Fyzical putting VR into PT - Worcester County News Bayside Gazette - baysideoc.com

By Jack Chavez, Staff Writer

(Oct. 13, 2022) Virtual reality, erstwhile upon a clip a far-off and futuristic concept, tin present augment existent beingness successful a assortment of ways — video games, mobile games, unrecorded amusement and adjacent conscionable hanging retired with friends.

Over successful Ocean Pines, Fyzical Therapy and Balance Centers are utilizing virtual world successful the signifier of Virtualis VR to dainty each sorts of patients.

“It’s been a existent crippled changer,” said Ed Weeks, Fyzical’s manager of income and marketing. “It’s changing the rehab scope. It allows america to enactment radical successful antithetic situations (that payment their recovery).”

Weeks said Fyzical uses Virtualis — a merchandise offered by French developers — to heighten galore therapeutic methods, including carnal therapy for limbs and cervical, thoracic and spinal issues. It tin beryllium utilized to amended equilibrium and question sickness and for assorted neurological ailments. Those recovering from concussions and strokes tin payment too.

“This is thing you typically spot lone astatine assemblage aesculapian centers oregon large infirmary facilities,” Weeks said. “We tin utilize it to dainty conscionable astir each contented that we mightiness encounter.”

The impervious of occurrence is successful the clientele, which Weeks said travel from arsenic acold arsenic 2 hours away.

On the little Eastern Shore, Virtualis is particularly utile successful attraction for those suffering from Parkinson’s disease. According to Weeks, this country has 1 of the highest rates of the degenerative upset per capita successful the United States.

“At 1 point, it was (around) 9 percent higher (than the nationalist average),” Weeks said. “Virtualis tin beauteous overmuch woody with immoderate diligent dealing with … immoderate benignant of neurological issues.”

Fyzical, located astatine 11204 Racetrack Road, has been successful concern for 11 years. It started arsenic Apex Physical Therapy, but implicit the years proprietor Scott Gardner wanted his concern to beryllium much connected successful the carnal therapy community, Weeks said, starring to the determination to franchise with the Florida-based Fyzical.

“(With Fyzical), we tin speech to different practitioners astir assorted patients and wellness issues, which doesn’t hap astir present (with different carnal therapy practices),” Weeks said. “It’s precise strange.”

For much accusation astir Fyzical Therapy and Balance Centers oregon Virtualis VR, telephone 410-208-1525 oregon visit https://www.fyzical.com/ocean-pines-md.