Physical Modalities

Physical Therapy
About one in three patients benefit from some type of physical therapy to relieve pain and restore strength, range of motion, and normal movement. Our physical therapist will provide manual treatment, exercise and postural reeducation, and may incorporate heat or cold treatments, electrical stimulation, or laser therapy.

Manipulative Therapy
The therapist uses her hands to mobilize soft tissues, typically muscle, fascia, ligaments, and tendons. This allows the body to return to homeostasis or balance.

Laser Treatments
The light of the laser penetrates the skin’s surface and underlying tissue to stimulate the body’s cells. This helps increase their function and facilitates the body’s natural healing process. It is effective for head, neck, and back pain, osteo and rheumatoid arthritis, muscle injuries, joint and ligament sprains, repetitive stress injuries, and tendonitis.

Decompression Spinal Traction
Decompression spinal traction is used to create sufficient space between spinal segments to encourage bulging or herniated discs to return to their normal position between the vertebrae. Decompression can relieve pain and promote healing.

Medical Massage
Manual manipulation of soft tissue helps relieve muscle spasm, tension, and pain by increasing blood circulation to the injured area, which helps improve mobility. Massage can be relaxing or invigorating, depending on the style. SPINE OPTIONS offers medical, deep tissue, Swedish, shiatsu, and Thai massage.

Cranio-Sacral Therapy
This subtle, hands-on therapy is used to diagnose and correct an abnormal flow in the fluid system surrounding the brain and spinal cord. Results can be profound in the alleviation of chronic pain.

Stretching
Therapist-assisted stretching can improve body flexibility through a carefully choreographed series of exercises. Specially trained therapists help you use stretching techniques to reduce tension in your “core” or spinal cord, which facilitates improved mobility and reduces pain.

Kinesio Taping
A relatively new therapeutic modality, Kinesio tape is placed on the body in specific patterns to support injured areas and relieve pain and promote healing. Made of 100% cotton and almost as flexible and thin as real skin, Kinesio tape supports injured muscles and joints without restricting movement.