About This Location
Physical therapy helps patients restore muscle function, mobility, flexibility, and balance Physical therapists get patients moving again and help manage their pain and reduce the likelihood of further injury. They also serve an important role in preventive health care by providing fitness programs and specially targeted exercises designed to ward off a loss of functionality and other symptoms as patients age or participate in certain physical activities.
A Personalized Plan of Care
Our physical therapists will work one-on-one with you, and they’ll listen to your concerns and gather information about your symptoms, goals, and lifestyle. They will perform a variety of movement-based tests to understand your limitations and develop a plan of care to help you heal. We believe in empowering our patients with information about their diagnosis and what to expect from treatment. Our programs are built on your feedback and progress – your plan of care will evolve with you. Your physical therapy treatment may include manual techniques, movement-based therapies, or a combination of different methods that will best address your specific needs.
Expert Physical Therapists
All of our physical therapists have a graduate degree or clinical doctorate from an accredited physical therapy program.
Types of Physical Therapy
Our physical therapists utilize a broad range of therapies, depending on the patient’s condition, physical limitations, and general health and fitness level. Here are a few of many types of therapy:
- Manual therapy is a physical therapy technique utilizing hands-on movements to diagnose and treat soft tissues and joint structures. A physical therapist physically kneads and manipulates your joints, muscles, and tissues to diagnose biomechanical injuries, reduce pain, and promote proper healing.
- Soft tissue mobilization is a hands-on therapeutic technique designed to restore mechanical movement and increase the range of motion by releasing tension within facia or sheets of fibrous tissue that surround and support muscles by separating them into layers. Depending on where your restrictions are located, your physical therapist will apply different directions of pressure to break down muscle adhesions.
- Joint mobilization is used when joint structures are somehow limiting the normal motion of your joints. Using small and specific movements, a physical therapist manually moves a target synovial joint through natural levels of resistance. These motions stretch and strengthen the tissue surrounding the joint bone – normalizing joint motion, reducing spasms, and controlling pain.
- Muscle energy technique is used to reposition a dysfunctional joint and treat the surrounding muscles. It can be used to lengthen a shortened or spastic muscle or mobilize a joint that is stiff or restricted. The patient is guided through performing a specific muscle contraction against a resistive barrier, the physical therapists, and manual contact with the joint. Your physical therapist continues with this process until your muscle stretches further each time and your range of motion improves.
- Strain/counter strain is a technique whereby a physical therapist will look for specific “tender points” in the body that indicate which facial structure is involved. The technique is mainly used to reduce chronic and acute muscle spasms anywhere in the body. Once your physical therapist locates the fascial structure involved in the spasm, they position your body for a certain amount of time so the muscle is shortened and relaxed by subduing the spasm, and major muscle groups can return to pain-free functions.