Physical Therapy

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What is Physical Therapy?

Physical therapy is a type of treatment utilized when disease, injury, or deformity makes it hard to move around and do everyday tasks. It helps you move better and may relieve chronic or neuropathic pain.

Physical therapists are highly-educated, licensed health care professionals who can help patients reduce pain and develop, improve, or restore mobility using methods such as massage, heat treatment, stretching, electrical stimulation, ultrasound, and exercise.

The goal of physical therapy is to make daily tasks and activities easier. For example, it may help with walking, going up stairs, or getting in and out of bed. In addition, physical therapists work with individuals to prevent the loss of mobility before it occurs by developing fitness programs for healthier and more active lifestyles.

Physical Therapy for Kids

Pediatric and School-based Services:

(Typically due to developmental delay, disease/disorder, or injury)

 

  • Develop gross motor skills
  • Improve balance
  • Improve range of motion
  • Improve motor coordination
  • Improve walking gait

 

  • Child balancing on a purple foam beam in a hallway while an adult stands behind watching.

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  • Child sitting on an orange exercise ball in a therapy room, smiling at the camera.

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  • Smiling child sitting on a black circular swing, wearing a red dress and tan boots.

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  • Child jumping on a trampoline indoors beside a window and basketball hoop

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  • Child doing a bridge exercise on a therapy table in a clinic, with a red ball nearby.

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Physical Therapy for Adults

Adult and Geriatric Services:
(Typically following injury, disease, neurological condition, or generalize weakness due to aging process)

 

  • Joint Replacement 
  • Work-related Injuries
  • Pain Management 
  • Trauma
  • Balance/Vestibular Treatment
  • Sports Injuries
  • Amputee Rehabilitation 
  • Orthopaedic/Neurological Disorders



  • Physical therapist adjusting a patient’s ankle brace while seated on a treatment table

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  • Acupuncture needles inserted into a person’s back during a treatment session

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  • Person being helped onto a mobility aid, with hands steadying their foot and leg.

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  • Person doing a dumbbell walking lunge in a gym, wearing a white shirt and dark shorts.

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