state-of-the-art care

At our clinic we offer an innovative approach to Physical Therapy, Strength and Conditioning and Sports Enhancement to all levels of fitness.

Manual Techniques:

These treatment protocols – over 500 specific moves – are unique to ART. They allow providers to identify and correct the specific problems that are affecting each individual patient. ART is not a cookie-cutter approach.

Our therapists are fully trained in many manual techniques that can assist in decreasing pain and improving function. Each type of manual therapy addresses the joint, ligaments, tendons, muscles, nerve, and connective tissue to assist in achieving better movement and less pain.

1. MyoKinesthetic System

The MyoKinesthetic System was created by Michael Uriarte, D.C., to help patients living with pain and mobility issues.

MyoKinesthetic System manual therapy techniques can be used to

Alleviate Pain
- From headaches, low back problems, shoulder injuries, knee issues, sciatica, and other common and chronic conditions.
Restore Movement and Function
- For tennis elbow, golfer’s elbow, shin splints and other sports injuries; carpal tunnel syndrome and degenerative conditions.
Improve Posture
- By addressing issues at the root, postural imbalances are corrected.

The MyoKinesthetic System evaluates the root cause of pain within the nervous system, then rebalances it using muscle stretching and movements.

Our nervous system controls all our other systems, including skeletal, muscular and fascial, circulatory, respiratory, reproductive, digestive, and endocrine systems.

2. Active Release Technique (ART)

Forever Fit Physical Therapy is certified in Active Release Technique (ART)

What are Active Release Techniques (ART) for Individuals, Athletes, and Patients?

ART is a patented, state of the art soft tissue system/movement-based massage technique that treats problems with muscles, tendons, ligaments, fascia, and nerves. Headaches, back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, shin splints, shoulder pain, sciatica, plantar fasciitis, knee problems, and tennis elbow are just a few of the many conditions that can be resolved quickly and permanently with ART. These conditions all have one important thing in common: they are often a result of overused muscles.

What is an ART treatment like?

Every ART session is a combination of examination and treatment. The ART provider uses his or her hands to evaluate the texture, tightness and movement of muscles, fascia, tendons, ligaments, and nerves. Abnormal tissues are treated by combining precisely directed tension with specific patient movements.

3. Functional Dry Needling

Functional Dry Needling is used to release or inactivate trigger points to relieve pain or improve range of motion. The technique uses a "dry" needle, one without medication or injection, inserted through the skin into areas of the muscle. The insertion of fine filament needles into neuromuscular junctions/motor points, stimulating the muscle, and bringing unbelievable pain relief and significantly improved function to athletes and patients who have been suffering for years.

4. Cupping Therapy

Cupping therapy causes the tissue beneath the cup to be drawn up and swell causing an increase in blood flow to the affected area. Enhanced blood flow under the cups draws impurities and toxins away from the nearby tissues and organs towards the surface for elimination. Cupping helps to reduce pain and inflammation. It can also facilitate the healing process and strengthen the immune system.

Cupping therapy is indicated for both healthy patients and those suffering from ailments. Localized ailments that benefit from cupping therapy include a headache, lower back pain, neck pain, and knee pain.

5. Graston’s Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization

Graston Technique® is an advanced form of instrument-assisted, soft tissue mobilization, which incorporates the use of six specially designed stainless-steel instruments. GT therapy efficiently treats the adverse effects of scar tissue and fascial restrictions as well as improves and maintains optimal range of motion.

6. Joint Mobilizations and Manipulations

Joint mobilizations and manipulations are a hands-on treatment to help you gain motion and help decrease stiffness within a joint specifically. This treatment is designed to relieve pain and muscle spasms, as well as improve joint flexibility.

7. Myofascial Release

The Myofascial Release Technique is designed to release restrictions such as trigger points, muscle tightness, and dysfunctions in soft tissue that may cause pain and limit motion in all parts of the body. It has shown success in decreasing pain and increasing mobility. MFR is used to help treat pain and increase mobility in patients with a wide range of conditions, including but not limited to back pain, neck pain, and fibromyalgia.

8. RockTape

RockTape is a kinesiology tape that can give you extra support and stability. RockTape microscopically lifts the skin away from the muscle and fascia below, creating a decompressive effect. It can be used to treat sports and non-sports injuries, including shin splints, plantar fasciitis, runner’s knee, and back pain. RockTape helps with muscle pain, cramping, joint pain, poor posture, inflammation, or bruising. RockTape is used to reinforce the gains that are made during the therapy sessions.

9. RockFloss

RockFloss is a useful tool we use in the clinic for targeted soft tissue disfunction. The RockFloss band is applied over an area of muscular “tightness” or soreness. The wrap is started below the target area and finishes above it. The theory behind the approach is that the skin and superficial tissue is restricted in its movement by the compression of the band, and the movement of the limb means the deeper structures are still required to slide/glide, potentially creating an internal shearing effect within the tissue, improving the slide/glide capability of the area.

