Total Therapy Florida operates two clinics, one in Englewood and the other in Osprey. The clinics provide a variety of services including spine rehabilitation, balance training, and joint replacement physical therapy. Orthopedic or sports physical therapy is intended to help people recover from injuries like sprains, strains, bursitis, ACL tears, and rotator cuff tears.
What Can A Physical Therapist Do For You?
The patient may undergo the therapy before surgery, after surgery, or both. The physical therapist will work to help the patient regain as much of their original function as possible, assess the patient’s condition, and put together an exercise program that fits the patient’s needs. The exercise program can include strength training, aerobic exercises, stretching, and balance training. The physical therapist may also recommend treatments like heat therapy to relieve pain or loosen stiff muscles.
Types Of Physical Therapy: Balance Training vs Sport Specific
Balance training and fall prevention is a type of physical therapy designed to improve a patient’s balance and reduce their risk of falling. Injuries caused by falls are particularly common in people over 65, but disorders like vertigo can affect younger people. Balance training and fall prevention combines exercise with lifestyle changes. The exercises will help the patient improve their balance, flexibility, and strength. The physical therapist will also recommend ways to help prevent falls. They might, for example, advise the patient to improve lighting in their home and remove things that could make them trip.
Sport-specific physical therapy is tailored to suit the needs of an athlete who plays a specific sport. For example, both baseball players and golfers can have shoulder injuries, but they will need different treatments and therapies in order to return to their chosen sport.
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