【新唐人2014年05月03日訊】金然：： 在紐約曼哈頓的街上行走，你會發現，自己走慢一點，就會不斷被人超過。
楚玉： 是啊，既然在這個大都市生活，就不得不適應它的快節奏。
金然：：長期的腳步匆匆，就難免會腰酸腿疼，今天，我們為您介紹一種新的治療方法。
楚玉： 據說這個方法已經幫助了5萬多人恢復了健康，來了解一下這個新的治療方法。
紐約人腳步匆匆、生活壓力大。如果有膝關節疼痛、腰背痛，現在有一種新的治療方法，叫做AposTherapy，無需吃藥或手術。
接受Apos療法的病人這樣的鞋也使關節附近的肌肉更穩定。鞋底突起的弧度，幫助刺激患者的神經系統。可根據患者的年齡、身體狀況、神經肌肉控制力來調節。
AposTherapy理療師Yaakov Gottlieb：「來我們這裡的很多患者痛的厲害。根據他們的情況調節裝置後，疼痛明顯減輕，同時訓練了肌肉，他們可以保持我們設置好的狀態，長久使用。」
鞋子的設計原理似乎比較複雜，但是用起來很簡單。患者每天只需要穿一個小時，做日常事務就可以了。
首先要去AposTherapy Practice公司最一個檢查，衡量疼痛、關節狀況、生活品質。然後通過電腦檢測走路模式，兩腿負重、步長、對稱性等。經過專門訓練的理療師會根據每位患者的情況調整他要穿的鞋子。
此後，患者需要再來訪3到5次，保證進展順利。一個療程一般持續半年到一年。
AposTherapy理療師Yaakov Gottlieb：「我看到這種療法能改變關節炎的發展軌跡，真正幫助患者，這是前所未有的。」
英國的一相獨立調查發現，86%接受Apos治療的患者疼痛緩解。研究表明，膝關節骨性關節炎通過這種治療，可持續兩年免於疼痛折磨。
楊奕：「AposTherapy這種治療方法目前沒有包括在健康保險中，一年的費用5千多美元。他們的辦公室在麥迪遜大道330號、6樓。」
新唐人記者楊奕紐約報導
If you have knee, back or hip pain, you may be happy to know that your treatment options have expanded. A new kind of therapy called AposTherapy is now available in New York, and it doesn’t require taking medicine or surgery to help you get your stride back.
Barbra Akresh, AposTherapy Patient:"I had difficulty going up and down the steps, with sharp pains in the knee and pains in the hip （while） walking."
It’s helped over 50,000 patients in Israel, UK and Singapore, but it’s only recently come to America. AposTherapy is a high-tech bio-mechanical shoe system that treats knee osteoarthritis and other leg and back pains.
Barbra Akresh, AposTherapy Patient:"After the first time I used them, I was able to sleep without pain in my knee almost immediately."
Barbra suffered from pain in the right knee and right hip, as well as some back pain. She began her AposTherapy treatment in December and this is her third follow up.
Barbra Akresh, AposTherapy Patient:"The knee pain is primarily gone, walking outdoors is pain free I’m able to walk farther, I can go up and down the steps now without pain."
AposTherapy is effective for Osteoarthritis, patellofemoral pain syndrome, meniscal tear, ligament tear, low back pain. It can also be used for rehabilitation before and after knee and hip replacement surgery.
Invented by Dr. Avi Elbaz and Dr. Amit Mor,M.D AposTherapy treats pain by changing the way that patients walk. The pain relief comes from the two convex pods on the bottom of each shoe. These pods are adjusted to change the foot’s point of contact with the ground and shift the pressure from the inflamed area to another.
Dr. Amit Mor, MD Chief Medical Officer at AposTherapy:"If I have load in the inner side of the knee, I can shift the pods to the outer side a bit. Immediately, when the patients walk, it feels that the pain in the knee is alleviated."
The shoes also reeducates the muscles around the joint to be more stable. The curvature of the pods introduces stimulates and retrains a patient’s nervous system. The pod convexity level for each patient is different based on their age, overall condition, and neuromuscular control.
Yaakov Gottlieb, Physical Therapist at AposTherapy:"Most of the patients that come in here are in significant pain. Once we are able to calibrate the device for them, we are able to significantly decrease their pain, by doing that, it enables us to train their muscles so that way they can in the long run, they can keep the changes that we’re creating for the Apos Therapy device."
The technology behind the shoes sounds complicated, but it’s really simple to use for patients. Once patients are equipped with the special AposTherapy shoes, they just need to wear them going about their daily routine for up to an hour each day.
The process begins with visiting the AposTherapy Practice for an initial assessment. Patients are given comprehensive surveys about their pain, joint function, and quality of life. Then they will be examined at the computerized gait analysis lab, which checks for walking patterns, including load distribution on each leg, stride length, gait symmetry, etc. Based on the results, a specially trained therapist will give each patient their individually adjusted device.
Following the initial assessment, patients will come in for 3-5 follow up consultations to ensure positive progress. A typical treatment program continues for an average of 6-12 months.
Yaakov Gottlieb, Physical Therapist at AposTherapy:"One of the things that impresses me about Apostherapy and inspires me is that we’re able to change the trajectory of the arthritis and really help these people in ways I’ve never seen before."
An independent survey conducted in the UK indicated that 86 percent of AposTherapy patients reported alleviation ins pain. New studies show that knee osteoarthritis patients who used AposTherapy maintained pain relief two years after treatment.
AposTherapy is currently not covered by health insurance. It costs more than 5000 dollars for one year of treatment. The New York office is located at 330 Madison Ave, 6th Floor.
Reporting for NTD this is Yang Yi in New York
