Spine & Joint Pain
Orthopedic rehabilitation is inherently a movement-oriented science. The care you receive from PTC is built around movement - from gentle, simple stretching and strengthening that help you recover normal posture to rehabilitation techniques more complex and challenging to rebuild strength and restore full dynamic activity. We get you moving and moving better.
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Neck Pain & Headaches
The therapists at the PTC can help people with neck pain and headaches from conditions such as:
Whiplash from motor vehicle accident (MVA)
Headaches can often be pain referred from neck issues. One common pain referral pattern can come from a trigger point in your upper shoulder muscle! Our therapists can help you identify if your head pain is posture or neck related!
The therapists at the PTC can help people with neck pain and headaches from conditions such as:
Whiplash from motor vehicle accident (MVA)
- Disc herniation, degeneration, or arthritis
- Headaches and migraines
- Posture or repetitive related
- Postoperative management.
Headaches can often be pain referred from neck issues. One common pain referral pattern can come from a trigger point in your upper shoulder muscle! Our therapists can help you identify if your head pain is posture or neck related!
Back Pain & Sciatica
Back pain occurs in up to 80% of Americans! When pain and dysfunction go on for a long time in your back, you can get pain into your leg most doctors term as "sciatica". Usually in most cases, the sciatic nerve is not involved, but can be pain from an irritated nerve root or pain referred from another spine structure such as the spine joint or a muscle/ligament! We can help you find out how you're moving to correct any dysfunctional movements to make your back healthier and less painful! Our staff is experienced with postural training and ergonomics to help decrease stress in your back.
We also can help treat other conditions such
Back pain occurs in up to 80% of Americans! When pain and dysfunction go on for a long time in your back, you can get pain into your leg most doctors term as "sciatica". Usually in most cases, the sciatic nerve is not involved, but can be pain from an irritated nerve root or pain referred from another spine structure such as the spine joint or a muscle/ligament! We can help you find out how you're moving to correct any dysfunctional movements to make your back healthier and less painful! Our staff is experienced with postural training and ergonomics to help decrease stress in your back.
We also can help treat other conditions such
- Scoliosis
- Postoperative management
- Disc herniation
- Stenosis
- Sacroiliac (SI) pain
Decompression/Posture Spine Rehabilitation
PTC uses an innovative approach for spine rehab that includes a simple but effective approach using The Meeks Method. This method looks at patterns of postural change as a source of pain and we educate on where this source of pain comes from whether or not that pain is actually the source or just the symptom. Your treatment includes site specific exercises, body mechanics, postural correction, balance, modalities if needed, and bracing if applicable. As described by Sara Meeks herself “The "Peeling of the Onion”. As people live their lives, they may sustain bumps, bruises and more serious injuries and even surgeries along the way. When this happens, people usually develop compensatory movement patterns to avoid pain and to deal with the limitations of movement when they have pain. This process, that I call "Layering On Of The Onion", can go on for many years. Then, when a person begins a program, such as The Meeks Method, which is designed to bring the body back into better alignment, he/she may "re-visit" old injuries and surgeries that occurred in the past. The older the patient and the more chronic the condition, the more likely this is to happen. The therapist then needs to address the specific issue in order to assure continuation of the exercise program.
One very common example of an old surgery that might re-surface is arthroscopic knee surgery. The patient may never have had physical therapy, or, if he/she did, it may have been just a few sessions and full knee extension might not have been attained after surgery. This limitation of motion would result in a gait with a slightly flexed knee and this change in gait pattern might create back pain. We have found that gentle mobilization, massage, and moist heat or ice combined with specific knee exercises such as quad sets (done correctly), isometric hamstring strengthening along with stretching of the posterior knee (attachment of the calves and hamstrings) will usually resolve this problem area. Once this is accomplished, another area might re-surface and need to be dealt with also.
PTC uses an innovative approach for spine rehab that includes a simple but effective approach using The Meeks Method. This method looks at patterns of postural change as a source of pain and we educate on where this source of pain comes from whether or not that pain is actually the source or just the symptom. Your treatment includes site specific exercises, body mechanics, postural correction, balance, modalities if needed, and bracing if applicable. As described by Sara Meeks herself “The "Peeling of the Onion”. As people live their lives, they may sustain bumps, bruises and more serious injuries and even surgeries along the way. When this happens, people usually develop compensatory movement patterns to avoid pain and to deal with the limitations of movement when they have pain. This process, that I call "Layering On Of The Onion", can go on for many years. Then, when a person begins a program, such as The Meeks Method, which is designed to bring the body back into better alignment, he/she may "re-visit" old injuries and surgeries that occurred in the past. The older the patient and the more chronic the condition, the more likely this is to happen. The therapist then needs to address the specific issue in order to assure continuation of the exercise program.
