Physical Therapy
Physical therapy is a branch of rehabilitative health that uses specially designed exercises and equipment to help patients regain or improve their physical abilities. HEALTHPOINTE’s physical therapists coordinate with your physician to provide hands-on, one-to-one treatment involving exercise, education and functional training. Our goal is to make you a partner in your recovery so that you may perform exercises and necessary tasks on your own and eventually return to normal activities. We are a critical part of your care, and we can make a difference in your life.
On your first visit, a physical therapist will review your medical history and thoroughly examine you. He or she may take you through some light exercises and/ or apply specific therapeutic procedures, such as massage, heat or ice to help reduce pain.
Based upon your physician’s report and your current treatment status, your physical therapist will design an individualized program of exercises and activities. You will also be given exercises to do at home between therapy sessions
After your first visit, successive physical therapy appointments will be scheduled one or more times per week for a period of weeks, depending on your individual needs. Your therapist will guide you through increasingly more challenging exercise routines, which should slowly improve your strength and mobility. Other therapeutic procedures may also be employed.
The following are specific treatments that may be used in your physical therapy. They are all available at HEALTHPOINTE and are performed by trained and experienced professionals:
- Cryotherapy (cold packs/contrast baths)
- Hydrocollator packs (moist heat)
- Ultrasound, phonophoresis (deep heat)
- Electrical stimulation for muscle re-education and strengthening, or reduction of muscle spasms or swelling
- TENS (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation)
- Hydrotherapy (whirlpool - hot and cold)
- Massage (therapeutic and acupressure)
- Traction: intermittent, static, cervical and pelvic, manual traction
- Mobilization/manual therapy, including dynamic back stabilization, soft tissue and joint mobilization
- Taping for support
- Wound management
- Biofeedback
- Therapeutic exercises: isometrics, isotonics, isokinetics, posture, coordination, muscle re-education, general conditioning
Our physical therapy treatments encompass the following injuries and medical conditions:
- Back injuries, scoliosis, poor posture
- Hand and foot surgery
- Bursitis, tendonitis, and capsulitis (pain on the bottom of the foot)
- Rheumatoid and osteoarthritis
- Degenerative disc disease
- Muscle diseases
- Dislocations, soft tissue trauma
- Neck injuries
- Fractures, joint separations, total joints
- Nerve injuries and inflammation
- Replacements and postoperative conditions
- Ruptures and muscle strains and sprains
HEALTHPOINTE’S Work Conditioning Program is a special physical therapy option for workers who are on modified work duty. It is the only program of its kind in Southern California. It helps patients apply proper body mechanics in real work stations, while improving strength, flexibility, stability and coordination in the gym. The program is appropriate for patients who have finished traditional physical therapy and are on modified work duty as a result of limitations placed by doctors’ orders.
The overarching vision of HEALTHPOINTE’s physical therapy program is full recuperation and complete recovery of functional use. Our working goal is to fulfill each patient’s maximum level of functioning.
