Specialty Physical Therapy
We offer a variety of specialized PTtreatment options for your individual needs, injuries, and ailments.*
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Physical Therapy Specialties & Treatment Options
Our complete list of specialty physical therapy offerings, including brief descriptions of how and what they treat, are below. Click on a therapy of interest to learn more about the treatment and availability in your area.
- Active Release Techniques® (ART)
- What: A patented, state-of-the-art soft tissue and movement-based massage technique
- Body Focus: Muscles, tendons, ligaments, fascia, and nerves
- Treatment For: Headaches, back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, shin splints, and many other conditions
- Amputee Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation
- What: Pre- or post-surgery prosthetic physical therapy for limb loss patients
- Body Focus: Musculoskeletal health, limb loss region
- Treatment For: Preparing for new prosthetic, adjusting to life after surgery, rehabilitation
- Aquatic Therapy
- What: A treatment that uses water buoyancy to facilitate exercise
- Body Focus: Musculoskeletal health, joints, disabilities, injury area, and muscles
- Treatment For: Pain, weakness, soft-tissue swelling, muscle strengthening
- Tissue Regeneration Treatment (ASTYM®)
- What: A non-invasive treatment designed to restore movement and reduce pain by treating symptom source
- Body Focus: Muscles, ligaments, soft tissue, and tendons
- Treatment For: Thickened soft tissue, scar tissue and degeneration as a result of overuse, trauma, or surgery
- Certified Manual (Hands-On) Therapy
- What: Hands-on treatment to increase mobility and facilitate healing
- Body Focus: Muscles, joints, connective tissue, and nerves
- Treatment For: Reduced mobility, pain, and weakness
- Dry Needling Therapy
- What: The use of thin, solid filament needles to stimulate muscle contraction and relaxation
- Body Focus: Muscles
- Treatment For: Myofascial dysfunction, entrapment syndromes, sprains and strains, tendinitis, frozen shoulder, chronic pain, and tension headaches
- Soft Tissue Therapy (Graston Technique®)
- What: A patented instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization, proven to resolve 87% of conditions treated with this method
- Body Focus: Soft tissue and scar tissue
- Treatment For:Carpal tunnel syndrome, cervical pain, back and injury pain, epicondylosis, fibromyalgia, tendonitis, plantar fasciitis
- Peripheral Joint Measurement (Isokinetic Dynamometry)
- What: The use of specialized equipment to measure the performance of different muscle groups and deliver quantifiable data to clinicians and trainers
- Body Focus: All peripheral joints and muscles
- Treatment For: Patellar tendinitis, rotator cuff impingement, epicondylitis, ankle sprains, for those returning to work or sports
- Musculoskeletal Assessments (McKenzie Method®)
- What: A reliable assessment process performed by specialized physical therapists
- Body Focus: Musculoskeletal health, back, neck, and extremities
- Treatment For: Back pain, neck pain, shoulder and knee pain, ankle pain, sciatica, numbness, and a number of other health issues
- Men’s Pelvic Health
- What: Comprehensive pelvic treatment for men; includes education, stretching, strengthening, and activity modification
- Body Focus: Pelvic floor
- Treatment For: Incontinence, pelvic pain
- Pediatric Physical Therapy
- What: Specialized physical therapy for children that incorporates play, family, and one-on-one interactions
- Body Focus: Muscles, joints, connective tissue, and nerves
- Treatment For: Children with a wide range of congenital and acquired conditions
- Vestibular Therapy
- What: Rehabilitation plan and treatment for vestibular dysfunction and vestibular system disorders
- Body Focus: Vestibular system
- Treatment For: Vertigo, dizziness, nausea, impaired postural syndrome, motion sensitivity
* Some physical therapy specialties are only available in select locations. Find a clinic near you to learn more about its specialty PT offerings.