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LSVT BIG®

Parkinson’s Disease (PD) impacts a person in many ways. Some of the hallmarks of PD are smallness and slowness of movement referred to as Bradykinesia and Hypokinesia and softness and slowness of speech. LSVT BIG® is an intensive, amplitude focused physical and occupational protocol which has been developed and scientifically researched over the past 25 years with funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This protocol is specific to effecting the principle symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease which are smallness and slowness of movement. Feel free to contact our highly trained physical therapist at First State Rehab At Home.

LSVT BIG®

Tom Gangemi, one of the Founders of First State, has been an LSVT BIG faculty member since 2011. He has trained thousands of clinicians across the US in this special clinical protocol and has treated hundreds of people with Parkinson’s Disease.

LSVT BIG is a standardized treatment protocol that is customized to the unique goals of each person including both gross and fine motor skills. LSVT BIG can be adapted or progressed in order to meet each person’s needs across a range of disease severity and presenting impairments.

Research on LSVT BIG has documented improved ratings on tests of motor functioning treatment for people with Parkinson’s Disease including:

  • Faster walking with bigger steps
  • Improved balance
  • Increased trunk rotation
  • Improvements in activities of daily living such as dressing, bathing, eating, and writing.

LSVT BIG uses large amplitude (Be BIG!) training to bring out improved, healthy movements that is more normal. Our trained physical therapists are dedicated toward helping you achieve patients achieve that. “Beginning your work with LSVT BIG before you’ve noticed significant problems with balance, mobility or posture will often lead to better results, but it’s never too late to start.” (LSVT Global)

Treatment is administered in 16 sessions over a single month (four individual 60-minute sessions per week). This intensive mode of administration is consistent with theories of motor learning and skill acquisition, as well as with principles of neural plasticity (the capacity of the nervous system to change in response to signals), and is critical to attaining optimal results. The treatment not only stimulates the motor system but also incorporates sensory awareness training to help individuals with PD recognize that their movements are too small, convincing them that the bigger movements are within normal limits, and making them comfortable with their new bigger, faster and safer walking, dressing and other activities.

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Physical Therapy at Home – Comfortable & Convenient!

First State Rehab at Home provides in-home physical therapy to adults of all ages in New Castle County, DE. Our mobile physical therapists have over 40 years of experience and work one-on-one with you, devoting our full attention to you every in-home rehabilitation visit.

Bring in the First State Rehab At Home Team to get you on your way!

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