Physiotherapy And Rehab In Jupiter FL

Are you looking for help with physiotherapy in Jupiter FL? The team at Harbourside Chiropractic & Rehabilitation is here to help.

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Conditions That Physiotherapy Help in Jupiter FL

Physiotherapy helps restore function, improve mobility, relieve pain, and prevent or limit permanent physical disabilities of patients suffering from injuries or disease. Physiotherapy or "medically directed rehab" helps restore, maintain, and promote overall fitness and health. Our Jupiter FL patients include accident victims and individuals with disabling conditions such as low-back pain, arthritis, heart disease, fractures, head injuries, and cerebral palsy.

Treatment often includes exercise; especially for patients who have been immobilized or who lack flexibility, strength, or endurance. Physiotherapy helps encourage patients to use their muscles to increase their flexibility and range of motion. More advanced exercises focus on improving strength, balance, coordination, and endurance. The goal is to improve how an individual functions at work and at home.

Physiotherapy also helps treat a wide range of disorders; such as pediatrics, geriatrics, orthopedics, sports medicine, neurology, and cardiopulmonary physiotherapy.

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FAQs About Physiotherapy

• Do I need to see a physician before I can receive physiotherapy?

No, all 50 states have direct access to Physiotherapy. This means that you don't need to see a medical doctor or primary care provider before care.

• What is the difference between a chiropractor and a physiotherapist?

Our physicians perform a comprehensive analysis of a range of motion, including identifying the joints involved, tissue limitations, muscular imbalances, and structural pathologies. A chiropractor will treat the spine and be able to order special tests like X-rays, MRIs, and blood tests.

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How Physiotherapy Works

Harbourside Chiropractic & Rehabilitation of Jupiter FL was designed to provide an ideal environment for healing your body, through chiropractic, massage, or physiotherapy. When you arrive at our office, our physicians will take a thorough history, and evaluation of the entire body including posture and biomechanics, range of motion, and joint mobility to find out the cause of pain or disability. You will then discuss treatment options and goals so that we can customize a treatment plan catered to you.

Each session will last roughly one hour. The frequency of visits and the length of treatment is determined by the physician who prescribed the treatment. The results are typically a result of the patient's commitment. When the patient follows the plan, does their exercises as often as suggested, and uses the proper techniques, the treatment is typically very successful.

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Physical therapists provide a specific type of hands-on-care

Electrical Muscle Stimulation

Physical therapy is an important component to what we do here at Harbourside Chiropractic and Rehabilitation. It is used at our office to improve mobility and strength and help heal soft tissue injuries. Some of the physical therapy modalities that we use at our office are:

Rehabilitative exercises – These are used to prevent injuries, heal injuries, or as part of pre/post surgical rehab program.

Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS) – this is an electronic therapy modality that is used to relax muscle spasms, decrease pain, or build muscle that has atrophied after an injury.

Ultrasound – this is a therapy which uses sound waves to penetrate deep into the muscle tissue. It is very non-invasive and works at decreasing pain, scar tissue and inflammation. It is often used on many soft tissue injuries, extremity injuries, sprains/strains, disc issues, etc.

Flexion/Distraction – Uses a special table that flexes and distracts the spine to gently stretch the lower back or neck. Very common to use with disc patients.

Spinal Decompression – a computerized traction system designed for neck or lower back disc herniations and spinal stenosis. Decompression can often prevent future surgery due to its ability to target specific discs to allow healing.

Cryotherapy – uses ice to decrease inflammation by constricting blood vessels.

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If you are interested in Physiotherapy in Jupiter FL, call our Harbourside Chiropractic & Rehabilitation team today!