Physical Therapy is a dynamic profession utilizing scientific based clinical treatment methods to restore, maintain, and promote optimal physical function.

Physical Therapists diagnose and manage movement dysfunction and enhance physical and functional abilities.

Physical therapists restore, maintain, and promote not only optimal physical function, but optimal wellness and fitness and optimal quality of life as it relates to movement and health.

Physical therapists prevent the onset, symptoms, and progression of impairments, functional limitations, and disabilities that may result from diseases, disorders, conditions, or injuries.

Here are five reasons you should choose physical therapy.

Reduce pain:

Physical Therapy has been shown to be an effective way of addressing pain, both acute and chronic utilizing therapeutic exercise, soft tissue and joint mobilization, and other physical therapy techniques and modalities, has shown to minimize or eliminate pain as well as teach patients self-remedies to help avoid pain in the future!

Avoid surgery:

When patients experience pain or impairment, surgery is often an option that quickly enters their radar. Although sometimes surgery is unavoidable, in many cases physical therapy can be an effective method in avoiding surgery altogether. There is growing research that demonstrates physical therapy being the first line of treatment in a plethora of musculoskeletal injuries and giving it a try prior to going under the knife. In the instances that therapy does not prevent surgery, there is strong evidence that therapy prior to surgery improves postoperative outcomes!

Return to activity after injury:

A physical therapist will consider both the healing process and physical requirements involved in the activity to create a custom plan utilizing scientific based methods to get you back on the move as soon as possible.

Prevent Injuries

Most people look for physical therapy to recover following an injury or when in pain. However, one aspect overlooked is the role physical therapy plays in diagnosing areas of weakness and poor mobility that may leave a patient vulnerable to injury. When a physical therapist recognizes these impairments, he will create a therapeutic regimen to target those areas and potentially reduce the likelihood of injury. Unfortunately, all injuries are not avoidable, However, like anything in life, it is always better to be proactive.

Improve balance and prevent falls:

It is widely known that falls among the elderly are prevalent, dangerous, and can disastrously impact their quality of life. Over 25% of seniors above age 65, (that percentage only increases with age) will fall at least once this year, many times with significant consequences. Physical therapists can help prevent falls with evaluation and development of custom treatment plans, including exercises to improve strength, mobility, and balance, as well as provide education to patients and their loved ones, highlighting simple ways to reduce fall risk at home.

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