ProTailored’s Approach to Rehabilitation
At ProTailored Physical Therapy, we believe that rehabilitation is about so much more than giving someone a set of exercises. Physical and occupational therapy are about facilitating improvement in someone’s life, and reaching it through whatever means necessary. This statement can be broken down into two major components: Treatment methods and holistic care. Let’s discuss what each of these involve.
ProTailored believes in a wide variety of treatment methods, all of which are backed by research and are known to have positive results. These treatment methods all work together to provide each patient with their own unique plan that will set them on their path to recovery. Below are the various treatment methods you will experience at ProTailored.
- Manual Therapy– What sets ProTailored apart from the rest is our dedication to hands-on, manual therapy. Before a therapist begins working at ProTailored, they are taken through a nationally accredited manual therapy course that teaches them the most up-to-date techniques. Manual therapy is an approach that brings your therapist into direct contact with the joints, muscles, and tissues in your body that are affected most by your injury. Manual therapy can include scraping and cupping, joint mobilization, and joint manipulation, just to name a few. We believe that hands-on care keeps the therapist in tune with the patient’s injury, allowing the best care possible at each treatment session.
- Therapeutic Modalities– Modalities can be viewed as external devices that enhance the therapeutic process. Modalities can be as simple as heat and ice, or as high-tech as electrical stimulation (or known as e-stim). Therapeutic modalities are not always the answer to the problem on their own, but when used in conjunction with each other and other treatment methods, research has shown that they can increase the effectiveness of your treatment.
- Dry Needling– Unique to ProTailored, all therapists within the company are certified in dry needling. Dry needling involves using a fine, solid needle to alleviate painful and tight areas of the body.
- Exercises- ProTailored emphasizes research based treatment, and this includes the exercises you complete in the clinic and at home. The best and latest treatment is always changing and adapting, and ProTailored’s therapists maintain knowledge in current research and therapy trends to ensure that they are providing the best and most effective treatment.
Now, what is a holistic approach? A holistic approach means that when you receive treatment, your therapist will not only be paying attention to your specific injury, but they will also be focused on you as a whole. That is, they want to know not only how you feel physically, but how you feel mentally as well. They want to know what activities are important to you, and what provides your life with fulfillment. This is the experience you will have when you receive treatment from ProTailored Physical Therapy. Physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being are all crucial to the ProTailored approach to rehab, and through this holistic lens, we aim to not only heal your injury, but provide you with life fulfillment.
So, what will you find in a ProTailored clinic that facilitates everything we’ve discussed?
- Therapists who care about more than just your injury. They care about you.
- Private treatment rooms. While each clinic contains a large gym space, the bulk of every patient’s treatment will take place in a private treatment room.
- One-on-one care for your entire session. Whether you are here for 30 minutes, an hour, or any amount in between, ProTailored guarantees that your therapist’s focus will only be on you.
These aspects of our clinic help to foster a strong patient to therapist connection, that ultimately lead to the best patient care that we can provide.
As you can see, our team at ProTailored places the patient at the forefront of all we do. Whether it be through the various treatment methods, private setting, or holistic view, our care focuses on providing each patient with a safe, trusting, and ultimately effective treatment plan, allowing each and every patient to return to their life the way they want it to be lived.