Performance Therapy

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All About Dry Needling

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By our very own Holly Koch. You may have heard of a treatment called dry needling and wondered what exactly it is or if it’s something that may be right for you. Hopefully, we can answer some of your dry needling questions here.  What is it? Dry needling is a treatment performed by skilled, trained […]

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Pilates

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By our very own Holly Koch. Hi Tensegrity family. It’s Holly Koch, one of your favorite PT’s writing here. 🙂 Today’s post is about a burgeoning love of mine — Pilates!  Over the last 2 months, our massage therapist, Tanya, and I have been attending weekend training classes in Portland to learn Stott Pilates at […]

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Return To Sport – What Is It?

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At Tensegrity, our Return to Sport test was designed to evaluate the biomechanical readiness of an athlete to see if they are ready to return to recreational or competitive sports participation after a surgery or an injury. We utilize state of the art technology, rather than solely a surgical protocol, to determine an athlete’s ability […]

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Dry Needling – What Is It?

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David Bove, ND, LAc is our very own naturopathic physician and licensed acupuncturist. He joined the Tensegrity Physical Therapy team to provide dry needling, acupuncture & naturopathic medical services to our patients. Dry needling is a form of alternative therapy used to help loosen tight muscles that can cause pain. The treatment involves an extremely […]

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Force Plate – What Is It?

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The Force Plate is one of the performance therapy tools that we use to measure shock absorption and ground reaction forces during movements like walking, running, jumping, or cutting. Our Force Plate has been installed into the floor of the clinic and it uses technology to provide visual feedback and assessment. The television screen mounted […]

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Biodex Dynamometer Strength Testing – What Is It?

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The Biodex Dynamometer is a testing and training tool we offer here at Tensegrity. We use the Biodex to test patients’ strength to determine if the root of their pain/injury is caused by muscular imbalances.  A muscular imbalance could be from the right side of the body to the left side of the body, or […]

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