Dr Gustafson has worked in the field of exercise science for over thirty years. His experience includes public schools in Texas, the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas and Augusta University in Augusta, Georgia.  Dr. Gustafson received his BS and MEd from the University of Texas at Austin and his PhD from Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas.  Dr. Gustafson is a member of the Medical Fitness Association (www.medicalfitness.org) and is a registered kinesiotherapist (RKT) with the American Kinesiotherapy Association (www.akta.org).  

Postural asymmetry (misalignment) is sometimes associated with chronic musculoskeletal pain. Using gentle stretching and strengthening techniques we attempt to restore the proper musculoskeletal postural relationships intended for your body. Over a period of weeks muscle lengths are reset and your skeleton is repositioned for a gradual return to the postural design originally intended for your body. Our method puts the client in control by providing him/her with techniques he/she can apply at home to conquer chronic pain.  There are clients for whom surgery, manipulation or medication is the best option and, for those individuals, we may not be able to help them.  If you’ve been told that surgery is the only thing that will relieve your pain, you may want to consider one more option. While we can’t help everyone, these techniques have provided relief to many people with low-back, hip, shoulder, neck and wrist pain, etc. - without the use of surgery, medication or manipulation.

Guarantee

The full benefit of our method will not be realized in one visit.  However, if the client does not obtain some improvement in pain/discomfort level during the first therapy session, there will be no charge and no obligation to continue. If the client does experience some level of pain/discomfort reduction, or the client requests a second visit, the client will be charged for the initial visit and any subsequent visit according to the published rate schedule.

In 2018 Dr. Gustafson began offering an exercise program for individuals with early stage Parkinson's Disease.  In 2019 we now offer the program to those with early stage dementia.  Some neuroprotective programs have a limited emphasis with respect to activity, e.g., high-intensity interval training. High-intensity interval training is good for stimulating the production of brain derived neural growth factor (BDNF). BDNF is important in neuroprotection, neurogenesis and synaptogenesis. Limiting a client’s exposure to a particular type of training, while beneficial, produces limited results. At RPG Kinesiotherapy our clients are provided a multi-domain program which provides a high level of variation of activity.

Our program includes:

High-intensity interval training

Cardiorespiratory training

Resistance training

Balance training

Cognitive-motor dual-task training

Closed Skill training

Open skill training

A program which maximizes variation also stimulates the production of nerve growth factor (NGF), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and insulin growth factor -1 (IGF-1). NGF assists with growth, maintenance and proliferation. VEGR assists with angiogenesis and neurogenesis. IGF-1 assists with cell survival, neurogenesis and neuroprotection.

If you are interested in taking advantage of the program described above please contact us at your earliest convenience.