Physical & Occupational Therapy

Are you looking for help with physical therapy in Delray Beach?  The team at Advanced Therapy Center of Delray Beach is here to help.

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Conditions That Physical therapy Help in Delray Beach FL

Physical therapy helps restore function, improve mobility, relieve pain, and prevent or limit permanent physical disabilities of patients suffering from injuries or disease. Physical therapy or "medically directed rehab" helps restore, maintain, and promote overall fitness and health. Our Delray Beach patients include accident victims and individuals with disabling conditions such as low-back pain, arthritis, heart disease, fractures, head injuries, and cerebral palsy.

Treatment often includes exercise; especially for patients who have been immobilized or who lack flexibility, strength, or endurance. Physical therapy helps encourage patients to use their muscles to increase their flexibility and range of motion. More advanced exercises focus on improving strength, balance, coordination, and endurance. The goal is to improve how an individual functions at work and at home.

Physical therapy also helps treat a wide range of disorders; such as pediatrics, geriatrics, orthopedics, sports medicine, neurology, and cardiopulmonary physical therapy.

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FAQ's About Physical therapy

Do I need to see a physician before I can receive physical therapy?

• Yes. All Physical therapy patients are prescribed treatment from their physician prior to their therapy being scheduled.

What is the difference between chiropractor and a physical therapists?

• Our physicians perform a comprehensive analysis of range of motion, including identifying the joints involved, tissue limitations, muscular imbalances and structural pathologies. A chiropractor will treat the spine and are able to order special tests like X-rays, MRIs and blood tests.

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How Physical therapy Works

Advanced Therapy Center of Delray Beach of Delray Beach was designed to provide an ideal environment for healing your body, through chiropractic, massage or physical therapy. When you arrive at Integrative, our physicians will take a thorough history, and evaluation of the entire body including posture and biomechanics, range of motion and joint mobility to find out the cause of pain or disability. You will then discuss treatment options and goals, so that we can customize a treatment plan catered to you.

Each session will last roughly one hour. The frequency of visits and the length of treatment is determined by the physician who prescribed the treatment.

The results are typically a result of the patient’s commitment. When the patient follows the plan, does their exercises as often as suggested and using the proper techniques, the treatment is typically very successful.

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Before Your Appointment

It is a good idea to arrive at your physical therapy appointment properly dressed. It is best that you wear snug comfortable clothing that doesn't restrict your movement. It is also a good idea to bring your insurance card, a form of identification, the prescription that your physician gave you, and if needed, your co-pay.

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Types of Physical Therapy We Offer

Electrical Muscle Stimulation

Electrical Muscle Stimulation is an exceptional way to help the body in the healing process. This is accomplished by sending a very small electrical current into the affected soft tissue injury or muscle spasm. The therapy utilizes this current in an effort to help reduce swelling and release trigger points that may have the muscle locked up. It does this by helping the body to release natural relievers of pain often referred to as endorphins.

This is a great therapy if there is a spasm in a back or neck muscle. It works well in relaxing the muscle and allowing it to return to its normal state rather quickly. Short therapy sessions are excellent at facilitating healing from acute and chronic pain.

Interferential Electro-Therapy

Inferential Electro-Therapy is an excellent method of helping the body deal with spasms, sprains, and issues related to soft tissues. This therapy accomplishes this with a very low simulated frequency that is put on the soft tissue. The feeling of this therapy is very light and most patients feel very comfortable during the treatment.

In addition to this therapy simulating the body's natural healing method by helping it to produce natural pain killing endorphins, it also helps with the release of these strains, spasms and soft tissue issues.

Ultrasound

Ultrasound is a therapy that is utilized in the office to handle injuries related to joints, muscle spasms, as well as most soft tissues. While it shares the same name, this ultrasound is not the same as the type of ultrasound utilized diagnostically to screen internally in the body. This ultrasound creates small sound waves that in effect vibrate and massage soft tissues and muscle. These sound waves do an excellent job in facilitating the body's healing process in addition to decreasing scar tissue formation.

Certain ultrasounds also create a heating effect to help relax the muscles or tightness in the body. This heat combined with the overall features of the ultrasound help to start the healing process at the most basic cellular level speeding up your road to recovery.

Massage

Our type of massage will not only focus on your painful areas but also the soon-to-be-painful areas which you have yet to feel. Our massage room is quiet and private with nice relaxing ambience created by dimmed lights, a heated table and soft music. Massage we have found works very well with ALL of our other therapies as it will tell your stubborn muscles to allow the positive changes.

Traction

For the benefit of your spine and its discs, our form of traction will gently help to reverse the effects of gravity. You will be placed on your back and may listen to music. Most or our patients either doze off to our music or listen to their own.

Physical Therapy

Both our Physical Therapist and Physical Therapist Assistant will cater your plan-of-care to your specific needs. Soon after their start of care, our patients typically feel a better sense of well-being and we often hear them say that they feel better and can perform many activities of which they had previously abandoned.

Therapeutic Exercise

UGH, not exercise, that’s a dirty word!! Not so with us as our therapists will design a program which will make exercise both enjoyable and effective. Our type of exercise will help regenerate tired muscles and joints thus allowing you to move with less restriction and help you return to your normal activities.

Occupational Therapy

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If you are interested in Physical therapy in Delray Beach, call our Advanced Therapy Center of Delray Beach team today!