Exercise Rehabilitation

We are not here to fix you independently of your help.  You will be required to be an active participant. We are here to educate you on why you are in pain and how to fix it. We will guide you with treatments, education and exercise into making the necessary changes to achieve long lasting results that you are able to reproduce at home. We have seen a direct correlation between length of treatment and those who are doing work at home and those who aren’t.

  During your initial evaluation, an extensive history will be taken to rule out red flags and other issues that may affect successful outcomes. You will then be put through a movement screen to look at global movement. From there we will further break down the movement deficits that are related to your pain and dysfunction. As we do this, we are looking at movement habits that you may or may not be aware of which are affecting you pain and function.

As this is done, we test movements to see which improves your symptoms and which increases discomfort. The movements/exercises showing improvement are the same exercises you will receive for home completion. You will NOT be burdened with a large exercise program, typically you are asked to do 2-4 exercises.  The exercises you are asked to do are custom to YOUR needs.  We do not give cookie-cutter exercises to every patient with the same area of pain.  

You are taught how to complete these exercises correctly and efficiently.  To help keep your movements consistent when you work at home, we will either take video of you performing them here in the office on your personal cell or email links to videos through a patient portal.  Therapy in the office will not be at its most successful, leading to a waste of your time and money, if follow-up work is not done at home.   Doing your ‘homework’ is how you will continue to progress each week with new exercises.