PHYSICAL THERAPY

Physical therapists (PTs) are highly-educated, licensed health care professionals who can help reduce pain and improve or restore mobility - in many cases without expensive surgery and often reducing the need for long-term use of prescription medications and their side effects.

We will teach you how to prevent or manage a condition so that you will achieve long-term health benefits. We examine each individual and develop a plan, using treatment techniques to promote the ability to move, reduce pain, restore function, and prevent disability. In addition, we will work with you to prevent the loss of mobility before it occurs by developing fitness- and wellness-oriented programs for healthier and more active lifestyles.

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LSVT BIG

Keep Your Movement Alive! LSVT BIG is a research-based exercise approach developed from principles of the effective Parkinson's specific speech treatment LSVT LOUD.

The LSVT Programs have been developed and scientifically researched over the past 20 years with funding from National Institutes of Health. Research on LSVT BIG has documented improved ratings on tests of motor functioning in people with Parkinson's Disease (PD) following treatment. Improvements include faster walking with bigger steps, improved balance, and increased trunk rotation.

LSVT BIG treatment consists of:
* 16 sessions: 4 consecutive days a week for 4 weeks
* Individual 1 hour sessions
* Daily homework practice
* Daily carryover exercises

LSVT BIG treatment trains a single target of amplitude (bigger movements), drives intensive and high-effort practice, teaches the amount of effort required to produce normal movements, translates bigger movements into real-world, everyday activities, empowers people with PD with potential to improve! It will teach you how to avoid inactivity and keep your movements ALIVE during everyday activities. It will help you participate fully and improve the quality of your life!
SPEECH & LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY

Here at Clay County Physical Therapy, we offer Speech and Language Pathology three times a week, Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Speech and Language Therapy provides life-changing treatment, support and care for those who have difficulties with communication, or with eating, drinking and swallowing. Amy Nash, MS, CCC-SLP is our visiting Speech & Language Pathologist. She has been practicing for over ten years and has extensive knowledge in the LSVT LOUD program, which is a counterpart to the LSVT BIG program we offer.