What is Rothbart Proprioceptive Therapy?


What is the process of Rothbart Proprioceptive Therapy?

Rothbart Proprioceptive Therapy starts with your initial visit.

1)  Intake and Assessment: During your initial appointment, Professor Rothbart takes a complete medical history, body system review and foot to head physical examination. For long-distance patients, an initial consultation is done over the phone. On your second appointment, he takes many photos of the entire body. Long distance patients are guided on how to take the photos and how to send them to Professor Rothbart.

2)  Analyses: Extensive and complex proprietary computerized analyses which Professor Rothbart invented (and is the only person using) are run on these photos.
  • Information obtained from the first two visits and the computer analyses tell Professor Rothbart:
  • Whether the patient’s foot structure will predispose them to pain
  • If the foot structure is abnormal, the type and strength of the proprioceptive insole needed to treat the patient
  • Secondary issues or problems that need addressing immediately, or situations that need to be monitored throughout the patient’s healing process
  • What will be the approximate duration and cost of therapy
3)  Custom Insole Design: Based on the results of the proprietary analyses, Professor Rothbart custom designs proprioceptive insoles for the patient. These insoles were invented and developed by him, based on his 40 years of research.  Rothbart Proprioceptive Insoles are designed specifically to correct posture and eliminate chronic musculoskeletal pain.

4)  Ongoing Treatment and Monitoring: A patient’s healing begins once they start to stand on and walk with their custom insoles. With each step, corrected foot signals are sent to the brain.  Acting on these signals the brain corrects posture, which eliminates the stress on joints and muscles.  They then begin to heal.

As the body heals, it will go through changes.  The patient’s progress is carefully monitored to address any issues that may arise as a result of these changes. The patient emails weekly updates to Professor Rothbart so that he can determine if there are any issues that need immediate attention.  If additional specialists are needed, they are brought into consult with the patient.

Computer analyses are run periodically to determine if the strength of the stimulation needs to be adjusted within the insoles to insure the healing continues.  If needed, a new set of Rothbart Proprioceptive Insoles will be designed and dispensed.

Over the course of, on average, a year to a year and a half, Professor Rothbart maintains a close connection with the patient until they are restored to wellness and they are fully free from their pain.  The Patient's Commitment to the process is crucial to the success of the treatment.  Without properly addressing the source of the pain, the secondary problems that can arise from the healing process and the resulting postural shifts, one cannot be assured of being permanently free of pain.

It is important to note that there are some distributors selling pre-fabricated insoles (which Professor Rothbart invented years ago) directly to the public. Because Rothbart Proprioceptive Insoles should only be prescribed after having done the appropriate tests and analyses to determine the foot structure, type and strength of insole to use, the consequences of using these pre-fabricated, non-prescribed insoles can range from disappointing to devastating.  For this reason, Professor Rothbart strongly advises people not to buy these insoles directly from a distributor, especially if you have a severe and complex chronic musculoskeletal pain problem.


To learn more, visit my patient website: http://www.RothbartSite.com



Professor/Dr. Brian A. Rothbart
Chronic Pain Elimination Specialist
Discovered the Rothbarts Foot and PreClinical Clubfoot Deformity
Developer of Rothbart Proprioceptive Therapy
Designer of Rothbart Proprioceptive Insoles
Founder of International Academy of Rothbart Proprioceptive Therapy
Author of Forever Free From Chronic Pain

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Posted by rothbart at 3/20/2009 7:57 AM
Categories: Rothbart Proprioceptive Therapy
Tags: Posture Proprioception Rothbart Proprioceptive Therapy Inherited Foot Structures Joint Alignment
 

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