Services
No matter your age, you have the need to move and function. At Herkimer Physical Therapy at SCAR, we provide comprehensive rehabilitation programs addressing your individual rehabilitation needs following injury, surgery or for chronic conditions. Our advanced diagnostic techniques enable our clinicians to identify your pain sources, then develop customized plans for you using proven treatment techniques that improve motion, reduce pain, reduce swelling, increase muscle strength, improve endurance, restore function and prevent disability.
We offer goal-oriented programs that utilize a multidisciplinary approach to treatment, giving you an active role in your own care.
Who benefits from Physical Therapy?
- Pre- and post-operative patients who need to regain muscle strength and coordination.
- Athletes who are recovering from injuries (as well as those trying to prevent injury).
- Accident victims such as from car crashes, job related mishaps, etc.
- Employees who are returning to work after an injury.
- People with arthritis who seek pain relief and increased joint motion.
- Many more... physical therapy can improve a number of chronic or acute injuries and ailments.
Physical Therapists can help:
- Evaluate Physical Problems
- Increase and Maintain Muscle Strength and Endurance
- Restore and Increase Joint Range of Motion
- Increase Coordination
- Decrease Pain
- Decrease Muscle Spasm Spasticity
- Decrease Swelling and Inflammation of Joints
- Prevent Contracture and Deformity of Limbs
- Alleviate Walking Problems
- Educate
- Muscle Re-education
- Modalities
- Therapeutic Exercise
- Re-conditioning Program
- Specific Strengthening of Weak Muscles
Core strength, balance, endurance, stabilization and strengthening are emphasized with the goal to enhance function and advance to higher activity levels.
