Services and Treatment

Your First Visit:

Wear comfortable, loosing fitting clothing
Bring your insurance cards, and a photo ID
Don't forget your physician’s referral!

You may also visit our forms page and complete the new patient forms before you arrive to speed your first visit along.

Each therapy session takes about one hour. If you are coming for rehabilitation of multiple injuries, our session may take a little longer. We want to provide a complete and convenient experience.

Dr. Joanna Frantz will perform an evaluation and talk with you about your condition. We will create a movement diagnosis based on the results of your evaluation and your physician’s diagnosis. This movement diagnosis will guide a treatment program designed individually for each patient taking into account your expectations and goals, your age and physical abilities.

If you are in pain at your first visit, you can expect a treatment that gives you relief. Be sure to call ahead to have massage therapy as a part of your initial visit.

Exercise is always an important part of your program. You will exercise in our clinic and have a home exercise program.

Following your first visit, your therapist will send a report to your physician regarding your evaluation and program plan. Before you return to your doctor, your therapist will send an updated report describing your progress in therapy.

What Is Physical Therapy:

Physical therapists are health care professionals who diagnose and treat individuals of all ages, from newborns to the very oldest, who have medical problems or other health-related conditions that limit their abilities to move and perform functional activities in their daily lives.

Common Conditions We Treat:

Shoulder

View Shoulder Exercises We Use

Rotator Cuff Tendonitis
Rotator Cuff Repair
Acromioplasty
Shoulder Reconstruction
Total Shoulder Replacement
Impingement Syndrome
Adhesive Capsulitis
Ligament Sprain
Multi-Directional Instability
Anterior Instability
Scapular Dyskinesis
Muscle Strain / Tear

Spine

Neck Exercises

Back Exercises

Cervical or Lumbar Disc Disease
Cervical or Lumbar Joint Disease
Cervical or Lumbar Disc Herniation
Laminectomy
Discectomy
Cervical or Lumbar Fusion
Cervical or Lumbar Instability
Headaches
Spinal Tendonitis
Fracture / Stress Fracture

Elbow/Wrist/Hand

Tommy John Surgery
Impingement Syndrome
Tennis Elbow
Golfer's Elbow
Elbow Instability
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Trigger Finger
Repetitive Strain Injury
Tendonitis
Ligament Sprain
Fracture
Muscle Strain / Tear

Knee

Patellar Tendonitis
Chondromalacia
ACL/PCL Reconstruction.
Total Knee Replacement
Degenerative Joint Disease
Fracture or Stress fracture
IT Band Syndrome
Laterally Tracking Patella
Chondroplasty
LCL/MCL Sprain or Tear
Cartilage Transplantation
Menisectomy

Ankle / Foot

Achilles Tendonitis/Tear
Calcaneal Fracture
Stress Fracture
Jones Fracture
Talar Dome Fracture
Ligamentous Instability
Peroneal Tendonitis
Plantar Fasciitis
Sprain/Strain

Hip

Degenerative Joint Disease
Total Hip Replacement
Gluteal Tendonitis
Trochanteric Bursitis
IT Band Syndrome
Fracture / Stress Fracture
Ligament Sprain
Groin Strain
Muscle Strain / Tear
Labral tear / repair

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.

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.

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