What does a Physical Therapist at Silicon Valley Physical Therapy do?
Your Physical Therapist will provide you with services that help restore function, improve mobility, relieve pain, and prevent or limit permanent physical disabilities of patients with injuries or disease. She will work closely with you to restore, maintain, and promote your overall fitness and health. Patients include those who have any musculoskeletal pain, tendonitis/bursitis, sprain/strain, or are post surgical orthopedic or podiatric patients. Commonly treated problems at Silicon Valley Physical Therapy include: back and neck pain, shoulder pain, knee pain, disc herniation, shoulder impingement sydrome, rotator cuff repair, ACL repair, ankle sprain, plantar fasciitis.
Your Physical Therapist will examine your medical history, then test and measure your strength, range of motion, balance and coordination, posture, muscle performance, endurance, and motor function. Your PT will also assess your symptoms and produce goals to achieve painfree status. Finally, she will develop treatment plans describing a treatment strategy, its purpose, and the anticipated outcome.
