Physical Therapy
Physical Therapists work to restore function, improve mobility, relieve pain and limit physical dysfunction so patients can return to life in the way they want to live it. The health system also has physical therapists that specialize in women/men’s pelvic health, vestibular/balance/dizziness, sports, cranial-sacral treatment, orthopedic, pediatrics, manual therapy and lymphedema.
Common conditions for physical therapy include:
- Musculoskeletal pain
Back and neck pain- Sprains and strains to the spine, legs and shoulders
- Post-surgical procedures to the extremities and spine
- Sports injuries
- Vestibular/balance disorders
- Gait disorders
- Decreased flexibility
- Weakness
- Wound and burn care
- Neurologic diseases
- Strokes, spinal cord injuries and closed head injuries
- Specialized treatment of women’s and men’s health issues such as incontinence, pelvic pain and pre and post-natal musculoskeletal impairments
- Lymphedema and other edemas