Also known as PT, physical therapy or physiotherapy is the type of care that aims at easing pain and improving function. Physical therapy services also help you move, get stronger, and have a fulfilling life. PT can help relieve your pain, improve movement, enhance your ability to perform certain tasks, improve your balance to prevent falls, recover from a sports injury, prevent disability, or help you eliminate the need for surgery.
Physical therapy is an excellent way to improve your ability to perform the activity you need and want in your life. PT can help you recover quickly from injuries or other health conditions with you as the leader of your health. With physical therapy, trained professionals will assess your condition, evaluate any
abnormal physical function, collaborate with patients or clients, and treat any disability caused by physical injuries or trauma. PT also aims to prevent further disability and injury to encourage you to lead a normal lifestyle.
At Sforzo l Dillingham l Stewart Orthopedics + Sports Medicine, we may include physical therapy as a treatment for various conditions. We also use a variety of specialized services within the physical therapy scope of practice to determine the best care for each of our patients, including general orthopedic, geriatric, and vestibular conditions.
Anyone, regardless of their age, can benefit from physical therapy. Select physical therapy to enable you to recover quickly and efficiently from an injury, health condition, or trauma.
Our PTs select the correct evaluation techniques and information such as your medical history, examination, clinical decision-making, and clinical presentation. This provides a clear picture of a patient’s difficulties, pain, and goals. This allows for teamwork with the patient and medical team to create a plan of how to best improve your condition.
Through physical therapy, we can treat various traumatic injuries that may be treated with or without surgery. This may include the back, neck, hip, shoulder, knee, elbow, ankle, wrist, hand, or feet. This therapy aims at restoring function and improving confidence with returning to normal activity.
Our experienced physical therapists perform “prehabilitation” before you undergo joint replacement surgery. These sessions prepare our patients for surgery by providing education, performing measurements, answering questions, and helping outline expectations and safety.
Our PTs will then encourage your participation in therapy following the successful surgery of a shoulder, hip, or knee to speed your recovery and safely return you to activity.
Our PTs specialize in rehabilitation following all of the complex surgeries that our physicians perform to encourage the best and safest recovery possible. This may include scar tissue management, edema (swelling) control, and following appropriate protocols to allow for the best healing.
PT may involve multiple treatment options in order for our PTs to address pain, movement, and your environment. Your experienced PTs will work with you to determine the best treatments and approaches to incorporate to manage your pain and improve your function.
Therapists will examine how you sit, stand, and perform other activities to decrease risk of injury and decrease existing pain.
Therapists will examine how you walk with or without an assistive device or running. They may recommend changes or how to improve these movements.
Our PTs are highly trained in multiple manual therapy techniques, including soft tissue mobilization, trigger point release, instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization (IASTM), and cupping. This can be used to assess tissue quality, decrease pain, and improve range of motion.
Therapists specialize in addressing strength, ROM, and functional limitations by designing exercise prescriptions and plans. These plans are provided to patients so they become self-sufficient in their own progress.
Other interventions such as electrical stimulation, ultrasound, ice packs, or moist heat packs can improve conditions if used in conjunction with other skilled techniques.
“Sforzo l Dillingham l Stewart Orthopedics + Sports Medicine is everything healthcare should be,” according to Dr. Christopher Sforzo. “That is exactly what you need to look forward to whenever you visit this practice for your sports and orthopedic medicine needs.”
Our team of dedicated physicians, physician assistants, nurses, physical therapists, and physical therapy assistants can treat your sports and orthopedic conditions with the highest levels of collaboration and teamwork. Dr. Christoper R. Sforzo, Dr. Christopher L. Dillingham, Dr. Charles F. Stewart, and Dr. Philip A. Meinhardt are the physicians who will prescribe the physical therapy with the in-house and carefully curated physical therapy team. To make an appointment with our physicians and physical therapists in Sarasota, Florida, visit Sforzo | Dillingham | Stewart Orthopedics + Sports Medicine.
It is evident from extensive research and clinical trials that physical therapy works for orthopedic and sports conditions. Typically, physical therapy plays a critical role in reducing and eliminating pain, avoiding surgery, improving mobility, preventing and treatment of sports injuries, improving your balance, and improving your quality of life. This will help you speed up your recovery and get back to your usual lifestyle.
A physical therapist is a licensed health professional who has completed graduate-level training in the specialty of physical therapy. Often, these healthcare professionals are referred to as PTs (or physiotherapists/physios in Canada, Australia, and Europe). A physical therapist will evaluate your condition to determine your needs and the right plan of care for your therapy. The PTs may perform several hands-on treatments depending on your symptoms. They will also teach you specialized exercises that enable you to move and function normally.
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