Sustain Your Mobility After Physical Therapy
Developing a plan to maintain mobility after physical therapy can help you heal, prevent relapse and avoid future injuries.
Physical Therapy
We offer a whole-person physical therapy approach, including personalized care plans and support throughout treatment.
At Henry Ford Health, our licensed physical therapists focus on improving your mobility, strength and overall function. Whether you’re recovering from surgery, a sports injury or a neurologic condition, or struggle with chronic pain or another condition, we have a team of experts dedicated to helping you heal and thrive.
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Physical therapy: Why choose Henry Ford Health?
- Whole-person care: Our physical therapists evaluate all the ways an injury or health condition is affecting your life. This includes assessing physical, mental and emotional barriers before working with you to develop a personalized care plan.
- Experienced team: Many of our physical therapists have specialty certifications from the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). You receive care from highly skilled experts who are always learning new and better ways to provide treatment.
- Specialized services: Our physical therapist team has expertise in many subspecialities. We offer specialized services that include spine therapy, pain therapy, aquatic therapy and sports therapy. This wide range of expertise means you can get all the care you need from one source.
- Convenient access: With locations throughout southeast and south central Michigan and the greater Flint area, we make it easy to find a physical therapist and get the care you need. Our large staff and extensive network mean you can get timely treatment near home, work or school.
- Integrated care and support: Our physical therapists stay in close communication with your referring provider. We work together to adjust your care plan as needed, so you can get the most effective treatment. We also provide support throughout treatment to help aid your recovery.
- Streamlined referrals for complex cases: When necessary, your physical therapist can refer you to other services within Henry Ford Health, such as pain management and integrative medicine.
FAQs about physical therapy treatment at Henry Ford Health
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What Conditions Do Your Physical Therapists Treat?
We help people of all ages overcome orthopedic and neurologic challenges caused by illness, injury or surgery. Our physical therapists care for:
- Fractures, sprains and strains
- Head, neck and jaw pain
- Hip, knee and shoulder joint issues
- Limb amputations
- Movement and neuromuscular disorders such as Parkinson’s disease, stroke and multiple sclerosis
- Postoperative recovery from a variety of procedures, such as joint replacements and ACL repairs
- Spine conditions, including scoliosis
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What Treatments Does Your Physical Therapy Team Offer?
Our physical therapists optimize physical function, reduce pain and prevent re-injury with the following treatments and techniques:
- Prehabilitation: Physical therapy before surgery increases strength and range of motion in the affected body part. This preparation can help optimize your surgical outcome and improve your recovery process.
- Manual therapy: With hands-on physical therapy, we move, stretch and massage soft tissues and joints. Manual therapy can reduce pain sensitivity and inflammation, and it may enhance muscle conditioning.
- Functional retraining: With this technique, your physical therapist will teach you how to use the best movement patterns and positions for everyday activities such as taking a shower, getting dressed and household chores.
- Neuromuscular re-education: To help you perform specific functions and tasks, our physical therapists can strengthen and re-teach the mind-body connection to improve stability, balance and movement patterns.
- Strength and posture training: We assess your body mechanics when sitting, standing and walking. Your physical therapist will create personalized treatment programs to address your musculoskeletal system in a variety of situations, including sitting, standing and while moving.
- Fall prevention: People who have experienced a stroke or brain injury, or who are managing a balance disorder such as vestibular dysfunction may be at an increased risk for falls. Your physical therapist can evaluate your fall risk and provide you with equipment or techniques to increase your safety and stability.
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What Do I Need to Start Physical Therapy?
- Get a referral: A referral for physical therapy that’s dated and has been signed by a physician, physician assistant or nurse practitioner within the last 90 days.
- Make an appointment: With this referral, you can schedule an appointment by calling one of our locations, or through your Henry Ford MyChart account.
- Provide your information: Either way, our team will gather information from you about your condition and referring provider, and will also verify your insurance coverage.
- Start your physical therapy treatment: Then you’ll be paired with the most appropriate physical therapist for your needs and start your outpatient physical therapy.
You should also plan to attend regularly scheduled physical therapy appointments to ensure that you get the most out of treatment.
