All ages can benefit from physical therapy.
Physical therapy services are offered at both St. Margaret’s hospital during inpatient stays and at St. Margaret’s Center for Physical Rehabilitation. Physical therapy is crucial to increasing mobility and strength that may be limited from illness, injury, or neuromuscular condition.
Physical therapy services plays an integral part in improving or returning your mobility from either a chronic condition or injury. St. Margaret’s physical therapy staff design personalized treatment plans based on each patient’s individual needs and goals.
Common Physical Therapy Treatments include:
- Therapeutic exercises
- Joint mobilization
- Soft tissue mobilization (including ASTYM)
- Gait training
- Balance training
- Therapeutic ultrasound
- Electrical stimulation
- Vestibular rehabilitation
Common reasons that people need Physical Therapy:
- Back pain
- Accidents
- Rotator cuff injury
- Stroke and Traumatic Brain Injury
- Joint replacements
- Generalized weakness
- Dizziness and Balance Deficits
- Tendonitis
- Sport injuries