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Education
Arlene Ross
received her Physical Therapy degree from the
University of Maryland in 1993. She earned a Master’s Degree in Dance
Theatre at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland">
Education
Arlene Ross
received her Physical Therapy degree from the
University of Maryland in 1993. She earned a Master’s Degree in Dance
Theatre at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio in 1974,
and a Bachelor’s Degree in History from Queens College in Flushing,
New York in 1969. Arlene became a Certified Muscular Therapist in 1979,
a Certified Teacher of the Alexander Technique in 1981 and a Certified
Practitioner of Zero-Balancing in 1983. Arlene is a licensed
Physical Therapist and a certified practitioner of Frequency
Specific Microcurrent. Treatment Philosophy Background & Experience
Arlene Ross currently
practices Physical Therapy at RiverHill Wellness. She
worked as a Physical Therapist at Central Maryland
Rehabilitation Center in Columbia, Maryland from 1995 to 2001, seeing a varied
patient population with both orthopedic and neurological problems. She worked
at Howard County General Hospital in the Physical Therapy Department from 1993
to 1995, working with both inpatient and outpatient populations. Arlene had a
private practice in Movement Therapy from 1979 to 1993, using the techniques
of Muscular Therapy, Zero-Balancing, Craniosacral Therapy and the Alexander
Technique of Movement Re-education. Arlene taught Movement Therapy at the
University of Maryland - Baltimore County as an adjunct professor from
1978-1982. She also taught elementary school in Buffalo, New York from
1969-1972, and Modern Dance in Columbia, Maryland from 1974-1977. Manual
Therapy is a form of Physical Therapy intervention
that encompasses various hands-on techniques that
decrease pain and minimize soft tissue and joint
restrictions. Arlene Ross,
Physical Therapist at FREQUENCY
SPECIFIC MICROCURRENT Frequency
Specific Microcurrent is a physical therapy
modality providing electric current in millionths
of an ampere. It has the ability
to relieve pain, increase the rate of wound
healing, increase protein synthesis, stimulate the
regeneration of injured tissue, stimulate lymphatic
flow and relieve myofascial trigger points.
Because microcurrent flows at one millionth
of an ampere, it is delivered on the same scale as
the current the body produces on its own in each
cell, and it is therefore physiologic. Microcurrent
is subsensory and cannot be felt while it is being
delivered because there is not enough current to
stimulate the sensory receptors. Traditional
electrotherapy units such as TENS, interferential
and high volt deliver current in milliamps, which a
higher level of current. They
can cause muscle contraction and microcurrent
cannot. Microcurrent
increases ATP production by 500%. ATP
is the primary molecule from which our body
produces energy, and it is found in every cell of
the body, In a study done by
Ngok Cheng, M.D. entitled “The Effects of
Electric Current on ATP Generation, Protein
Synthesis and Membrane Transport in Rat Skin”, it
was demonstrated that ATP production increased five
times with currents from 50 uA to 1000 uA.
With currents exceeding 1000 uA,
which is the milliamp range, ATP production
leveled, and with 5000 uA ATP production was
reduced slightly. Microcurrent
was also shown to increase protein synthesis and
amino acid transport.
Chronic and Acute Spinal Pain Chronic
and Acute Low Back and Neck Pain Orthopedic
Injuries Fibromyalgia Myofascial
Pain Tendon
and Ligament Repair Fractures Edema/Lymphatic
Drainage The
Alexander Technique is a form of postural
re-education directed at improving our daily
movement activities. Poor
postural habits are a primary cause of pain and
injury. F. Matthias Alexander,
an actor who solved his own problem of repeated
loss of voice, developed the technique in the
1890’s. Students of the
Alexander Technique learn to observe themselves in
action and to become aware of their particular
tension and movement patterns. Activities
such as walking, standing, sitting at a computer,
driving a car, playing a musical instrument,
cooking, lifting, jogging, playing golf, etc., are
observed in the patient and evaluated as to their
potential to cause pain and dysfunction if not
performed correctly. Once the
patient becomes aware of their incorrect
performance of any particular activity, they can
begin to change the organization of their movement
behavior. The patient is
encouraged to become aware of their movement habits
and to change to newer and easier ways of moving
that they have learned from the therapist. The
Alexander Teacher guides the patient to direct
their energy and movement for all areas of the body
and for any activity that the patient performs.
After repeated guided kinesthetic
experiences, students of the Alexander Technique
come to sense their former static tensions as
uncomfortable and alien. New
movement patterns replace old patterns of misuse
that may cause pain and dysfunction. These
new movement patterns facilitate the improvements
that the patient is making in physical therapy, and
help to prevent problems from arising in the
future. Therapeutic
Exercise is an integral part of the practice of
physical therapy. It is
important for patients to have strong and
lengthened muscles, flexible joints, and good
aerobic conditioning. Patients
often incur injuries due to tight and weak muscles
and restriction at the joints, and these problems
must be addressed as part of the therapeutic
process. Four kinds of exercise
are important for an overall exercise program:
stretching exercise, strengthening exercise,
flexibility exercise, and aerobic exercise.
These exercises are introduced at
appropriate times during the therapeutic process.
For example, a patient who has recently had
a repair of the rotator cuff tendons of the
shoulder must adhere to a specific protocol of
exercise progression to protect the integrity of
the surgical intervention. Exercises
are gradually introduced to stretch and strengthen
the tissue and enhance joint mobility, while still
protecting the joint. If a
patient has suffered a back injury, gentle
stretching exercises are generally introduced early
on, and these progress as the patient improves.
Strengthening and aerobic exercise will be
recommended as the back pain decreases and trunk
and hip mobility increases. All
therapeutic exercise programs taught at the |
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