Physical Therapy Services

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Medication Management

Medication management is an important part of the physical therapy service in SASpine. It is a strategy for engaging with patients and caregivers to create a complete and accurate medication list using the brown bag method. A complete and accurate medication list is the foundation for addressing medication reconciliation and medication management issues.

These tools will also help to identify patient behaviors that may be putting patients at risk for an adverse drug event, such as overdosing, under-dosing, or missing medications, or other important contextual factors limiting adherence.

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Nerve Conduction, Sensory and Motor

Motor nerve conduction studies were first described for clinical use in 1948. Subsequent studies defined normal values and the abnormalities seen in clinical disorders. Motor nerve conduction studies have expanded steadily in application since then. Sensory nerve conduction studies initially were demonstrated experimentally by Dawson and Scott in 1949 and were shown to be of clinical value in 1958 by Gilliatt and Sears.

Sensory nerve action potentials (SNAPs) are one of our Physical Therapy Services. They are of much lower amplitude than compound muscle action potentials (CMAPs) and are sometimes below the level of noise and artifacts in the recordings. Averaging of multiple potentials is often required to record them reliably, particularly at proximal locations.

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Counseling

Professional counseling is a professional relationship that empowers diverse individuals, families, and groups to accomplish mental health, wellness, education, and career goals.
Counselors work with clients on strategies to overcome obstacles and personal challenges that they are facing.

Counseling is a collaborative effort between the counselor and client. Professional counselors help clients identify goals and potential solutions to problems which cause emotional turmoil; seek to improve communication and coping skills; strengthen self-esteem; and promote behavior change and optimal mental health.

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Biofeedback

Another one of the physical therapy services offered at SASpine is Biofeedback. It is a technique you can use to learn to control some of your body’s functions, such as your heart rate. During biofeedback, you’re connected to electrical sensors that help you receive information about your body.

This feedback helps you make subtle changes in your body, such as relaxing certain muscles, to achieve the results you want, such as reducing pain. In essence, biofeedback gives you the ability to practice new ways to control your body, often to improve a health condition or physical performance during this physical therapy service.

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Physical Therapy Services

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Occupational Therapy

Occupational therapy is the only profession that helps people across the lifespan to do the things they want and need to do through the therapeutic use of daily activities (occupations). Occupational therapy practitioners enable people of all ages to live life to its fullest by helping them promote health, and prevent—or live better with—injury, illness, or disability.

Common occupational therapy interventions as part of the physical therapy services in SASpine include helping children with disabilities to participate fully in school and social situations, helping people recovering from injury to regain skills, and providing supports for older adults experiencing physical and cognitive changes.

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Electromyogram (EMG)

An electromyogram (EMG) is one of our physical therapy services. It is a test that is used to record the electrical activity of muscles. When muscles are active, they produce an electrical current. This current is usually proportional to the level of the muscle activity. An EMG is also referred to as a myogram.

EMGs can be used to detect abnormal electrical activity of muscle that can occur in many diseases and conditions, including muscular dystrophy, inflammation of muscles, pinched nerves, peripheral nerve damage (damage to nerves in the arms and legs), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), myasthenia gravis, disc herniation, and others.

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Physical Therapy Services