“I was able to do a three mile walk today and felt like I could have done more.” “Thank you for the tour last week. I’ve been doing the TRX exercise you showed me. Thanks to you, I was able to do a three mile walk today and felt like I could have done more. THANK YOU!” - Joyce B. Patient Spotlight Can Dry Needling Help You? What is Dry Needling? Dry Needling involves inserting a tiny monofilament needle in a muscle or muscles in order to release shortened bands of muscles and decrease trigger point activity. This can help resolve pain and muscle tension, and will promote healing. This is not traditional Chinese Acupuncture, but is instead a medical treatment that relies on a medical diagnosis to be effective. Who can benefit? Dry Needling is a valuable and effective treatment for musculoskeletal pain. Patients with the following symptoms may benefit from this treatment: • Muscle Strains • Tendonitis • Osteoarthritis • Bursitis • Decrease Mobility/Range of Motion • Headaches • Chronic Pain Acupuncture and dry needling, while using the same needle types, are two very different treatments. Traditional Acupuncture is used for the diagnosis and treatment of pathological conditions including visceral and systemic dysfunction, while dry needling is used for the assessment and treatment of myofascial pain syndromes and dysfunction due to myofascial trigger points, tension areas, muscle spasms, and/or increased tonicity. Dry Needling is a form of therapy that is designed to alleviate symptoms from Trigger Points or muscle spasms. What is the difference between Acupuncture and Dry Needling?
This summer marked the 8th year that Achieve Therapy & Fitness has provided strength & conditioning programs to the athletes of area schools. An extension of Achieves AthleticTraining Outreach Services, the Summer Strength & Conditioning program provides a way for our Athletic Trainers and strength training specialists, to stay in touch with the athletes of those schools which we service. It allows us to offer our help & guidance to our student athletes throughout the entire year, not just the school year. The Achieve Summer Strength & Conditioning Program provides a convenient way to introduce basic strength & conditioning principles to young athletes, allowing them to participate in off-season training otherwise not accessible to them in their communities. The program philosophy is that by teaching the proper and safe training techniques early in an athlete’s career, we can reduce the risk of injury while also enhancing their athletic performance. To accomplish that, the program focuses on improving core strength, overall mobility and developing efficient movement patterns. That builds the foundation from which the young athlete can develop explosive power, increase their speed & agility and increase their lean body mass. To help our staff guide the development of these athletes, and to monitor their progress, each of the participants is given the opportunity to take the Achieve Combine Test or ACT. This includes a Functional Movement Screen, the InBody Body Composition Analysis and a series of physical performance tests that measure speed, agility, power & strength. These tests are performed at the beginning of the program and at the end so every athlete receives a progress report upon completion. To learn more about any one of these tests or the full ACT, visit our website at www. achieve-therapy.com , or call the Achieve Performance Center at 701- 757-1322. We will be happy to answer your questions This year the Summer Strength & Conditioning Program provided training to over 100 athletes in 6 different communities within a 70 mile radius of Grand Forks. This is in addition to the athletes we work with at our new Achieve Performance Center. The goal of Achieve Therapy is to provide everyone we encounter the ability to enjoy “Performance for Life”. If you have a young athlete that you would like to get started on the right training path, please contact us or stop by to see what they can Achieve! Achieve Summer Strength & Conditioning Reaches Out to Area Athletes
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