true north athletic therapy's facility for injury treatment

what to expect in a session

most of the answers to your questions can be found below, but if you still have any, please feel free to reach out to me personally

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Methodology

1 Establish Goals

You and your ambitions are my priority. No injury ever comes at an opportune time and the effects extend to more than just our physical health. Whether you have a competition next week or want to get back in the gym as soon as possible, I can help you along the way.

2 Evaluate Injury

Next we need to learn what we’re working with. Here we uncover the injury’s origin and nature. The body is a synergistic machine, which means sometimes where there’s pain there’s a problem, but other times the damage is located away from the pain. The type of injury also radically determines what type of treatments can be safely performed.

3 The Treatment

Based on your injury and aspirations, we develop the most appropriate plan and treatment to safely accomplish your goals. To learn about the most commonly used techniques continue below.

4 Adapt and Adjust

Our short time together can produce great results, but the human body requires time and continual effort to heal. As we manually treat your injury we will also assess your active and inactive habits in order to tweak anything that contributed to your injury. Injuries change the way we live, so we will also make a plan to adapt your lifestyle in a way that prevents your injury from healing or getting worse.

The room used to treat injuries at True North Athletic Therapy

Manual Therapy Techniques

a client receiving cupping myofascial decompression

Myofascial decompression (MFD), commonly known as cupping, is a manual therapy technique used to manipulate the fascia in the body. Fascia is a connective tissue that holds everything inside the body in place. When the fascia adheres to other tissues, it can lead to pain and limited muscular movements.

MFD utilizes suction cups to create a vacuum on the skin and local tissues in order to pull and manipulate the surrounding fascia. This stretches the fascia, which allows it to release its adhesions to other tissues. With the fascia released there is an increase in blood flow, restoration of muscular movements, and relief in pain.

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a client receiving a dry needling treatment

Dry needling is the process of inserting a filiform needle into a muscle trigger point (a bundle of overly tight, dysfunctional muscle fibers). These trigger points can inhibit your muscle’s function and lead to pain. Using the needles to pierce the trigger point, it allows the muscle fibers to relax, allowing an increase in blood flow and decrease in pain. Most clients experience an immediate relief in pain and improvement in muscular function.

The number of needles used and time inserted are solely dependent on the injury.

Dry needling must be performed by a healthcare professional who has obtained additional training to their certifications and credentials. Professionals who are eligible to perform dry needling include medical doctors, athletic trainers, physical therapists, and chiropractors. Jaime Huestis learned dry needling under Sue Falsone’s curriculum in her Structure and Function Education course, leading to a SFDN credential.

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a client receiving a fascial manipulation massage

Not to be confused with myofascial release techniques, fascial manipulation embraces the complexity of the role and 3-D structure of fascia in the body. Fascia is a connective tissue that holds everything inside the body in place. When the fascia adheres to other tissues, it can lead to pain and limited muscular movements. The technique identifies localized connected fascia areas in the body and associates them with specific limited movements.

In a session, muscular movements are assessed. When a limited movement is discovered, the appropriate fascia area is manipulated in order to restore the limited movement.

Jaime Huestis trained in the stecco method of fascial manipulation established by luigi stecco and his children.

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faq

Appointments typically last about 45 minutes to allow for proper evaluation and re-evaluation time, any treatment modalities agreed upon during your evaluation, and time to thoroughly discuss the nature of your treatment.

Please come prepared for your appointment so we can get right to work. When you schedule an initial appointment, you will receive a client intake form via email that helps me plan for your visit. Bring or wear clothing you can move and receive treatment in; shorts for lower extremity and tank tops for upper extremity are best.

The number of treatments needed is going to vary from individual to individual and the type and severity of injury/condition you come to see me about. However, I do not advocate a system of seeing people repeatedly with no improvement. My belief is that if you and I as a team cannot improve your situation significantly between 1-4 treatments, we need to seek other advice. I am fortunate to know and have good working relationships with multiple providers in our community. I work at being able to refer appropriately when needed, so if I cannot improve your injury, I’ll help you find someone who may possess the knowledge that is needed.

The easiest way to describe the difference is that traditional acupuncture is rooted in Eastern Medicine, and dry needling is rooted in Western Medicine. There is overlap between the two. The main differences are outlined nicely here. To summarize, acupuncturists use ah shi points and meridian lines to determine needle placement, whereas dry needlers use orthopedic evaluation, clinical experience, knowledge of western medicine, and injuries to determine needle placement. Both have shown to be effective and have their place within the medical community.

The NormaTec PULSE Recovery Systems are dynamic compression devices designed for recovery and rehab. These systems use patented PULSE technology to help athletes recover faster between trainings and after performance. These systems include a control unit and attachments which go on the legs, arms, or hips. They use compressed air to massage your limbs, mobilize fluid, and speed recovery with the patented NormaTec Pulse Massage Pattern. You will first experience a pre-inflate cycle, during which the connected attachments are molded to your exact body shape. Similar to the kneading done during a massage, each segment of the attachment will first compress in a pulsing manner and then release. This will repeat for each segment of the attachment as the compression pattern works its way up your limbs.  A Typical treatment lasts between 20-30 minutes.

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services

initial evaluation & treatment session

$165

Here we assess the nature of your injury, we align our expectations for each other, and make a plan for treatment

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follow up treatment session

$135

We continue to treat your injury or condition while also learning on how to prevent the injury in the future

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weightlifting platform reservation

$25

90-minute session for designated platform time

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