Achieve Offers Many Treatment Options for Pain One of the unique challenges of treating pain is that there is no single fix for all the causes. As varied as we are as humans, so are the treatments that alleviate or eliminate pain. At Achieve, we strive to find solutions that work for our patients. Our therapists constantly seek methods that might be novel, yet affective, in solving the pain problem. It is for that reason you will find treatments offered in our clinics that you may not find anywhere else in the areas we serve. From Frequency Specific Microcurrent (FSM) to Primal Reflex Release Techniques (PRRT), Achieve has been at the forefront of bringing new treatments to the communities we serve, and that is something we will always do. We take pride, and thoroughly enjoy, helping solve the pain puzzle for our patients. So here are some of the latest techniques & methods our clinicians now have available for you. Dry Needling and reduce or restore impairments of body structure and function leading to improved activity and participation.” Achieve currently has 7 clinicians certified in dry needling who utilize this technique to treat conditions such as chronic pain, muscle strains and tendonitis. More information on Dry Needling at Achieve can be found on our website under Special Services. Astym ® Medical Therapeutic Yoga Medical Therapeutic Yoga (MYT) is the most recent offering we have brought to Achieve Therapy. MYT is the practice of yoga in medicine, rehabilitation, and wellness settings instructed by a licensed health care professional who is completing or has graduated from the Professional Yoga Therapy Institute (PYTI) program. Many people have turned to yoga as a method of dealing with musculoskeletal and low back pain. MYT offers modifications to accommodate musculoskeletal concerns to make yoga accessible for any skill level or body. It utilizes research-based breathing techniques to maximize respiratory capacity as well as biomechanical alignment principles that promote optimal joint efficiency.
Achieve Therapy in Grand Forks will now be offering a 6 week course on MYT for Low Back Pain, led by Dr. Anni Engelhardt, PT, DPT, PYT-c. Anni began practicing yoga in her early twenties when faced with insomnia during graduate school. Yoga helped her recognize the importance of managing stress as it relates to both emotional and physical components of pain. After finishing coursework in Medical Therapeutic Yoga, she can now share her tools for self-care with others!
Astym® (pronounced A-stim) treatment sets the standard for soft tissue therapy. It regenerates healthy soft tissue, such as muscle and tendon, and removes unwanted scar tissue that may be causing pain or restricting movement. This treatment restores movement, decreases pain, and allows patients the ability to get back to living the life they want to. One particular population this treatment serves well is the post mastectomy breast cancer survivors. A recent study , “Astym Improves Function and Range of Motion Following Mastectomy” showed Astym® to be an effective treatment in addressing the soft tissue & scar dysfunction that often times go untreated in the breast cancer patient. A link to this study may be found under the Astym tab on our website.
Because they both use very thin filament needles, dry needling is often times confused with acupuncture. However, dry needling is a completely different approach to dealing with painful tissue. The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) states that “Dry Needling is a skilled intervention that uses a thin filiform needle to penetrate the skin and stimulate underlying myofascial trigger points, muscular, and connective tissues for the management of neuromusculoskeletal pain and movement impairments. Dry Needling is a technique used to treat dysfunctions in skeletal muscle, fascia, and connective tissue, and, diminish persistent peripheral nociceptive input,
“Join me for this adaptive yoga method that equips you with the knowledge to practice yoga at home or in your community for lifelong wellness and injury prevention!” ~Anni
If you are interested in learning more about any one of these treatments and how they can benefit you, please call the clinic nearest you to learn more. You may also find more information on our website, achieve-therapy.com.
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