Can Anyone Start Physical Therapy?

Physical therapy is a great treatment to address aches and pains of varying kinds. It can be utilized for general discomfort or pain associated with surgery. PT is designed to help reduce pain and improve range of motion, strength, and overall function. Whether it’s your knee that has been hurting for decades or your back you tweaked shoveling snow, often, physical therapy can help. Let’s look at injuries physical therapy can treat and who exactly should start physical therapy.

Head/Neck

• Stiff neck

• Muscle strain

• Neck soreness

• Cervical radiculopathy

• Osteoarthritis

• Cervical fusion

  
  

Shoulder

• Rotator cuff tendinopathy

• Rotator cuff repair

• Labrum repair

• Shoulder replacement

• AC joint sprain

• Rotator cuff strain

• Biceps tendonitis

• Osteoarthritis

  
  

Elbow

• Golfer’s elbow

• Tennis elbow

• Osteoarthritis

• Ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction

  
  

Wrist/Hand

• Carpal tunnel syndrome

• Carpal tunnel surgery

• Wrist sprain

• Osteoarthritis

  
  

Lower Back

• Low back pain

• Low back stiffness

• Lumbar radiculopathy

• Osteoarthritis

• Lumbar fusion

  
  

Hip

• Bursitis

• Impingement

• Osteoarthritis

• Labrum repair

• Hip replacement

  
  

Knee

• Ligament sprain

• Muscle strain

• Quadriceps/patellar tendinopathy

• Ligament reconstruction (ACL, MCL, PCL, LCL)

• Meniscus surgery

• Knee replacement

  
  

Foot/ankle

• Ligament sprain

• Ligament strain

• Stress fracture

• Ligament surgery

• Ankle replacement

• Bunion surgery

  
  

Most people dealing with the conditions mentioned above can start physical therapy. Call us today and lets get you scheduled for a FREE Consultation 208-478-1488.