PHYSICAL THERAPY SERVICES IN LEXINGTON, KY

Most injuries or chronic joint or muscle conditions occur because of overall general health and wellness factors. Because of this, our physical therapists incorporate a full wellness model when approaching patient care. Not only do they address your specific needs during the rehabilitation process, they look deeper at secondary factors that may be inhibiting your ability for full recovery. Our physical therapy team wants to help you optimize your overall health and enjoy every aspect of your life!

Our physical therapy patients come to us from Winchester, Versailles, Nicholasville, Lexington and Georgetown.

You do not want to waste time wondering about how to rehabilitate properly after suffering a sports injury or after undergoing orthopedic surgery. Sports injuries can occur to anyone during organized competitions at any age and skill level. Each injury is different, which means our skilled physical therapists will tailor your rehabilitation to meet your individual needs. If you recently had orthopedic surgery to repair an injury, our experienced physical therapy team will make it their top priority to make sure your rehabilitation is safe, efficient, with a complete recovery plan in place.
Sports injuries can occur to a number of different structures in the body or often a combination of tissues including muscles, ligaments and bone. Below are a few common injuries that occur during sporting events that we have the knowledge to rehabilitate.

Few pains are more nagging and unpredictable than those that occur in your neck. Even without much exertion, you could suffer a neck injury, pinched nerve, or simply have muscular weakness causing neck pain or headaches. We offer physical therapy techniques and protocols, pending on your diagnosis, designed specifically to help you restore functional motion and activity.
Research indicates about 85% of headaches have a significant muscular component. Headaches and migraines can be triggered by a multitude of causes such as:
• Muscle over use
• Poor posturing
• Trigger points
• Neck injury
Techniques used by our physical therapy team can correct these problems and play a significant role in headache and migraine relief.

The Multi Cervical Unit (MCU) The Multi Cervical Unit (MCU) is a valuable tool in the treatment of neck weakness, which is a problem in nearly all cases of frequent or chronic headache. The MCU is used to measure strength and to use for exercise. The weights are very light and resistance can be finely controlled to avoid straining the weak neck muscles.

Benefits of the Multi-Cervical Unit (MCU):
• Relieves neck & headache pain
• Improves strength & flexibility of the neck
• Creates a digital read out of Strength and Range of Motion Deficits with a comparison to normal data
• Provides the ability to re-access for progress with objective measures.

Chronic Back pain is one of the most common complaints that hinders individuals from enjoying their everyday life activities. Back pain can be the result of many different factors such as poor posture, poor body mechanics, trauma, or overuse injury to name a few. Our therapy team will work with you to individualize a program to reduce your pain and improve your function.

TOTAL MOTION RELEASE (TMR®): TMR is a nontraditional yet effective therapeutic intervention. This approach allows the body to naturally realign and heal. This technique often provides instant results and relief to your pain and mobility.
For example: You have left shoulder pain, traditionally it makes sense to treat the left shoulder, correct? By utilizing TMR that statement becomes invalid. In lieu of treating the motions that cause increase pain in the left shoulder, TMR uses a little-known secret of treating pain free motions elsewhere in the body to effectively improve the range and decrease the pain of the left shoulder.
TMR can be used for a variety of musculoskeletal issues
• Acute or Chronic Conditions/Injuries
• Back pain
• Neck pain
• Headaches
• Muscle spasms or strains
• Hip and Knee pain
• Shoulder and Arm pain
• Tendinitis
• Overuse injuries
• Tennis or Golfer’s elbow
• So much more!

DRY NEEDLING: Dry Needling is a specific skilled technique performed by trained physical therapist. It is a powerful treatment technique that can assist you in pain relief, muscle tension, and improved functional activity. Dry Needling is not acupuncture, as dry needling is based on Western medicine and scientific studies of musculoskeletal and neuromuscular systems.
Various conditions treated but not limited to:
• Acute or Chronic Conditions/Injuries
• Back pain
• Neck pain
• Headaches
• Muscle spasms or strains
• Hip and Knee pain
• Shoulder and Arm pain
• Tendinitis
• Overuse injuries
• Tennis or Golfer’s elbow
• So much more!

The adage of the stronger you go in the stronger you come out is especially true when preparing for an upcoming surgical intervention. Pre-surgery rehabilitation allows the body to prepare and strengthen so that post-surgery it has the advantage of healing and recovering quicker as you will have the skills and knowledge of what is to come in your post-surgery rehabilitation. Our team works with your surgeon to create a program that will be the most advantageous in your recovery and getting back to the daily activities you enjoy!

According to the National health Institute, 42% of Americans complain of dizziness. Dizziness is one of the most common causes of balance loss. While occasional/mild dizziness may be normal and resolve without treatment, recurrent dizziness that interferes with normal daily activity needs medical attention. Various conditions affect balance including but not limited to:

What Can You Do About Balance Loss?
If you have one of the above conditions or another condition causing loss of balance, do not feel hopeless. Vestibular rehabilitation and balance retraining can help you by:
What is Involved in Getting Started?
A full body musculoskeletal and neuromuscular evaluation is performed to determine a comprehensive problem list affecting the person’s ability to function. From this list, specific goals for the patient are developed and the exercise/movement program is initiated. Some examples of treatment are: vestibular habituation/adaptation exercise, visual motor exercises, canalith resposition procedures for benign positional vertigo, and balance retraining exercises. ADA compliant screening insures a match between the employee and their job tasks. The screening correlations between job demands and an applicant’s physical abilities.

