Patient Success Spotlight
Exercise Essential
Try this movement if you are experiencing back pain.
PRONE ALTERNATIVE ARM & LEG
Keeps Body Flexible
While lying face down and keeping your lower abdominal muscles tight, slowly raise up an arm and opposite leg. Slowly lower and then raise the opposite side. Do not allow your spine to move the entire time. 6 repetitions on each side.
Spine Treatment “Having back pain is not fun. Going to rehab was the ticket to renewed use of all functions. Walking, bending, and even lifting. I went 2x a week for 6 weeks and am continuing the exercises that were given to me at home. I feel sooooo much better. No surgery or shots, just using the information the therapists gave me and using that info has given me back my life. Thanks to all the therapists, especially Beth as she was the therapist I saw the most. She listened and gave me instructions that were easy to follow. Thank you.” - JoAnn V. “No surgery or shots, just using the information the therapists gave me and using that info has given me back my life.” What to expect: Your physical therapist will perform a physical examination of your spine. Your physical therapist may touch points along the spine to determine any areas of pain or tenderness, and check your spinal movements; the strength in your spine, legs, and shoulders; and your balance. During the healing process when your activity is limited, muscles in the core, hips, and back can become weak. This weakness can make it difficult to resume your regular activities, and the weakness can put you at greater risk for falls. Your physical therapist can help you regain the strength and mobility that you may have lost while the fracture healed. Your treatment may include: Pain reduction. Your physical therapist may use different treatments and technologies to control and reduce your pain, and help you avoid the need for pain medications, including opioids. Flexibility exercises. Your physical therapist may teach you gentle spinal range-of-motion exercises for the neck, thoracic, lumbar, hip, and shoulder areas. Strengthening exercises. Your physical therapist will prescribe gentle strengthening exercises to help stimulate your bone strength. Exercises may include upper- and lower-body, abdominal, and back muscle- strengthening activities.
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Staff Spotlight
Jeanette Folkenroth, PT
What school/university did attend? I went to University of Illinois at Chicago for my Physical Therapy degree.
What is your favorite part of being a physical therapist? I love connecting with people and helping my patients get back to doing the things they enjoy. What is your favorite thing to do outside of work? Outside of work I enjoy raising my four children, biking, and playing the piano. Where is your favorite vacation spot? Going to Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be? I would choose chocolate moose tracks ice cream! “When treating my clients, education is always the number one goal. It is so important to not only take the time to get to know my patients’ needs but to teach them what is going on with their body and why specific treatments work. I thoroughly enjoy the partnership I have with my patients on their journey to recovery.”
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