Orthopedic Physical Therapy
Orthopedic Physical Therapy is your typical PT including back, neck, shoulder, and knee pain. However, throughout my experience as a Physical Therapist, it is so much more than Therabands and stretching. True Orthopedic Physical Therapy looks at the entire body and pieces together why someone may be having pain, not just treating the symptoms. I love critical thinking and piecing together the puzzle that makes each individual's musculoskeletal system work.
Head, shoulders, knees, & toes...
My treatment model and approach is to treat the entire body. You cannot treat one body part, or location of pain, without addressing the entire kinetic chain. Everything in our body is are connected and should be considered and treated as such. If you come in for low back pain, you bet I am going to look at your hips, knees, feet and up to your neck and head. If you are having shoulder pain, I am most certainly going to be looking at your posture, neck, thoracic and lumbar spine, etc. You will be amazed at how treating the entire kinetic chain will bring you longer lasting results.
Our bodies are so intelligent and will always try to find the easiest route and path of least resistance, resulting in compensations. Most of the time you don't realize that you are compensating because your body adapts without thinking. This can happen because of pain, weakness, tightness, or an inactive muscle that decided to go on vacation. My job is to assess WHY these compensatory patterns are happening and how it may have led you to a point of pain and/or discomfort. My job is also to give you the tools you need to improve your physical well-being, to maintain it and revisit if you have a flare up. It is my goal for you to NOT need me and to have the confidence in your body's abilities.
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I love treating adults who are active, motivated and have a passion for their own bodies wellness. I treat weekend warriors, runners, triathletes, active moms (which is every mom :)), weightlifters, you name it!