Services & Treatments

Evaluation

Every client will have an initial evaluation with a licensed Physical Therapist. The evaluation will consist of a detailed health history interview, postural assessment, walking and functional movement assessment, myofascial length testing, and other conventional physical therapy testing techniques.

Therapeutic Exercise

Every client will be instructed in a customized exercise program. Stretching programs and self-release techniques are taught to promote progress between sessions. (The myofascial length testing performed by the physical therapist will identify the specific musculature and fascial tissues that need focused attention). Dynamic stabilization exercises are taught to increase core muscle strength to reduce the risk of future injury. Functional strength training is taught to encourage a safe return to a client’s work and play demands.

Posture & Bodymechanics Training

The therapist will identify movement and postural patterns that may be contributing factors to symptoms. The therapist will use a wide range of techniques to help increase body awareness for everyday activities such as walking, lifting, bending, sitting, and standing. Training will help you unlearn harmful patterns, making way for more fluid movement.

This treatment technique works to release restrictions in the body’s fascial system. Fascia is a connective tissue that surrounds all the structures in the body like a three-dimensional spider web. With injury, the fascia can become restricted and create pressure on pain sensitive structures. Restrictions can lead to symptoms including pain, poor alignment, and decreased range of motion.

A series of 11 sessions aimed at releasing restrictions in the fascial system to restore you to a more balanced posture. Hellerwork is an integrative process combining structural bodywork, movement education, and dialogue.

A treatment technique consisting of gentle, specifically placed manual forces that encourage normal mobility, tone and inherent tissue motion of the viscera, their connective tissue and other areas of the body where physiologic motion has been impaired. Evaluating the supporting fascia of the organs and releasing these very specific fascial restrictions may be the missing area that needs to be released to finally resolve those persistent symptoms.

This treatment consists of gentle, specifically placed manual forces that release local nerve restrictions encouraging optimal nerve function. Neural manipulation also examines the mechanical relationship between cranium, spine, dura, and the peripheral nervous system.

These techniques work on the deepest fascial layers surrounding the brain and spinal cord. This treatment is extremely effective in treating headaches, migraines, TMJ dysfunction, and acute back pain.

Our massage therapists will customize your session according to your body’s specific needs. All our massage therapists are certified in California and specialize in medical based massage, myofascial release, and deep tissue bodywork. They also share their vast knowledge of self-help techniques to make the positive benefits of their tissue work more permanent.

This specialty within Physical Therapy can provide treatment for stress urinary incontinence, urge urinary incontinence, overactive bladder, frequent urination, pelvic organ prolapse, pelvic pain, perineal pain, abdominal pain, accidental bowel leakage and constipation. Treatment can include pelvic floor muscle up training, pelvic floor muscle down training, biofeedback, E-Stim for pelvic floor muscles, manual therapy, bladder training , and behavioral interventions.