Are You Ready to Get Your Balance Back On Track?
If you have been suffering from dizziness and have had balance issues that have been a problem, you may get great benefits from our vestibular rehabilitation and balance re-education program. We can help you improve your balance so you can feel safer in your daily activities. If you feel this is right for you, please contact us, we will be glad to answer any questions that you may have.

We understand the important relationship between industry and medicine, and we recognize that employers – and employees – want “one-stop shopping” when it comes to work injury rehabilitation. That is why Body Structure developed and utilizes programs based on both clinical research and experience with employers, which offers a comprehensive industrial program that focuses not only on the worker, but the workers environment, seeking ways to reduce risk. By visiting your business and becoming familiar with your daily operations, we will become an integral part of your team, with everyone working toward a safe work environment, lowering work injury costs. Click on WorkWell logo for in depth description of services available or click here to learn about our WorkFit program.

Acute Physical Therapy
We offer immediate access to treatment, which allows injured workers to receive crucial therapies. Therapies that we treat immediately are: spinal stabilization, advanced home exercise programs, and pain relief modalities.

Work Conditioning
With the goal of returning to work in a safe, timely manner, this program strengthens a patient’s abilities by simulating job duties. The program is intensive and maximizes employee’s tolerance to the job’s physical demands.

Function Capacity Evaluation
This work-related test assesses and individual’s physical ability to perform a specific job or activity, and assists in developing a safe return-to-work program. The test is comprehensive and clearly describes the tasks an employee would perform in an eight-hour work day.

Ergonomics & Job-Site Analysis
Our therapists identify ways to make the work environment safer and more productive. After an analysis of the work environment and of the employee, a physical therapist provides employers with guidelines for safety and give recommendations on new work area designs and adaptive equipment.

Prevention Education
Injury prevention is the most common theme between all the parts of this continuum. Our staff works closely with employers and employees to minimize a company’s potential risks by identifying possible solutions. Safety education programs empower employees to understand and solve problems.

Pre-work/Pre-placement Screening
ADA compliant screening insures a match between the employee and their job tasks. The screening provides specific correlations between job demands and an applicant’s physical abilities.

Ergonomics & Job-Site Analysis
Our physical therapists identify ways to make the work environment safer and more productive. After an analysis of an employee and their work site, the therapist provide employers with guidelines for safety and give recommendations on new work area designs and adaptive equipment.

Functional Job Descriptions>
This part of our program accurately evaluates and describes the essential functions, critical physical demands, and possible modifications of any job in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Comprehensiveness
Complete work injury rehabilitation and prevention programs are available. All program components link together through the functional approach. Programs acknowledge OSHA, CARF, and the Americans with Disabilities Acts (ADA).

Quality/Outcome
Ongoing quality improvement programs are available. Programs are quality/outcome directed.

Functional Philosophy
Our approach emphasizes function, not pain; without negative labeling of future clients. This philosophy will match employee function and specific job demands.

Connection
By choosing Body Structure, your company will be connected to a business built on a foundation of experience, expertise and leadership. We have been entrusted by referring physicians for decades. Body Structure Clinic has the knowledge to improve your bottom line.

Body Structure offers a home safety evaluation for the elderly that assesses specific trip hazards, which could lead to a potential fall. Considering the statistic that one out of ten falls among older adults result in a serious injury that requires hospitalization, a phone call to schedule our home safety evaluation could be the intervention needed to allow you to lead an active and independent lifestyle.

Our therapist will discover the trip hazards, remove them from the home, and enable you to live independently at home, and enjoy all aspects of daily living. This economical, private consultation is done privately at your convenience. Under the guidance of your physician which simply prescribes the home evaluation, the assessment will result in specific home modifications that are inexpensive and easy adaptable. Examples of preventative modifications are changes in lighting, installing grab bars, or removing a rug.

Medicare covers this preventative, home safety assessment or payment can be covered out of pocket by the individual. Regardless of the payment method, this in-home safety consultation will greatly reduce potential fall issues and make you feel safe and confident in your own home. Our therapists are educated in fall and balance issues and specialize in treatment relating to the older adult population.

Muscle and Joint Pain
Muscle pain is defined as pain in the muscle which can be described as achy, sore, or throbbing. The causes of muscle pain are tension, stress, overuse, and minor injuries. Our experienced physical therapists will tailor the treatment of muscle pain by using a variety of treatment options in conjunction with your referring physician’s plan of care.Joint pain is defined as the discomfort that arises from any joint, which is a point where two or more bones meet. The level of pain associated with joint pain can vary from mild to debilitating. The causes of joint pain also vary from degeneration of the joint, bursitis, disease, sprains/strains, tendinitis, or any form of arthritis. Our experienced physical therapists will tailor the treatment of joint pain in unison with your referring physician’s plan of care.

Motor Vehicle Injuries
Car accidents can be devastating and traumatic. With almost every motor vehicle accident, injury will occur in some form or manner. Whether you suffer a pulled or a bruised muscle or suffer a more severe injury, the appropriate treatment and therapy is essential for your recovery. We have extensive experience assisting with motor vehicle injuries and will work hard to help you regain strength and mobility during the healing process. Facing a long road of recovery can be daunting and confusing–let our training and experience get you the results you desire in a safe, effective, and professional atmosphere.

Weight Loss
Carrying excessive weight can increase the stress on our joints. If your physician, nutritionist, or physical therapist believes that excessive weight has led to your chronic joint pain, then physical therapy can be extremely beneficial to improve your recovery. A supervised weight loss program could provide a pain-free return to your favorite daily activities. Here are some common areas affected by excessive weight.