Vertigo Symptoms and Vestibular Rehabilitation Vertigo is defined as a sensation of whirling and loss of balance caused by disease affecting the inner ear or the vestibular nerve. Basically, this means you feel like the world around you, or yourself, are moving, though they are not. To those who have experienced it, vertigo is extremely […]

Our body is a system designed for movement. It houses our organs and our brain, it is the vehicle of what and who we are. Here in Maine, we can put our cars in garages in the winter, we wash them to keep them to keep the salt off the body and engine and we […]

Every once in a while a challenge comes our way and our expertise is put to the test. The team at Alliance Physical Therapy always rises to meet the challenge. The human body needs time to heal, but what if you don’t have time? Joseph came to Alliance PT with such a challenge. He was […]

We all know that feeling when you hear something that sounds too good to be true. Like the diet that promises, you can eat what you want and lose weight. Well when I first heard about Blood Flow Restriction Training, or “BFRT” for short that’s exactly what I thought. People lift heavy weights in an […]

It can be a truly scary feeling to have your first episode of severe low back pain. Most people respond by either resting completely or pushing through it. Those who push through it will often resort to doing lots of “stretches” in an effort to make it feel better. While this helps in some cases, […]

October of each year is National Physical Therapy Month – an annual opportunity to recognize the Physical Therapy profession’s efforts to “transform society by optimizing movement to improve the human experience.” (APTA President Sharon Dunn). It’s a time that we as PT’s reflect on the ways that we are improving the health, mobility, and quality […]

Not more paperwork? If you come to Alliance Physical Therapy as a patient, you will find you have some additional paperwork to complete. Before you roll your eyes or wonder if you are buying a used car – let me show you how valuable it is to you. In today’s blog, we explore the third […]

Feeling held back by pain? Injury keeping you from recreation or sport? Day-to-day life limited by lack of mobility? Alliance Physical Therapy is happy to introduce free consultations! You may have noticed our social media posts last week or seen the tab on our website. Why are you offering it? We have often heard from […]

Here at Alliance Physical Therapy, we love working with individuals – including student-athletes – to get them back on the court, back on the field, and back on the ice. Brooke is a high school basketball player who came to us with limited motion and pain in her left knee. She couldn’t run or walk […]

They are visible in nearly every gym, fitness studio, and athletic field in the greater Portland area. Foam rollers, release, balls, and massage sticks are equipment used to relieve tight muscles as well as improve mobility and overall well-being. But, what is it exactly? Do they work? When should you use them? Let’s take a […]