Special Services Offered

 

 

Blaser Physical Therapy offers a number of specialized therapy programs, including:

 

Spinal Rehabilitation

 

Conservative & Post Surgical Rehabilitation

Back Education Instruction

Functional Training/Reconditioning

Trunk Stabilization & Custom Braces

Postural Education and Training

Postural Analysis & Correction of Muscular Strength and Flexibility Imbalances

 

Sports Physical Therapy

 

Exercise & Sports Related Injury Treatment

Sports Specific Exercise Programs

 

Evaluation and Treatment of Runners

 

Neurological Rehabilitation

 

Strengthening and Balance Training following a Stroke

Coordination and Balance Conditioning

Gait Training

 

Commonly Treated Diagnoses

 

Back, Head and Neck:

 

• Back Pain

• Herniated Disc

• Stenosis

• Neck Strains/Sprains

• Rehabilitation following cervical fusion

• Sciatica

• Headaches

• Post Laminectomy Rehabilitation

• Scoliosis

• Torticollis

• Postural Dysfunction

• Bell’s Palsy

• Sacroiliac pain/dysfunction

 

Shoulder, Elbow, Wrist, and Hand:

 

• Rotator Cuff Strain or following Rotator Cuff Repair

• Shoulder Bursitis

• Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

• Chronic Shoulder Impingement Syndrome

• Adhesive capsulitis

• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

• Medial Elbow Instability

• Tennis Elbow (Lateral Epicondylitis)

• Bicepital Tendonitis

• Golfers Elbow (Medial Epicondylitis)

• Throwing Injuries including overuse syndromes

• Rehabilitation following shoulder surgery (including SLAP repair, Acromioplasty, Capsuloraphy,

   Rotator Cuff repair, Total Shoulder replacement, Bankart repair, Stabilization surgery).

 

Hip, Knee and Ankle:

 

• Bursitis of Hip

• Hip Flexor strain

• Iliotibial Band (IT Band) Syndrome

• Piriformis Syndrome

• Hip Pointer

• Anterior Labral Tear

• Hip Instability

• Psoas Impingement

• Rehabilitation following Total Hip Replacement

• Patellar Dislocation

• Patellar Femoral Pain Syndrome

• Plica Syndrome

• Knee Pain

• Chondromalacia

• Anterior Cruciate Ligament Sprain or following ACL reconstruction

• Menniscus tear (medial or lateral)

• Medial or Lateral Collateral Ligament Sprain

• Rehabilitation following Arthroscopy

• Rehabilitation following Total Knee Replacement

• Running Injuries including overuse syndromes

• Patellar Tendonitis

• Ankle Sprains

• Achilles Tendonitis

• Rehabilitation following Achilles Reconstruction

• Pronated/Supinated Feet

• Peroneal Tendonitis

• Plantar Fasicitis

• Posterior Tibial Tendonitis

• Heel Pain

• Sub Talar joint Dysfunction

• Rehabilitation following Ankle Reconstruction

• Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome

 

 

General Deconditioning

 

Rehabilitation following Stroke

 

Balance Disorders

 

Vertigo

 

Coordination Problems

 

Treatments We Use

Manual Therapy Techniques:

Massage, Cranio-Sacral Mobilization, Muscle Energy Techniques, Manual Traction, Specific Joint Mobilization, Relaxation Techniques, Neurodevelopmental Techniques, Strain-Counterstrain

Modalities:

Heat, Cold, Ultrasound, Electrical Stimulation, Mechanical Traction, Iontophoresis, Whirlpool, Paraffin, and state of the art Laser Light Treatment

Therapeutic Exercise:

Manual Resistive Exercise, Closed Kinetic Chain Exercise, Computerized Isokinetics, Plyometrics, Home Exercise Programs for Flexibility, Strength & Muscle Imbalance, Gait Training, Fully Equipped Exercise Facility

Specialized Evaluation & Testing:

State of the Art Treadmill, Computerized Isokinetic Strength Testing, Video Gait and Running Analysis