Structured programs, not just appointments
Some problems are solved in a handful of visits. Others need a defined program with
stages, criteria and an end point. The programs below exist because each one serves a
different goal, and the goal decides what finished means. Returning to a desk job pain free
is a different project from returning to a contact sport, and the two should not be run the
same way.
For athletes
- Sports injury rehab takes an
injury through to a tested return rather than a calendar date. The later stages involve
power, change of direction, landing mechanics and repeated effort, and clearance depends on
criteria such as limb symmetry and hop testing. Returning on time elapsed rather than on
criteria is associated with re-injury, which is the whole reason the testing exists.
- Advanced athletic performance
is for the athlete who is not injured and wants capacity. Strength, power, movement
efficiency and the specific demands of the sport, built on the same assessment that drives
rehabilitation.
- Concussion care runs the staged return
to learn and return to play, and treats the three drivers most often missed: the neck that
took the same impact as the head, the vestibular system, and supervised sub-threshold
exertion for a recovery that has stalled.
Around surgery
- Surgery prevention is a real
course of care, not a delaying tactic. Strengthening, load management and movement retraining
change how much a worn or irritated joint costs you day to day, and for many people that is
enough to postpone an operation for years or to avoid it.
- Post surgical rehab works from
your surgeon’s written protocol and its milestones. Early range of motion is the part that
cannot be recovered later, which is why the first weeks matter more than they feel like they
should. Blood flow restriction training is often used here to build strength at loads a
fresh joint can tolerate.
If surgery is already scheduled, the weeks before it are an asset. Strength going in
predicts strength coming out, and learning crutches, stairs and the exercises is far easier
before you are sore and medicated than after.
For staying on your feet
- Fall prevention and balance
training combines measured assessment, progressive lower limb strength, reactive
balance against controlled perturbation, dual tasking, and a home safety review. Falls are
the leading cause of injury in older adults and most of what reduces them is trainable.
- Vestibular and balance
rehabilitation addresses the dizziness that often sits underneath a balance
problem, including BPPV, which is frequently resolved in one or two visits.
- Parkinson’s disease programs use
large amplitude training, cueing for freezing, and reactive balance work, started early
rather than after the third fall.
For employers
For workers treated individually, the program builds up to the loads the job actually asks
for. Rehabilitation that finishes at a light resistance band has not prepared anyone for a
sixty-pound lift, and that gap tends to get closed on the job with an injury in it.
How a program is judged
Every program on this page has an end point and criteria for reaching it. A reasonable plan
is heavier at the start, lighter at the end, and finishes with a maintenance program you can
fit into a real week, the early signs that a flare is starting, and what to do about one
without needing an appointment.
See the conditions we treat or the
techniques these programs are built from.
Where to find us in Northwest Arkansas
Advanced Physical Therapy sees patients at two Northwest Arkansas clinics, both open Monday to Friday from 7:00 AM.
- Bentonville: 1206 N Walton Blvd Ste 4, Bentonville, AR 72712. Call (479) 268-5757.
- Rogers: 2100 W Hudson Rd #3, Rogers, AR 72756. Call (479) 340-1100.
Arkansas is a direct access state, so for most problems you can book an evaluation without a physician referral. Your insurance plan may still want an order on file, and the front desk will check that for you on the first call. Book a free consultation or see both locations and hours.
