Parkinson’s DiseaseIn Fort Collins, Windsor & surrounding cities
Parkinson’s Disease is a very common movement disorder that requires a team approach to maximize a person’s quality of life.
At Colorado in Motion, we seek to provide a comprehensive, patient-centered care that is evidence-based and collaborative with the individual, family, healthcare team and community to optimize patient-specific and family goals. Our therapists focus on providing one-on-one, individualized care to maximize movement and function, treating the neurological and musculoskeletal impairments that accompany Parkinson’s Disease.
Parkinson’s Neurological Rehabilitation Services Provided
- Evidence-Based outcome tools to track, progress and monitor changes throughout the lifespan for stage-specific goals
- PWR!Moves from a PWR!Therapist
- LSVT BIG – Individualized intensive, whole-body, amplitude-based training
- Swallowing Strategies with Speech Therapy
- Body-weight support treadmill training
- Fall prevention and balance training
- High-Intensity therapeutic exercise that includes strengthening, flexibility and aerobic conditioning
- Coordination, agility and power training
- Functional video motion analysis
- Sensorimotor integration and postural awareness
- Dual tasking and cued strategy training
- Manual therapy to joints and muscles for neuromuscular retraining
- Trigger Point Dry Needling
- Instrumented soft-tissue mobilization
- Community collaboration and exercise groups, including Tai Chi & Qi Gong classes
What is Body Weight Supported Treadmill Training (BWSTT)?
- BWSTT uses a harness system to support a percentage of the patient’s body weight while ambulating on the treadmill or over the ground.
- The harness system controls the amount of weight bearing, provides proper posture and eliminates concerns with balance during high-intensity exercise training.
- The physical therapist facilitates the training of coordinated lower extremity movement, as well as proper trunk /pelvic position.
- Optimal environment for learning and/or refining the ambulation skills of patients with a wide range of impairments and functional abilities while performing high-intensity exercise training.
Who Will Benefit from Parkinson's Neurological Rehabilitation at Colorado in Motion?
People diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease who are in any stage of the disease can benefit from a specialized physical therapy program to maximize their quality of life and minimize their risk for falls. An individualized treatment plan that utilizes evidence-based measurement tools to track changes is essential to moving towards maximum function.