One very common example of an old surgery that might re-surface is arthroscopic knee surgery. The patient may never have had physical therapy, or, if he/she did, it may have been just a few sessions and full knee extension might not have been attained after surgery. This limitation of motion would result in a gait with a slightly flexed knee and this change in gait pattern might create back pain. We have found that gentle mobilization, massage, and moist heat or ice combined with specific knee exercises such as quad sets (done correctly), isometric hamstring strengthening along with stretching of the posterior knee (attachment of the calves and hamstrings) will usually resolve this problem area. Once this is accomplished, another area might re-surface and need to be dealt with also.
Shoulder Pain
Often in middle aged and older life, many people get shoulder pain when reaching over head or behind them or end up getting a rotator cuff tear. Our therapists can help you improve your shoulder mobility and strength to decrease impingement symptoms or help you recover after a shoulder surgery. We also can help with:
Often in middle aged and older life, many people get shoulder pain when reaching over head or behind them or end up getting a rotator cuff tear. Our therapists can help you improve your shoulder mobility and strength to decrease impingement symptoms or help you recover after a shoulder surgery. We also can help with:
- Rotator cuff tear and repair
- Shoulder replacement
- Labral tear
- Frozen Shoulder
- Arthritis
Elbow Pain
The therapists at the PTC can help you manage conditions such as:
The therapists at the PTC can help you manage conditions such as:
- Medial or lateral epicondylitis (AKA Golfer's and Tennis Elbow)
- Postoperative management
- Tendonitis
Wrist, Hand, Thumb, and Finger Pain
At the PTC, we have an occupational therapist that is also a certified hand therapist with 20 years of experience! Our hand therapist is able to help you decrease hand pain and improve functional with many of her tools. She can provide custom splints to help protect healing hand joints and muscles/tendons as well as create them to help protect postoperative hands! Our hand therapist can help with conditions such as:
At the PTC, we have an occupational therapist that is also a certified hand therapist with 20 years of experience! Our hand therapist is able to help you decrease hand pain and improve functional with many of her tools. She can provide custom splints to help protect healing hand joints and muscles/tendons as well as create them to help protect postoperative hands! Our hand therapist can help with conditions such as:
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Trigger fingers
- Finger and thumb arthritis
- Fractures of the hand and wrist
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Hand and finger deformities
- Nerve injuries
- De Quervain's Syndrome or tenosynovitis
- Hand and grip weakness
Hip Pain
Our therapists can help people decrease pain and improve function with conditions such as:
Our therapists can help people decrease pain and improve function with conditions such as:
- Arthritis
- Labral tear
- Hip impingement
- Trochanteric bursitis
- Postoperative management such as hip replacement
- Ischial bursitis or tendinitis
Knee Pain
Our therapists have plenty of experience in managing conditions such as:
Our therapists have plenty of experience in managing conditions such as:
- Knee arthritis
- Ligament injuries
- Meniscus Injuries
- Patellar tendinitis
- Baker's Cyst
- IT Band Syndrome
- Patellofemoral Pain
- Postoperative management such as knee replacement, ACL repair, and meniscus repair
Ankle & Foot Pain
Our therapists can help with ankle and foot pain from causes such as:
We can help you to improve your walking pattern and lower extremity movements to decrease stress into the parts of your foot that hurt. Many of our therapists can even provide you with a custom orthotic to help with foot mechanics during every day activities!
Our therapists can help with ankle and foot pain from causes such as:
- Ankle sprain
- Flat footedness
- Heel pain or bone spur
- Achilles tendinitis or rupture
- Forefoot pain (metatarsalgia)
- Bunions and other toe deformities
- Postoperative management
We can help you to improve your walking pattern and lower extremity movements to decrease stress into the parts of your foot that hurt. Many of our therapists can even provide you with a custom orthotic to help with foot mechanics during every day activities!
Pre & Postoperative Rehabilitation
Our therapists are trained in understanding proper management of surgical repairs for a successful recovery. We can help guide with the "do's and dont's" as you heal after surgery and provide a plan of care to get you back to functioning!
If possible, doing preoperative rehabilitation can help maximize your surgical outcomes. We can help improve your strength and range of motion prior to surgery! "The better you are going in the better you are coming out" is part of our philosophy.
We have years of experience in managing joint replacement and arthroscopic surgery and will always do our best to keep in contact with your surgeon to ensure you get the best and safest care possible.
Our therapists are trained in understanding proper management of surgical repairs for a successful recovery. We can help guide with the "do's and dont's" as you heal after surgery and provide a plan of care to get you back to functioning!
If possible, doing preoperative rehabilitation can help maximize your surgical outcomes. We can help improve your strength and range of motion prior to surgery! "The better you are going in the better you are coming out" is part of our philosophy.
We have years of experience in managing joint replacement and arthroscopic surgery and will always do our best to keep in contact with your surgeon to ensure you get the best and safest care possible.
Work Ergonomics
Our clinic can provide ergonomic assessments of office or work site set up and provide modifications in order to promote better posture. We are able to come to your work site in person to see how jobs are performed. We also can set up work hardening programs to improve job function.
Our clinic can provide ergonomic assessments of office or work site set up and provide modifications in order to promote better posture. We are able to come to your work site in person to see how jobs are performed. We also can set up work hardening programs to improve job function.
