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Additional Services:

• Prenatal and Postpartum Rehabilitation Our main goal is to make women who are pregnant feel great with optimal relief from symptoms during all stages of pregnancy and even after pregnancy. Manual therapy techniques such as therapeutic massage, myofascial release, and joint mobilization are very effective in improvement muscle and connective tissue mobility and mobilizing joints. Women respond much more quickly and can prevent long-term chronic problems with early intervention and treatment. Our therapists use these advanced skills and therapeutic techniques to make the transition of becoming a mother much easier.
• Mens and Womens Health Treatment addresses impairments of the low back, pelvis, and pelvic floor. This type of physical therapy addressed issues such as constipation, incontineance, irritable bowel syndrome, overactive bladder, sciatica and more.
• Pediatrics We use an interdisciplinary approach, striving to work closely with other health care practitioners and recommend consultations with other health care providers when needed. We also believe that family involvement is paramount to your child's progress. Compliance increased the overall effectiveness of treatment and enables us to provide your child with the best and most productive treatment possible.

  Modalities:

• Cold Laser A low-intensity laser light which penetrates deeply into the skin in order to restore normal cellular function, thus accelerating the body's natural defenses and repair capabilities.
• Phonophoresis The use of ultrasound to enhance the delivery of topically applied drugs.
• Iontophoresis A non-invasive method of propelling high concentrations of medications or bio-active agents transdermally by a low electric current.
• Ultrasound A deep heating modality that is most effective in heating tissues of deep joints
• Electrical Stimulation Uses an electrical current to cause a single muscle or group of muscles to contract.
• TENS Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation - sends a painless electrical stimulus to psecific nerves which generates heat to relieve stiffness, improve mobility and relieve pain.
• Biofeedback
• Moist Heat Relieves pain and muscle aches.
• Cryotherapy Can help reduce local metabolism, inflammation, and pain.

 

The goal of all therapies is to increase mobility and strength while decreasing pain levels and working toward the ultimate goal of independence. Our commitment to our patients at Scarborough Physical Therapy Associates is to address each individual's needs in order to assist them in attaining that independence. "Your Health ... Our Hands." For additional information, we have found this medical dictionary and this information regarding physical therapy treatment, to be very helpful resources in gaining further insight into your physical therapy experience.