Physical therapy focuses on movement, mobility, and function using exercise, modalities such as electrical stimulation, gait training, and other interventions. Physical therapy treats issues such as neurological disorders, post-operative care, balance and vestibular disorders, cardiopulmonary disorders, and acute and chronic pain.
Services include the following:
- General orthopedic rehabilitation
- Chronic pain therapy
- Post-operative care and rehabilitation
- Balance and vestibular rehabilitation
- Neurological rehabilitation
- Ergonomic and body mechanics assessment
- Sports medicine and rehabilitation
- Physical therapy evaluations and subsequent reevaluations
- Therapeutic exercise
- Neuromuscular reeducation for balance training and sensory retraining
- Manual therapy using joint mobilization and manipulation
- Functional therapeutic activities such as transfers and bed mobility
- Gait training using stairs and assistive devices
- Canalith repositioning procedure using Epley maneuver and other maneuvers to relieve vertigo
- Electric stimulation to reduce spasms and to strengthen or directly stimulate muscles when there is a nerve injury
- Therapeutic ultrasound for anti-inflammatory effects
- Wound care is provided in an outpatient setting in the St. Ignatius Health Center Physical Therapy Clinic by a physical therapist with a physician’s order.