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Rehabilitation - Progressive Strengthening

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Progressive strengthening exercises are used in rehabilitation to increase muscle strength, tone, size, and function.  Progressive strengthening is also referred to as “progressive resistance,” “exercise progression,” and the “overload principle.”  Injury, disease, and neurological disorders, such as stroke or traumatic brain injury, can weaken muscles.  Bed rest and inactivity can cause muscle wasting. Progressive strengthening exercises build up muscles by gradually increasing the amount of weight or resistance you use while exercising.

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Your doctor can refer you to a physical or occupational therapist for progressive strengthening exercises.  At your initial evaluation, your rehabilitation therapist will examine your arms and legs.  Measurements will be taken to see how far you can move your joints and how strong your muscles are.  Your rehabilitation therapist will assess your balance and posture while you are standing and sitting.  You should state your concerns and goals.  Your rehabilitation therapist will design a progressive strengthening program based on your initial functioning.

Your progressive strengthening program will consist of lifting a specified amount of weight a certain amount of times.  When your muscles have strengthened enough that the exercises become easy, the amount of weight or resistance will be increased.  The process will continue until you have reached your goal.
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LUTHERVILLE (Main office)
1400 Front Avenue, Suite 100
Lutherville, MD 21093

BEL AIR Office
12 MedStar Blvd., Suite 300
Bel Air, MD 21015

CLARKSVILLE Office
6100 Day Long Lane, Suite 203
Clarksville, MD 21029

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8028 Ritchie Highway, Suite 207
Pasadena, MD 21122

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844 Washington Road, Suite 102
Westminster, MD 21157

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Greater Chesapeake Hand to Shoulder has 7 locations throughout Maryland offering advanced upper extremity orthopedic care for conditions and injuries of the shoulder, arm, wrist, elbow, hand and fingers. Our orthopedic surgeons and plastic surgeons possess the sub-specialty as hand surgeons providing treatment for shoulder pain, arm pain, wrist pain, elbow pain, hand pain, sports injuries, work related injury, arthritis, hand nerve injury repair, carpal tunnel syndrome, bite injuries, wrist fractures (broken wrist), tennis elbow- lateral epicondylitis, pediatric orthopedics. Our hand surgeons also offer arthroscopy, joint replacement, on-site x-ray and are expert witnesses for court cases.

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