After work, like many other Americans, you head to the gym. As you’re doing your usual weight-lifting routine, you feel a muscle spasm in your shoulder, not in a good way.
As you stand there nursing the site of the pain, all sorts of thoughts begin to rush through your mind: Should you put heat or ice on it? Do you need a sling or a brace? How bad is this injury? What should I do first to relieve the pain? As you ponder these questions, the frustration sets in, and you realize how much this pain will impact your daily routine, especially your workouts.
You do not know all these answers right now, but you do know that you need some kind of help figuring it out.
We see patients every day who need help figuring out how to feel better, and our skilled therapists can make a treatment plan that fits your needs. Physical therapy may not suit everyone, but we want to make sure you find the right solution.
In this article, we will discuss what physical therapy is, who physical therapists are, and what makes physical therapy unique. Then you can decide for yourself if physical therapy is the right approach to make you feel better.
How should we define physical therapy?
Physical therapy is a medical treatment used to restore functional movements, such as standing, walking, and moving different body parts. Physical therapy can be an effective treatment for medical conditions or injuries resulting in pain, movement dysfunction, or limited mobility. For example, if you like to run and start having knee pain, a physical therapist can evaluate your movement and develop a treatment plan to help you run pain-free.
Physical therapy can be both corrective and preventative. Physical therapists can correct functional movement imbalances in clients with injuries or medical conditions, and they can also implement techniques to prevent injury and improve performance.
Medical professionals known as physical therapists, physiotherapists, or PTs carry out this treatment. These specialists educate, administer individualized treatments, and prescribe exercises for each patient to improve mobility, strength, and function.
Precision Pain Care and Rehabilitation has two convenient locations in Richmond Hill – Queens and New Hyde Park – Long Island. Call the Queens office at (718) 215-1888, or (516) 419-4480 for the Long Island office, to arrange an appointment with our Interventional Pain Management Specialist, Dr. Jeffrey Chacko.
