Physical therapy plays a crucial role in the rehabilitation of individuals with neurological injuries or conditions. The primary goals of physical therapy is to help patients regain function, improve mobility, and enhance their overall quality of life. Our Physical Therapy team is proud to provide rehabilitative care to Morgantown and the surrounding areas. Our team members maintain continuing education by studying the most up to date information on neurological rehabilitation in order to make a positive impact on the lives of those affected by neurological injuries.
Neurological injuries can result from various causes. We have experience treating some of the more common neurological diagnosis including but not limited to:
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Ataxia
- Brain tumor
- Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome
- Concussion
- Dystonia
- Guillain-Barre Syndrome
- Herniated Disks
- Hypoxic Brain Injury
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Stroke (Ischemic and Hemorrhagic)
- Spinal Cord Injuries
- Traumatic Brain Injury
During evaluation by your physical therapist, you will discuss treatment options and approaches. We work with patients and families to create an individualized plan of care. The goals of physical therapy can include improving strength, improving range of motion and flexibility, improving balance and decreasing falls, gait training, improving posture, improving coordination, decreasing pain, improving body awareness and proprioception, and returning to prior level of function. Physical therapists can also recommend assistive devices and/or orthotics to improve functional independence. We provide interdisciplinary care with the occupational and speech therapists in our clinic, as well as referring providers and other clinicians on your care team.
We implement the following treatment approaches:
- Manual therapy including stretching, soft tissue massage, instrument assisted soft tissue massage, joint mobilization, and muscle energy techniques.
- Gait training techniques either with or without an assistive device. ○ Our facility is also equipped with a litegait training device to aid in gait training for overground and treadmill use. Our litegait device is used for promoting therapeutic exercise and balance training in a safe manner that negates risk of falls. Please contact us for more information regarding our body weight supported harness system.
- Therapeutic exercise to strengthen weak muscles and prevent future injuries.
- Postural reeducation to improve body mechanics, decrease pain, and improve overall bodily function and coordination.
- Neuromuscular reeducation to improve balance, coordination, body awareness, and proprioception.
- Cardiovascular and endurance training equipment such as treadmill ambulation, recumbent cycling, arm bike, and elliptical.
- Neuromuscular electrical stimulation units to assist with strengthening weakened muscles
- Modalities as appropriate including hot packs, cold packs, electrical stimulation, manual and mechanical traction, taping, and iontophoresis. We pride ourselves on the ability to create an individualized plan of care for each while providing interdisciplinary collaboration with other healthcare professionals both inside and outside of our facility. We want to thank you for entrusting us with the care of your family members for the past 27 years, and hope that we can continue to help your family meet their goals