Exercise-Based Therapy

Our therapists are fully trained to evaluate the entire body and movement pattern that is associated with your injury.

Power Plate

Power Plate is a vibrating plate that forces your body to not only fight against regular gravity but also fight against vibrations. Power Plate vibrates up to 50 times a second sending tiny vibrations through your body. These tiny micro vibrations activate more muscles, burn more calories, improve circulation, and assist muscle recovery.

Anti-Gravity Treadmill – Alter G

We utilize a state-of-the-art Anti-Gravity Treadmill called the Alter G. The Alter G is the first FDA cleared therapeutic device that allows for precise partial weight-bearing exercise. It was first developed using NASA technology for exercise programs training astronauts. Alter G uses differential air pressure chambers to precisely lift the user from 100% to as little as 20% of the user’s calibrated body weight. Reduction in body weight can occur in 1% increments allowing for a gradual progression to full weight-bearing activities.Reduction in body weight can occur in 1% increments allowing for a gradual progression to full weight-bearing activities.

Alter G For Rehabilitation

Pre- and post-surgical rehabilitation
Continue training while healing by gradually progressing to full weight bearing.
Neurologic and proprioceptive training
Safely build bone density and restore range of motion for improved functional capacity.
Prosthetic training for improved balance
Weight control programs
Promotes cardiovascular health.
Makes running possible for those not previously able to do so.
Minimizes joint stress and pain.

Alter G For Sports Performance

Improved aerobic conditioning while reducing ground reaction forces.
Sport specific conditioning
Safer adaptation to increased mileage (ex. marathon training) and transitioning to minimalist running
Overspeed training (run faster, longer) and hill intervals (0-15% incline)
Interval training in a controlled setting

Experience the Alter G difference for yourself and see why over 20 NCAA teams, over 20 professional sports teams and over 60 top performance enhancement centers, medical facilities and government facilities are using the Anti-Gravity Treadmill in their training and rehabilitation programs.

The Alter G is available for use at several different time and rental plan options. Additionally, Alter G use may be covered under your insurance policy as part of your rehabilitation plan. If you would like to use your insurance for use on the unit, please inquire and we will check whether coverage applies.

Selective Functional Movement Assessment

The SFMA is a clinical assessment for those who experience pain. It is a movement based diagnostic system which systematically finds the cause of pain - not just the source - by logically breaking down dysfunctional movement patterns in a structured, repeatable assessment.

Exercise-Based Therapy

Functional Capacity Measure Test

The Fundamental Capacity Screen (FCS) gives you answers and is an innovative approach to fitness testing and to receive the most efficient path to optimal performance. FCS was designed to test four (4) key components of athletic capacity and identify issues affecting an individual's ability to:

Produce power!
Store and reuse energy
Maintain posture under load.
Control balance

Move2Perform

Stay on the field, on the job and in the game with Move2Perform. Move2Perform is a movement measurement and analysis tool that identifies deficits and the probability of losing time from your activity. It provides objective reporting for pre-season screening, return to sport testing, occupational testing, and general population wellness examinations. Move2Perform products have been studied with overwhelmingly positive results, published in peer-reviewed literature, and adopted by the military and professional sports teams internationally.

Functional Movement Screen (FMS)

The FMS generates the Functional Movement Screen Score, which is used to identify imbalances and asymmetries in your movement pattern which can predispose you to injury. This scoring system is directly linked to the most beneficial corrective exercises to restore mechanically sound movement patterns.

The Functional Movement Screen (FMS) is the product of an exercise philosophy known as Functional Movement Systems. This exercise philosophy and corresponding set of resources are based on sound science, years of innovation and current research. The Functional Movement screen can add to your personal performance or be utilized as a tool in decreasing work site injuries.

Widespread Benefits

The FMS simplifies the concept of movement and its impact on the body. Its streamlined system has benefits for everyone involved – individuals, exercise professionals, and physicians.

Communication – The FMS utilizes simple language, making it easy for individuals, exercise professionals, and physicians to communicate clearly about progress and treatment.
Evaluation – The screen effortlessly identifies asymmetries and limitations, diminishing the need for extensive testing and analysis.
Standardization – The FMS creates a functional baseline to mark progress and provides a means to measure performance.
Safety – The FMS quickly identifies dysfunctional movement patterns so that they can be addressed. It also indicates an individual’s readiness to perform exercise so that realistic goals can be set and achieved.
Corrective Strategies – The FMS can be applied at any fitness level, simplifying corrective strategies of a wide array of movement issues. It identifies specific exercises based on individual FMS scores to instantly create customized treatment plans.

