improve our services and enhance patients’ outcomes. Customer reviews and testimonials are the highest form of praise that we can achieve, we look forward to helping you the way we have helped these patients! Since 1983, Physical Therapy Services has been providing rehabilitative services for the people of Wilmington and Southeastern North Carolina. We look forward to earning your trust in becoming your preferred rehabilitation...
by Russ Simmerman | Nov 28, 2018 | PT News
We are now offering dry needling at both our 17th St and Porters Neck locations. Dry needling is a technique physical therapists use for the treatment of pain and movement impairments. The technique uses a “dry” needle, one without medication or injection, inserted through the skin into areas of the muscle targeting trigger points. Physical therapists use dry needling as an intervention within a larger treatment plan with the goal of releasing trigger points to relieve pain or improve range of motion. Preliminary research supports that dry needling improves pain control, reduces muscle tension, and normalizes dysfunctions of the motor end plates, the sites at which nerve impulses are transmitted to muscles. This can help speed up the patient’s return to active rehabilitation. We take our obligations as your service provider very seriously and we strive to provide the best care possible for all of our patients. The clinical staff at Physical Therapy Services provides treatment with seasoned clinical expertise ranging from orthopedic and sports injuries to balance and vestibular disorders. Our professional staff is dedicated to rehabilitative success and is constantly striving to improve our services and enhance patients’ outcomes. Customer reviews and testimonials are the highest form of praise that we can achieve, we look forward to helping you the way we have helped these patients! Since 1983, Physical Therapy Services has been providing rehabilitative services for the people of Wilmington and Southeastern North Carolina. We look forward to earning your trust in becoming your preferred rehabilitation...
by Russ Simmerman | May 25, 2018 | PT News
We are thrilled to announce the opening of our new location in Porters Neck. Physical Therapy Services has been providing Wilmington as a locally owned and operated business since 1983 and we have expanded into Porters Neck. Come check us out in the Sugarwood Center located next to Lowes Home Improvement and directly behind K-38. We will be opened Monday thru Friday with appointment times open. Give us a call 910-821-0211 to set up an appointment. We take our obligations as your service provider very seriously and we strive to provide the best care possible for all of our patients. The clinical staff at Physical Therapy Services provides treatment with seasoned clinical expertise ranging from orthopedic and sports injuries to balance and vestibular disorders. Our professional staff is dedicated to rehabilitative success and is constantly striving to improve our services and enhance patients’ outcomes. Customer reviews and testimonials are the highest form of praise that we can achieve, we look forward to helping you the way we have helped these patients! Since 1983, Physical Therapy Services has been providing rehabilitative services for the people of Wilmington and Southeastern North Carolina. We look forward to earning your trust in becoming your preferred rehabilitation...
by Russ Simmerman | Jan 24, 2017 | PT News
This was published Monday, January 23, 20017 by PT in Motion News In brief: Retrospective cohort study focused on 109 TKA patients One group (87) received outpatient physical therapy beginning within a week of discharge; a second group (22) received 2-3 weeks of home physical therapy before entering an outpatient physical therapy program While 6MWT and KOOS outcomes were the same for both groups at completion of outpatient physical therapy, the home health group took average of 20 days longer to reach benchmarks Authors believe results point to need for patient education and choice; potential cost savings of immediate outpatient physical therapy A new study finds that when it comes to results, patients who undergo total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and engage in home physical therapy before participating in outpatient physical therapy ultimately wind up doing just about as well as patients who proceed directly to physical therapy sessions. The time it takes them to reach those outcomes, however, is another story. Writing in a recent issue of Orthopedic Nursing (abstract only available for free), researchers report on the results from an analysis of 109 TKA patients who participated in a hospital’s joint replacement program, and who had the option of entering into outpatient physical therapy beginning within a week after surgery (87 individuals, called the OP group) or receiving home health care for 2 to 3 weeks before moving on to outpatient physical therapy (22 individuals, labeled the HH group). Researchers reviewed medical records from 2005 to 2010 to find out if the 2 paths resulted in different outcomes and what those outcomes were after completion of outpatient physical therapy....
by Russ Simmerman | Sep 27, 2016 | PT News
Dry needling is a technique used to treat myofascial pain. The technique uses a “dry” needle, one without medication or injection, inserted through the skin into areas of the muscle, known as trigger points. Dry needling is not acupuncture, a practice based on traditional Chinese medicine and performed by acupuncturists. Dry needling is a part of modern Western medicine principles, and supported by research. Physical therapists use dry needling with the goal of releasing or inactivating trigger points to relieve pain or improve range of motion. Preliminary research supports that dry needling improves pain control, reduces muscle tension, and normalizes dysfunctions of the motor end plates, the sites at which nerve impulses are transmitted to muscles. Andy Alaimo, DPT, is certified in Trigger Point Dry Needling. Several patients have already benefited from dry needling in combination with other physical therapy...
by Russ Simmerman | Jun 24, 2015 | PT News
Congratulations to Amy Howard, DPT and Russ Simmerman, DPT for becoming certified orthopedic manual therapists (OMT-C). Both passed a comprehensive written exam and practical that was the culmination of several months of coursework, lab simulation and study. This certification guarantees knowledge and the ability to perform evidence based mobilizations and manipulations of the cervical spine, thoracic spine, lumbar spine, shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip, knee, foot and ankle. Our patients should take comfort in the fact our staff betters themselves through continuing education and advanced certifications. Nice job Amy and Russ! We take our obligations as your service provider very seriously and we strive to provide the best care possible for all of our patients. The clinical staff at Physical Therapy Services provides treatment with seasoned clinical expertise ranging from orthopedic and sports injuries to balance and vestibular disorders. Our professional staff is dedicated to rehabilitative success and is constantly striving to improve our services and enhance patients’ outcomes. Customer reviews and testimonials are the highest form of praise that we can achieve, we look forward to helping you the way we have helped these patients! Since 1983, Physical Therapy Services has been providing rehabilitative services for the people of Wilmington and Southeastern North Carolina. We look forward to earning your trust in becoming your preferred rehabilitation...
