PDR Physical Therapy & Wellness Center

04/01/2026

🚨 BIG NEWS at PD Rehab 🚨

Starting today, we are introducing our newest, most advanced treatment technique:

Aggressive Pain Chasing Therapy™
✔️ We only treat where it hurts
✔️ The more painful the better
✔️ No assessment needed
✔️ Bonus points if symptoms keep moving

Because clearly… your body has no connections at all 😏

April Fools 😄

At PD Rehab Physical Therapy & Wellness Center, we do the exact opposite. We don’t chase symptoms — we look at:
• movement patterns
• breathing
• pressure regulation
• nervous system response

Because pain is rarely the real problem — it’s just the signal.

If your pain:
• keeps coming back
• changes locations
• doesn’t match your MRI
• gets worse with stress

…it might be time to stop chasing it. We treat the cause. Not the symptom.

04/01/2026

Traditional treatment for Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) usually focuses on reducing bacteria in the small intestine with antibiotics and dietary changes.

These treatments can help control symptoms. However, in many cases they do not address why bacteria accumulated in the small intestine in the first place.

Digestive function also depends on proper intestinal movement, abdominal tissue mobility, and nervous system regulation.

At PD Rehab Physical Therapy & Wellness Center, we use Fascial Counterstrain, a specialized manual therapy that helps release tension patterns affecting the abdomen, diaphragm, and visceral structures. By improving tissue mobility and supporting normal digestive function, this approach may help address underlying factors contributing to persistent digestive symptoms.

03/27/2026

03/26/2026

👉If SIBO is suspected, doctors often use a breath test to help confirm the diagnosis.

During the test, the patient drinks a special sugar solution. Over the next few hours, breath samples are collected and analyzed for gases such as hydrogen or methane.

These gases are produced when bacteria ferment carbohydrates in the small intestine.

Higher-than-normal levels may indicate Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO).

The breath test is currently one of the most common non-invasive tools used to evaluate possible bacterial overgrowth in the digestive system.

03/25/2026

🌿Many people diagnosed with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) experience symptoms that may actually be related to SIBO.

The two conditions share many similar symptoms, including:
• bloating
• abdominal pain or discomfort
• diarrhea or constipation
• irregular digestion after meals

Because the symptoms overlap so much, the underlying cause of digestive problems is sometimes misidentified or overlooked.

Understanding what is really happening in the digestive system is an important step toward finding the right treatment approach.

03/20/2026

👉 How we evaluate patients differently at PD Rehab

🌿We don’t just look at where it hurts. We try to understand why it started and why it’s not going away.

During your evaluation, we look at things like:
• how you move
• how you breathe
• how your body manages pressure (chest, abdomen, pelvis)
• how your nervous system reacts

🌿A lot of symptoms are connected, even if they don’t seem related at first. This is often the aspect that gets overlooked, leading patients to continue feeling the same despite trying different treatments.

03/20/2026

👉Physical therapy for SIBO symptoms does not target bacteria directly. Instead, we focus on pressure control, diaphragm movement, tissue glide, pelvic floor coordination, and calming an over-sensitive nervous system. For many chronic cases, this helps the body tolerate meals, movement, and daily activity with fewer flares.
Read more on our blog.

Learn how specialized physical therapy at PDR Physical therapy in Mount Prospect can support recurring SIBO symptoms.

03/18/2026

Many people think SIBO appears suddenly, but in most cases it develops when the digestive system stops working the way it should.

In a healthy digestive system, the small intestine has natural mechanisms that help keep bacteria under control.

SIBO can develop when these protective mechanisms stop working properly.

Some common contributing factors include:

• slowed intestinal motility
• abdominal adhesions or scar tissue
• prior abdominal surgery
• chronic stress affecting digestive function

When bacteria remain in the small intestine longer than they should, they begin to ferment food and produce gas, which can lead to bloating and digestive discomfort.

03/16/2026

👉 Symptoms of SIBO often appear after eating and may include:
• persistent bloating
• excessive gas
• abdominal discomfort
• diarrhea or constipation
• feeling full quickly after meals
• fatigue or brain fog

Because these symptoms overlap with many digestive disorders, SIBO is often misdiagnosed or overlooked.

03/13/2026

🌿Many digestive conditions are influenced by tension patterns in the abdomen and diaphragm.

During evaluation, we assess:
• abdominal tissue mobility
• diaphragm function
• visceral mobility
• nervous system regulation

These factors may influence digestive motility and organ function.

At PD Rehab Physical Therapy & Wellness Center in Mount Prospect, we use specialized manual therapy techniques such as Fascial Counterstrain to address these patterns.