Orthopedics Physical Therapy

Living with the pain of a musculoskeletal injury or orthopedic condition has a dramatic impact on your life, whether that means missing school and work or stopping you from enjoying a social life. You’ll heal and recuperate faster with exceptional orthopedic physical therapy provided by the experts at Holsman Physical Therapy. Don’t limit your life with pain and stiffness. Call one of their 17 offices in New Jersey or New York City, or schedule an evaluation through online booking and begin the road to recovery today.

What is orthopedic physical therapy?

Orthopedic physical therapy specializes in treating and rehabilitating conditions and injuries affecting your muscles, bones, joints, ligaments, tendons, and nerves. These specialists develop precise treatment plans to support your recovery, enhance healing, and prevent disability and future musculoskeletal injuries.

What conditions does orthopedic physical therapy treat?

The expert Holsman Physical Therapy team includes orthopedic specialists with extensive training and experience in every type of musculoskeletal condition, including:

• Arthritis
• Bursitis
• Shoulder pain
• Knee pain
• Back pain
• Neck pain
• Hip pain
• Sciatica
• Sports injuries
• Neuromuscular conditions
• Post-surgery recovery and rehabilitation

After an injury or surgery, physical therapy accelerates healing, reduces pain and swelling, prevents excessive scar tissue, and restores strength and range of motion.

What type of orthopedic physical therapy might I need?

Orthopedic physical therapists use proven exercises, hands-on therapies, and other treatments to restore optimal musculoskeletal health. Your therapy may include any of the following:

Passive therapies

Passive techniques include:

• Heat and ice
• Dry needling
• Kinesiology taping
• Ultrasound therapy
• Therapeutic massage
• Soft tissue manipulation
• Manual range of motion exercises (performed by your therapist)
• Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)

These techniques reduce inflammation and pain, boost circulation, and maintain some range of motion.

Active therapy

As you heal and the pain, inflammation, and swelling decrease, your orthopedic physical therapist adds active therapies to your treatment, which may include:

• Prescribed exercises
• Muscles strengthening exercises
• Stretching and flexibility exercises
• Neuromuscular education
• Resistance training
• Balance training
• Endurance training
• Agility and power training
• Gait training

Your therapy also includes the training you need to return to your activities. If you’re an athlete, your therapy restores balance in muscle strength, gradually builds sport-specific skills, and teaches you techniques to prevent future orthopedic problems.

How can I ensure the best results with orthopedic physical therapy?

Keeping your physical therapy appointments is the first step toward optimal results. However, your hard work and diligence at home determine how quickly you improve.

Your therapist develops a customized home exercise routine, and sticking with the regimen is the best way to heal and regain function as quickly as possible. Though it may be tempting, try not to do more than the prescribed exercises because you may reinjure tissues that are still healing.

Call Holsman Physical Therapy today to schedule an orthopedic physical therapy evaluation and start on the path to wellness. You can also use online booking to request an appointment. The practice has locations in Lyndhurst, Fair Lawn, Cedar Grove, Caldwell, Bloomfield, Maplewood, Newark, South Orange, Clifton, Paterson, Kearney, Jersey City, and Rahway, New Jersey, and the Crotona and Van Nest neighborhoods in the Bronx and the Cypress Hills neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York City.