Physical therapy helps with many foot, ankle, wrist, and hand issues as well as orthopedic needs, spinal healing, and chronic pain. Adding it to your care plan empowers you to:

• Potentially avoid surgery

• Recover quickly from surgery

• Ease off pain without resorting to opioids

• Enhance your mobility and movement

• Bounce back from injuries

• Boost your balance
• Prevent compensatory injuries

Your doctor at HEMA may size up your condition to figure out if physical therapy is for you. If it is, they will link you with our qualified physical therapy specialists at each office and communicate directly with your therapist to get you the finest, most fitting care. Though PT is recommended post surgery by physical therapy specialists, the following conditions can benefit from it is variety of scenarios, including:

• Hand issues (trigger finger and carpal tunnel syndrome)
• Podiatric problems (plantar fasciitis and ankle instability)
• Musculoskeletal dysfunction (back pain)
• Neurological conditions (neuropathy)
• Orthopedic woes (rotator cuff injury and fractures)
• Sports-related injuries (tendinitis to Achilles tendon pain)
• Work-related injuries 

Our physical therapists curate a customized blend of treatments and exercises that are all about you. Some of them include:

• Manual Therapy: A soothing hands-on approach to address muscle tension and joint stiffness. It improves mobility and leaves you feeling refreshed.

• Therapeutic Exercises: Customized exercises to boost your strength and flexibility, making you feel more capable in your daily activities.

• Strengthening Exercises: These targeted exercises help with muscle strength and stability.

• Balance and Coordination Training: It’s a bunch of techniques to improve your balance and coordination, which helps reduce fall risk.

• Posture Correction: Helps in improving your posture and reducing strain.

• Gait Training: This is all about improving your walking patterns and stride, giving you the confidence to walk and move with more balance.

• Functional Training: These exercises mimic everyday movements, making those tasks feel easier.

• Pain Management Techniques: These are strategies to ease discomfort and manage pain effectively.

Picture every session of HEMA's clinical physical therapy as a customized step, designed just for you.