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Aquatic therapy is an excellent therapeutic low impact activity for individuals of all abilities. Benefits of Aquatic Therapy include:
- Improves muscle tone and strength
- Improves endurance
- Increases cardiovascular function
- Improves self-esteem
- Increases circulation, endurance, flexibility, range of motion, balance, and coordination
McLaren Northern Michigan has the only certified Lee Silverman Voice Treatment LOUD and BIG therapists in northern Michigan. Early diagnosis, coupled with this revolutionary treatment, has been proven to extend patients’ quality of life by slowing the progression of Parkinson’s Disease stages, including motor and muscle deterioration.
The therapy focuses on principles of neuroplasticity:
- Forced use
- Intensive practice
- Repetition
- Increasing complexity
- Feedback and motivation
Physical and occupational therapies are meant to return the patient to the previous level of functionality or to build new skills to compensate for any neurological deficit, such as Parkinson’s Disease. Therapies are proven, evidence-based, and reflective of the newest research.
Physical therapies improve movement and function, reduce pain, and increase independence, for people of all ages, through a variety of interventions:
- Wound care
- Custom orthotics and orthopaedic intervention
- Neurological rehabilitation
- Sports medicine
- Spine care
- Osteoporosis services
- Strength-building exercises
- Balance and ease of movement
- Urinary incontinence
- Migraine interventions and education
- Aquatic therapy
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Occupational therapies focus on the performance of daily activities and the utilization of adaptive methods when needed:
- Orthopaedic interventions
- Neurological rehabilitation
- Lymphedema services
- Osteoporosis services
- Daily living interventions
- Cognitive/perceptual skills
- Home safety evaluation
- Vision interventions
- Myofascial unwinding
- Adaptive implements and equipment
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