Services We Provide

CRC was founded in November, 2001 by Helen Balzli, PT, with one goal, to provide the highest quality physical therapy to the community. We offer patients a convenient location, immediate scheduling, a friendly environment and the best rehabilitation experience possible. CRC will make you feel comfortable with our personal attention and friendly smile.

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Fall Prevention Release (pdf file)

If you answer yes to any or all of these questions, you are at risk for falling:

1. In the past month, have you had any fall including a slip or trip in which you lost your balance and landed on the floor or ground or lower level?



2. How confident are you that you will not lose your balance or become unsteady when you…
   ...walk up or down stairs?
   ...bend over and pick up an object from the floor?
   ...get into or out of a car?



3. Do you need to look down to see where you are going while you are walking?

Up to one-third of older adults (65 or older) fall one or more times a year. 20% of older adults who are injured when they fall are admitted to a hospital. 1 in every 100 dies as a result of the fall. The most serious types of fall injuries include head trauma, fractures of the wrist, back or hip. By the year 2020, the cost of falls for those over 65 will reach $43 Billion a year.

Risk of falling is associated with balance, medications or environment such as stairs, rugs etc.

At Central Physical Therapy, we are experts in Fall Prevention. We will evaluate your risk for falling, explain in detail the results of our evaluation and develop a program for you that will help you to prevent falling.

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Erchonia Low Level Cold Laser Release (pdf file)

ERCHONIA LOW LEVEL COLD LASER

The Biological Basis of Low Level Laser Light Therapy A survey of the literature in the fields of biophysics, cell biology, quantum physics, and biophotonics looks at nearly a century of careful and ground breaking research on the biology of light. Tying this work together leads to some specific conclusions:

• Living cells, tissues and entire organisms emit light in the spectral range from infrared to visible ultraviolet
• Cells are responsive to very low levels of light, particularly if the light is pulsed on and off
• Even a single cell photon can produce a cascade of effects on a population of cells or tissues by a process known as a high-speed branched-chain process or avalanche effect
• Cells respond to light in predictable ways:
  • By dividing
  • By migrating
  • By altering their metabolism

Injury brings about damage and destruction of cells; damaged cells produce more light than normal cells, and this light travels throughout the organism, signaling other cells and attracting them to the site of injury.

Some of these cells clean up damaged cells and destroy bacteria. Others, such as fibroblasts, divide to produce replacements for cells that have been lost. One of the therapeutic effects of laser light is to artificially stimulate the cell-cell communications and trigger migration and cell division. Laser light can have a protective function by stimulating the photonic effects of an injury without actually damaging tissues.

Disturbed tissues will scatter light and inhibit flows of photonic energy and information needed for injury repair.

Such disturbances include:

• Scars
• Reduced circulation
• Tight muscles
• Reduced range of motion
• Inflammation
• Bruises
• Broken bones
• Injured or damaged tissues
• Peripheral Neuropathy

Benefits of Theravibe Whole Body Vibration

• Increased blood circulation means more oxygen and nutrition delivered to cells, especially in areas where circulation is poor as a result of injury or disease.

• Improved function of the lymphatic system results in improved fluid balance throughout the body, improved fatty acid distribution and improved immune function. The lymphatic system is the garbage collection system for the body, so improved lymphatic health equals more effective waste and toxin removal.

• Overall joint health, balance, coordination and flexibility result from the influence of the gentle vibration of the joints when standing on the TheraVibe platform. With each movement (occurring several times per second), the ligaments around the joint are gently stretched. The cartilage is palpated, lubricating joint surfaces. With each vibration, a flood of signals travels from the joint to the brain and then back again to the muscles to maintain posture and stability. This process improves coordination and balance.

• Increased muscle activity leads to an increase in lean muscle mass, while the rhythmic tension of the tendons on the bones is thought to cause of increased bone mass (or reduced loss of bone mass), one of the most researched effects of TWBV

SPORTS MEDICINE OUTREACH PROPOSAL

School Coverage

The City of Central and its surrounding areas have numerous schools and community organizations with athletic programs that may be impacted with the induction of a program dedicated to the prevention and rehabilitation of sports and recreational injuries sustained by their members.

Coverage could include on field coverage, immediate evaluation of injuries, referral to physicians, and coverage of tournaments or events.

Phase 1:

On field coverage of football games by physical therapist or athletic trainer, and coordination of physician coverage of games. 

Phase 2:

Coverage of multiple sports in multiple venues by therapist or athletic trainers.

Coordination of Physical Examinations

Coordination of medical professionals including physical therapist, athletic trainers, nurses, and physicians, to complete yearly sports physicals. 
Physicals could include multiple stations including height, weight, vision, BP, musculoskeletal screen, and physician examination.

Saturday Morning Clinic

During the high school football season have a venue where athletes can receive early detection of injuries that have occurred in events that week. Clinic will occur Saturday mornings from 7 or 8 am until 10 am over an 11 week period stretching from the jamboree until the end of the regular season (unless schools covered in outreach make playoffs). 
Clinic would consist of evaluation of injury by physical therapist, athletic trainer, or physicians. Other possible features could include X-Ray, surgical consult, prescriptions, and physical therapy referrals.

Education

Provide community education seminars on fitness and injury prevention. Speak at informational meeting for athletic teams to educate parents about services provided through the program.

Referrals

Coordination of medical team to get athletes the fastest, most appropriate care, and to return them to the playing field as quickly and safely as possible. We will also contact and assist athletes and their parents, about scheduling prompt appointments with their physicians or imaging when appropriate.  Finally, we offer immediate evaluation and treatment upon prescription to patients in cases where Physical Therapy is appropriate. 

Central Physical Therapy offers a medically supervised health and fitness program to former patients that would like to continue their progress or anyone that would like to participate in a program that fit their specific needs.

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