Physical Therapy

Reeducation & Results in a convenient setting:

At Fortitude, you will receive effective, research-based treatments in the comfort of a convenient location in the greater metro Denver area. Breana provides easy access, exceptional care, and exceptional results.

Unlike more commercial chain clinics, you will receive personalized, comprehensive, and exceptional “hands on” treatments to address your goals and concerns. You will get the education you need to understand and manage your pain and patterns.

Breana treats chronic painful movement conditions, headaches, sports injuries, conditions related to aging (decreased balance or weakness), weekend warrior pains, trigger points, muscle strains, joint and nerve related conditions, and other chronic and acute injuries involving the muscles, fascia, bones, and joint integrity in the body. Over all, her physical therapy treatment will lead into the reeducation of movement in order to get back to and maintain an active lifestyle!

Treatments used at Fortitude:

• Dry Needling (use of microfilaments "acupuncture” needles to address movement restrictions, scaring, and pain through Trigger point stimulation).

• Manual Therapy (use of myofascial and trigger point release, joint manipulation, IASTM (Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Manipulation).

• Exercise (Functional Movement programs customized to your body and your needs).

• Ergonomic Training (on-site assessment and recommendations made to your workplace to promote movement and prevent poor body mechanics / fatigue / pain)

• Kinesiology or Athletic Taping (Specific taping techniques in order to assist or support a desired movement or direction of a muscle or joint.)

To learn more, give Bree a call in Broomfield Colorado today!

Pilates & COre ALIGN & OOV

pilates

Pilates is known for enhancing the “core” abdominal muscles around the pelvis, but it is so much more. Pilates is a system of exercise integrating whole body movement patterns to develop over all body strength, stability, and flexibility. It is a movement integrated form of exercise that allows for the ability to provide assistance or resistance when needed. designed to improve physical strength, flexibility, and posture, and enhance mental awareness.

Why is this good for you? do you feel off? One shoulder higher than another, one hip more forward or longer? Pilates is about developing better patterns, and creating balance through the exposure of resistance and assistance exercises. It will point out weakness and challenge your body to make corrections. This improves healthy efficient movement, enhanced fitness, and leads to a greater quality of life. These exercises can be done in your home, office or clinical setting. A variety of special equipment can be used, such as the Reformer,Cadillac, Combo Chair, ladder barrel, spine corrector, foam roller, ball a mat or nothing at all!

CoreAlign®

The CoreAlign® program is a system designed to improve posture, dynamic balance, flexibility, strength and harmonious coordinated movement. Developed by a physical therapist, Jonathan Hoffman, CoreAlign® was created for the appreciated value of whole body movement and the complex interactions between stability and dynamic movement components required to live a functional active lifestyle.

Why do you need this? Similar to the Oov and Pilates integrated movement- yet there are a vast array of functional STANDING exercises. CoreAlign is a band loaded system with mobile carts that is used as an assessment and corrective exercise movement tool. Core Align provides subtle resistance in order to draw out the the appropriate activation of muscles. It is a means to connecting you upper body with the coordinated movement of your lower body by means of accessing trunk control ( Core Control)

Need this? YES!!!

OOV®

The Oov is a unique three dimensional balance tool. This is an amazing piece of equipment provides feedback to your body in order to assist in the development of more efficient movement patterns. We use the Oov as a tool to assess, correct, control and enhance performance of a desired movement. It is a motor control tool that draws from your nervous system to train stability with mobility and enhance endurance and control.

Why is this important?

Do you have back pain when picking up an item off of the floor?

Do you constantly have a new injury on one side of your body?

Do you feel stiff at the beginning or end of your golf swing?

Do you look in the mirror in the morning and notice that one part of your abdominals are developed more than the other… or not?

These are all caused from inefficient movement patterns over a long period of time - your life! The body is a beautiful adaptable organ. It will find the path of least resistance to move forward. The Oov is one training tool that can assist in identifying those patterns and make a change in your movement - provide you with a healthy, happy movement lifestyle.

Sports Performance

At Fortitude, Bree is not only a physical therapist, she is also a Certified Athletic Trainer and running coach. She is focused on the prevention of injuries and the overall fitness level needed to have her clients maintain their desired level of sports performance. Bree exclusively addresses nagging chronic injuries of all age levels of athletes by identifying the source of the problem. Repetitive injuries are a sign of inefficient movement patterns and dysfunction.

She incorporates exercise science, nutrition, and sports psychology throughout her care. A variety of  treatment techniques include myofascial release, dry needling, muscle strengthening and stabilization, and the reeducation of movement through specific whole body functional exercise. As all visits are concierge visits, she can visit you in a home, office, or at another convenient location.

Sports Performance Treatments May Include:

• Pre and post op exercise programs and therapy

• Instrument-guided soft tissue mobilization (IASTM)

• Myofascial release

• Joint mobilization and manipulation

• Strengthening, stabilization and stretching exercises

• Functional Dry Needling

• Plyometrics (Multidirectional movement exercises)

• Sport-Specific Skill Training

• Running education and training

• Pilates, CoreAlign and Oov balance and movement reeducation