Best Healthcare Specialists for Dental Professionals

WHO IS THE ‘RIGHT’ HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL FOR YOU?

By Dr. Bethany Valachi

 Developing and maintaining good musculoskeletal health in dentistry can be a challenge.  Dental professionals are prone to unique muscle imbalances and require special exercise and ergonomic interventions to maintain optimal health during the course of their career.  Team members can easily develop chronic pain syndromes if the proper ergonomic and wellness interventions are not implemented.

If you have had persistent chronic pain for longer than six to eight weeks, you should probably be working one-on-one with a healthcare professional.   So who is the ‘right’ healthcare professional? 

 Below you will find the healthcare professionals I have found most helpful in effectively treating a majority of pain syndromes in dental professionals.

 Keep in mind that, as in every profession, there are varying degrees of competency.  This is why I am listing very specific websites where you can find certified, highly experienced practitioners near you!

OSTEOPRACTIC

An Osteopractor is a highly specialized physical therapist or medical doctor that has completed a comprehensive post-graduate training program to treat neuromuscular disorders as follows:

• Certified in Dry Needling 
• Certified in Spinal Manipulative Therapy 
• Extremity Manipulative Therapy
• Instrument-Assisted Soft-Tissue Mobilization
• Differential Diagnosis & Multi-Modal Management

Find a specialist here: American Academy of Manipulative Therapy

MYOFASCIAL RELEASE

• Dry Needling & Trigger Point Therapists: Physical Therapists & Chiropractors
  • MyoPain Seminars Dry Needling CMTPT Therapist (Dr. Travell) www.myopainseminars.com/find-a-clinician/
  • KinetaCore www.kinetacore.com/find-a-therapist/
• Trigger Point Therapists: Massage Therapists
  • Certification Board For Myofascial Trigger Point Therapists  www.cbmtpt.org 
  • National Association of Myofascial Trigger Point Therapists   www.myofascialtherapy.org
  • Myofascial Release Therapists (John Barnes)  www.mfrtherapists.com/app/interim.asp
  • Neuromuscular Therapy Center     www.nmtcenter.com
  • Neil Asher Technique www.members.nielasher.com

  Graston Technique

  • www.grastontechnique.com/clinican-locate-provider

• Tensegrity – www.matrixrepatterning.com/Pa_practitioners

MUSCLE IMBALANCE/MOVEMENT IMPAIRMENT

• North America Institute of Orthopedic Manual Therapists       www.naiomt.com  

     (‘COMPT’ designation is a LEVEL 4 Certified Orthopedic Manual Therapist.   ‘CMPT’ designation is a LEVEL 3 Certified Manual Physical Therapist)

•  American Board of Physical Therapy Specialists   www.abpts.org 
  •   ‘OCS’ designation – Orthopedic Certified Specialist

PROLOTHERAPY/PRP DOCTORS

• Find a prolotherapy or PRP doctor in your area:  www.getprolo.com

CERTIFIED HAND THERAPIST 

• Hand Therapy Certification Commission

Pain, numbness, tingling in shoulder, arm, hand, wrist, fingers-  www.htcc.org

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