Robert Rosenstein, DPM
Jennifer Zienkowski, DPM
Michael Coppers, DPM
CONDITIONS AND TREATMENTS
If You Are Experiencing:
Ankle Injuries
Bunions
Diabetic Foot Aliments
Digital/Toe Fractures
Heel Pain
Ingrown Toenails
Numbness and/or Tingling
Sports Injuries
Sprains/Strains
Toenail Fungus
Warts
Our physicians are committed to helping you solve your issue and making your feet feel better. "When your feet hurt, you hurt all over."
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PHYSICAL THERAPY
Affiliated Podiatrists, Inc. is pleased to give you one of our latest new services in the form of a complete Physical Therapy Treatment!
When your feet, you can hurt all over! With this in mind our physicians know how important physical therapy can be when treating foot and ankle pain, but it does not need to stop there!
Foot and ankle pain can cause much stress and pain all over the body! Having a physical therapist full time at our practice gives us the ability to go beyond just treating pain in your feet and ankles. It allows us to help you recover from such pains that you may have in your arms, legs, back, neck, shoulders, and even your wrists and hands!
Not sure if we can help with your pain? Please call us at:
440-946-5858
Meet Our New Physical Therapist:
John Craigo, MPT
John has 13 years of PT experience.He can provide treatment of the Shoulder, Elbow, and Wrist (rotator cuff strain, tear, tendonitis, impingement, instability, bursitis, epicondylitis, cubital and carpal tunnel).
Hip, Knee, Foot and Ankle dysfunction (tendonitis, bursitis, piriformis syndrome, patellar alignment, plantar fasciitis, and heel spurs) and also trained in post- surgical rehabilitation, and gait analysis.
He is Mckenzie trained in treatment of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine as well.
John also comes to us with over 10 years experience of ergonomic and postural analysis for prevention of static postural injuries both at home and at work.
So What Are The Benefits of Physical Therapy?Physical therapy's treatment methodology is aimed at the treatment and curing of certain ailments, and preventing the chances of pain reoccurring in the same place or at a later point of time. Its primary goal and focus is to bring back the patient to his or her normal self, free of any pain or complications, so that he or she could then move forward with their normal life by performing all the daily activities with very minimum or no difficulty. Physical therapy also deals with cardiopulmonary and neurological conditions too.
Physical therapy is effective to regain mobility of joints, strengthen muscles, achieve flexibility, and acquire better balance and. Apart from all this, physical therapy can also help to significantly improve overall fitness and health. Physical therapy is also a very effective method in aiding/helping children to cope with issues such as developmental delays or muscle and joint weaknesses that could happen in their early stages of life. For physical therapy to be effective, it is very important that the patient also responds positively to their treatments, and for that to happen he or she needs to keep a positive frame of mind and not in a negative mind set. So keep positive and your treatment will have positive affects!
Below we have some common stretch routines performed by our Physical Therapist, John Craigo
Back- Single Knee to Chest Stretch
Pull one knee into chest until a comfortable stretch is felt in the lower back and buttocks. Repeat with opposite knee.....hold 60 seconds.
Ankle/Foot- Soleus Stretch
Standing with both knees bent with one foot back, gently lean into wall, bending elbows until stretch is felt in lower calf.
Hip & Knee- Strengthening wall sides
Leaning on wall, slowly lower buttocks toward floor until your thighs are parallel to floor.
Work up to holding for 60 seconds. Tighten thigh muscle as you return to starting position.
Ankle/ Foot Gastroc Stretch
Keeping back leg straight, with heel flat on the floor and turned slightly outward, lean into wall until a stretch is felt in the calf
Repeat with other foot. Hold for 60 seconds.
