Physical Therapy
Physical therapy at Avera Brookings Medical Clinic provides services to help restore function, improve mobility, relieve pain, and prevent or limit permanent physical disabilities of patients suffering from injuries or disease. A physical therapist helps you recover and return to the highest possible level of participation and self-sufficiency. Meet our Physical Therapy team »
Physical Therapy Serves Patients Through:
- Pain relief following surgery, fractures, chronic overuse, and injury
- Exercise programs for strengthening and improving range of motion
- Balance and coordination training
- Fitting and adaptation of assistive devices (such as walkers, canes and crutches)
- Arthritis exercise and education
- Lower back and sciatica treatments
- Stroke recovery
- Patient and caregiver education
- Athletic enhancement
- Return to work programs
- Prevention of falls
- Postural Restoration and Biomechanical Restoration
- Ergonomic evaluations and work modification
Physical Therapy can be used for a number of conditions. Some of the more common ones are:
- Back pain/neck pain
- Pain of the muscles, joints or extremities
- Neurological - Parkinson's, Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Muscular Dystrophy, post stroke rehabilitiation, etc
- Business health problems (ergonomics)
- Work related injuries
- Chronic pain
- TMJ or headache (TMJ/TMD/Cranial Malalignment/facial assymetry)
- Balance problems, fall assessment and prevention
- Motor Vehicle accidents
- Joint replacement rehabilitation
- Fibromyalgia
- Arthritis
- Hand therapy and splint fabrication
- Custom knee brace fitting
- Foot orthotics
- Scoliosis
- Siatica
- Pregnancy related musculoskeletal problems
- Pediatrics
Meet our Physical Therapy team »