Learn More About Functional Movement Screen

Put simply, the FMS is a grading system that documents movement patterns that are key to normal function. By screening these patterns, the FMS readily identifies functional limitations and asymmetries. These are issues that can reduce the effects of functional training and physical conditioning and distort body awareness. The FMS generates the Functional Movement Screen Score, which is used to target problems and track progress. This scoring system is directly linked to the most beneficial corrective exercises to restore mechanically sound movement patterns.

TRX Training

TRX is an adjustable suspension training system that provides muscular and cardiovascular benefits using your body weight. TRX is great for unweighting the joints in ordered to make exercising easier or even more challenging so you can strengthen with more support or even less pain.

Blood Flow Restriction Therapy

Forever Fit uses Smart Tools technology to help make gains and work towards your goals! By using Blood Flow Restriction with some of our patients, we can stress tissue earlier while still protecting it. This allows patients to rehabilitate faster with better results. BFR involves the application of a pneumatic cuff (tourniquet) to the upper arms or the upper legs. The cuff is then inflated to a specific pressure with the aim of obtaining partial arterial restriction and complete venous occlusion. BFR tricks your body by increasing metabolic stress and cellular swelling to help build muscle faster.

Synaptic Training

The Synaptic Strobe training eyewear is designed to help your brain process vision faster and more efficiently. This provides an exclusive edge for athletes to perform at a higher level more consistently and with clarity in their decision making. Most athletes notice improvement after one 15-minute session. As the lenses flicker on and off, it is harder to process information, which helps the brain focus on visual tasks. The resulting heightened vision capability can improve eye-hand coordination, movement, balance, and reaction time.

Strobe Training Can Improve:

Focus - Keeping the eyes on the ball through completion of a task.
Timing - Accurate and precise reaction timing
Visualization - Tracking of objects in the mind’s eye
Quickness - Quick and accurate execution of a movement
Peripheral Vision - Awareness of your surroundings
Balance - Ability to keep your body in a stable position.

Recovery Tools

HIVAMAT Deep Oscillation by Physiomed

Hivamat (hivamatus.com)

The Authentic Hivamat™ Deep Oscillation

Hivamat Deep Oscillation

Hivamat Deep Oscillation is a unique, patented, proven, non-invasive therapy method that creates biological oscillations using electrostatic attraction and friction. This generates a gentle kneading effect deep within the damaged tissue to relieve pain, relax muscles, activate connective tissue, improve lymphatic circulation, reduce secondary lymphedema, and promote mobility for all types of muscular micro traumas.

Clinically Proven Effects

Relieves Pain
Relaxes Muscles
Promotes Mobility

Reduces Secondary Lymphedema
Improves Lymphatic Circulation
Activates Connective Tissue

InLight Therapy

Light Therapy - Inlight Therapy, Inc. (inlighttherapyinc.com)

WHAT IS POLYCHROMATIC LIGHT THERAPY (PLT)?

Polychromatic light therapy (PLT) is the simultaneous use of two or more wavelengths of light (color) provided by light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Researchers call the biological effects of PLT photobiomodulation (PBM).

Light, whether from the sun or from technology, is absorbed by the skin and triggers beneficial biological changes at the cellular level.

Inlight’s PLT therapy pad designs allow you to target the area of concern. PLT LED light energy is a valuable tool in restoring and improving health and vitality.

People that are experiencing any of the following could benefit from PLT:

Joint pain: neck, back, knuckles, elbow, knee, wrist
Inflammation and swelling
Bone fractures
Bruises
Burns
Non-healing wounds
Peripheral neuropathy
Tight muscles
Mood Disorders
Skin conditions

Legally marketed as a Class II Medical Device under FDA indications for use to temporarily relieve minor pain, stiffness, and muscle spasms; and to temporarily increase local blood circulation.

Clients choose Inlight PLT for its convenience, value, drug-free, and non-invasive healing properties.

Hyper Ice Tools

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Percussion Gun

Hypervolt is a therapeutic massage gun that uses percussion to help relieve tension, stiffness, and increase blood flow. This will assist in recovery of injury and workouts.

Venom

Venom is a therapeutic pain relief tool that involves compression, heat, and vibration. We can use this tool on different body parts including back, leg, and shoulder.

Vyper Foam Roll and Hypersphere

The Vyper Foam Roll is a stiff vibrating foam roller. This tool is great for muscle soreness and helps speed up muscle recovery time.

Rapid Reboot

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Rapid Reboot is a compression device that boosts circulation, increases lymphatic function, and helps relieve muscle tension. The Rapid Reboot Systems can benefit people in accelerating recovery time, preventing injury, and improve performance.

Game Ready

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Game Ready’s comprehensive line of dual-action ATX® Wraps (Active Temperature Exchange) enables integrated, no-mess cold and compression therapy for most major body parts.