Specific Components of a Physical Therapy Session
Patient Education:
Teaching patients about their conditions and what to do to minimize their symptoms and maximize their function is an important part of each patient’s rehabilitation program. All of our patients are taught how to control their symptoms and maximize their function.
Manual Therapy:
Manual therapy is a passive treatment technique that uses the therapist’s hands to move a mobile segment for the purposes of examination and treatment of musculoskeletal disorders such as muscle spasm, myofascial restriction and joint compression.
Common techniques used in therapy are:
Exercise Training:
In our physical therapy practice, exercise training is the cornerstone of success in rehabilitation. Almost all of our patients receive some form of exercise training. Exercise training is used to improve joint range of motion, strength, balance and endurance. Exercise helps relieve pain and improve function. Patients routinely receive home exercise instructions as part of their rehabilitation program.
Modalities:
Modalities are used to reduce pain and inflammation. Common modalities used in physical therapy are:
Hot Packs, Cold Packs and Ultrasound:
Hot packs, cold packs and ultrasound are heating and cooling agents that are used to relieve pain, reduce inflammation and speed healing. Modalities such as these can frequently be applied at home and are used in physical therapy as adjuncts to rehabilitation programs.
Electrical Stimulation:
Electrical stimulation is a method of treatment used to excite nerve and muscle tissue for the purposes of acute or chronic pain relief, neuromuscular reeducation and prevention of disuse muscle atrophy.
Teaching patients about their conditions and what to do to minimize their symptoms and maximize their function is an important part of each patient’s rehabilitation program. All of our patients are taught how to control their symptoms and maximize their function.
Manual Therapy:
Manual therapy is a passive treatment technique that uses the therapist’s hands to move a mobile segment for the purposes of examination and treatment of musculoskeletal disorders such as muscle spasm, myofascial restriction and joint compression.
Common techniques used in therapy are:
- Soft Tissue Mobilization
- Massage
- Joint Mobilization
- Cervical Traction
- Pelvic Traction
- Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF)
Exercise Training:
In our physical therapy practice, exercise training is the cornerstone of success in rehabilitation. Almost all of our patients receive some form of exercise training. Exercise training is used to improve joint range of motion, strength, balance and endurance. Exercise helps relieve pain and improve function. Patients routinely receive home exercise instructions as part of their rehabilitation program.
- Spine Stabilization Exercises
- Closed Chain Rehabilitation Exercises
- Assistive Gym Exercises
- Manual Assistive Active and Resistive Exercises
- Proprioception Training
- Balance Training
- Endurance Training
- Functional Training and Lifting
Modalities:
Modalities are used to reduce pain and inflammation. Common modalities used in physical therapy are:
Hot Packs, Cold Packs and Ultrasound:
Hot packs, cold packs and ultrasound are heating and cooling agents that are used to relieve pain, reduce inflammation and speed healing. Modalities such as these can frequently be applied at home and are used in physical therapy as adjuncts to rehabilitation programs.
Electrical Stimulation:
Electrical stimulation is a method of treatment used to excite nerve and muscle tissue for the purposes of acute or chronic pain relief, neuromuscular reeducation and prevention of disuse muscle atrophy.
