LIBERTY SPORTS & PHYSICAL THERAPY
Guiding You Along The Road To Recovery
Physical therapy is a common treatment that can help you recover after an injury or surgery, or manage symptoms from a health condition that affects how you move. It’s a combination of exercises, stretches and movements that’ll increase your strength, flexibility and mobility to help you move safely and more confidently.
What Does Physical Therapy treat?
Most people start physical therapy after a healthcare provider diagnoses an injury or condition. Examples include:
Sports injuries Neck pain Back pain Knee pain Hip pain Carpal Tunnel
Tendinopathy (tendinitis) Rotator cuff tears Shoulder Dislocations
ACL tears or ligament injuries TMJ disorders
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What Are The Types Of Physical Therapy?
Physical therapy is a combination of hands-on techniques and exercises or movements you perform with a physical therapist’s supervision. Physical therapy can include:
Stretching Strength training Massage Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS)
Special Treatments From Liberty Sport and Physical Therapy
Overhead Athlete Program
Liberty specializes in Shoulder Athlete Rehab with a focus on biomechanical analysis, performance enhancement, and injury prevention. We will help you achieve optimal results and work to optimize your peak performance! If you feel your injury is affecting your results on the field, contact us today to schedule your evaluation.
Dry Needling
A technique physical therapists use to treat pain and movement impairments. The physical therapist inserts a "dry" needle, one without medication or injection, into areas of the muscle. Dry needling is modern Western medicine and is supported by evidence-based research. It is not the same as acupuncture.
Dry needling can inactivate trigger points to relieve pain or improve range of motion. Research suggests that dry needling can also improve pain control and reduce muscle tension. Study findings also show that dry needling can help with the way our nerves interact with our muscles. This can help speed up a person’s ability to return to active rehab. Physical therapists who perform dry needling obtain additional specific education and training.
IASTM/Gastron Technique
Instrument-Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization is a manual therapy technique that uses specially designed stainless steel instruments to break down scar tissue, adhesions, and other restrictions in the soft tissues.
- The therapist will use the instruments to apply gentle, repetitive strokes to the affected area.
- This helps to break up scar tissue and adhesions.
- The therapist may also use other techniques, such as stretching and massage, to improve range of motion and reduce pain.
- Soft tissue injuries, such as sprains, strains, and tears
- Myofascial pain syndrome
- Fibrosis
- Adhesions
- Scar tissue
Kinesiology
Kinesiology tape is a flexible tape that was developed to relieve pain, reduce swelling and inflammation and provide support to joints and muscles. The elasticity, or stretchiness, of kinesiology tape allows for movement.
Cupping Therapy
An ancient form of alternative medicine where a therapist puts special cups on your skin for a few minutes to create suction. Cupping can loosen muscles, encourage blood flow and increase tissue mobility.
Sportsmetrics™
An ACL injury prevention program SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN to decrease serious knee ligament injuries. Liberty Sport and Physical Therapy has certified therapists that use this program not only for prevention, but for rehabilitation of all lower extremity injuries in order to return the athlete to their sport safely.
Return To Sport (RTS)