Dr. Elise Layton Townsend PT, DPT, PHD
Physical Therapist
55 Fruit St Boston MA, 02114About
Elise Townsend is a physical therapist practicing in Boston, MA. Elise Townsend specializes in physical treatment to help a patient reduce pain, restore mobility, rehabilitate an injury, or increase movement and overall function. As a physical therapist, Elise Townsend can treat multiple conditions with exercises, ultrasound, electrical stimulation, joint mobilization, heat, ice, massage, laser or light therapy and more. Elise Townsend will create a treatment plan based on the patients specific injury or condition, and might target a specific body part or body system based on the individual.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Effects of aquatic aerobic exercise for a child with cerebral palsy: single-subject design.
- Medial temporal lobe memory in childhood: developmental transitions.
- Effects of AFO use on walking in boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a pilot study.
- Supported Standing in Boys With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
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