Pilates-based Rehabilitation
The Pilates Method is not just for injured bodies, but it’s pillars of whole-body integration, flexibility, and strengthening from the inside out, make it ideal to help your body recover from injury and regain its full, healthy and pain-free function. Some physical therapy practices focus on the area that is hurt and treat the symptoms. This practice looks at the whole body and WHY we hurt and treats the SOURCE of the symptoms. Often, clients discover that recovery and rehabilitation of an injury can lead to a stronger, safer and far more comfortable whole-body way of moving, working and performing!
Kathleen is an orthopedic physical therapist with over 40 years of clinical and teaching experience and is a Nationally Certified Pilates Teacher (NCPT).
What sets her apart as a physical therapist is her dedication to providing the best care and attention to her patients. Committed to listening to her clients, Kathleen directly addresses your goals while keeping up with scientific, clinical and experiential knowledge in the ever-changing world of the physical body.
Advantages of Pilates-based Rehab
Kathleen assesses each patient individually and provides unique advice to each person, taking their daily physical activities into account and working out specific routines which help balance the body and reduce the impact of the injury.
Many rehabilitation professionals treat symptoms, and sometimes that works just fine. Often times though, the pain you are feeling is the symptom of something else, perhaps an injury in another area that never completely got better. Kathleen has the ability to look at the body as a whole, which means she can look beyond a current injury and often trace back weaknesses in the body that may have led to the injury.
About Kathleen McDonough
Her great depth of experience and education are brought together in her holistic approach to treatment, with an emphasis on creating a personalized plan for regaining your optimal health. Kathleen’s experience includes orthopedics, sports medicine, Pilates-based rehabilitation, classical Pilates and peak performance training.
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