Physical Therapy

Physical therapy helps you regain physical health and optimize your quality of life by effectively reducing pain, accelerating healing, and restoring strength. The physical therapists at Minimally Invasive Medical Group create customized care plans, ensuring each person gets the treatment they need to meet their goals. Request an appointment online or call the office in Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, or Irvine, California, today to schedule a physical therapy consultation, whether you need to recover from an injury, focus on preventive care, or regain your vitality.

What is physical therapy?

Physical therapy combines active and passive exercises, manual therapies, and other musculoskeletal treatments that promote healing, decrease inflammation, and increase blood circulation.

A customized physical therapy program can:

• Relieve pain
• Rebuild muscle strength
• Restore mobility
• Increase flexibility
• Improve balance
• Correct poor posture

Your physical therapist supports movement, an essential step for easing pain and healing when you can't do it on your own.

When would I need physical therapy?

Physical therapy is essential to your treatment and rehabilitation following surgery, after an injury, and when degenerative diseases affect your bones, muscles, and joints.

The Minimally Invasive Medical Group therapists treat people with many conditions, including:

• Arthritis
• Sciatica
• Knee injuries
• Rotator cuff injuries
• Herniated discs
• Fibromyalgia
• Degenerative disc disease
• Piriformis syndrome
• Myofascial pain syndrome
• Joint injuries and diseases 

Physical therapy is invaluable for recovering from injuries and overcoming chronic pain, but don’t overlook its role in health concerns that seem less pressing.

Any time you’re inactive (for any reason), your muscles start to lose tone and weaken, a problem that can continue if you don’t deal with it. Physical therapy helps you regain your health and vitality.

What treatments might I receive through physical therapy?

Your physical therapist thoroughly evaluates your muscle strength, mobility, balance, and functional abilities before creating your customized care plan.

They often begin with passive exercises that accelerate healing and begin to restore mobility without requiring your active involvement.

As inflammation and pain decrease and you start healing, your therapy progresses to include active exercises. These are a few examples of treatments and activities included in physical therapy:

• Stretching and flexibility exercises
• Strength training
• Endurance training
• Balance training
• Therapeutic massage
• Soft tissue mobilization
• Gait training
• Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)
• Balance and coordination exercises

Your therapist always develops a plan based on your goals. For example, if you're returning to competitive athletics, they create a balanced training program, focus on improving sport-specific skills, and aim to enhance your performance.

Your care plan also includes an exercise plan to follow at home. You can’t achieve the best results if you only exercise during several hours of weekly therapy sessions.

Physical therapy can help whether you need to rehabilitate or want to improve your overall well-being. Call the nearest office or book online today to learn more about its benefits.