Service Directory Segments are written by area health and fitness professionals and are paid features. Legal Financial Home Improvement Return to QFC Physical Rehabilitation Physical Therapy Services Physical Therapy is a treatment and profession which focuses on the muscular, joint, skeletal, and neurological systems. All of the units are the basis of all our body movements.
Physical therapy can be a significant treatment helping the patient towards recovery.
Therapists utilize many different forms of treatment including various types of exercise and modalities, including heat, cold packs, ultrasound, electrical stimulation, etc. Physical Therapists are trained professionals and finding the right one is essential. Just as you would not go to a dermatologist for a broken leg, or a surgeon for a skin rash, so being treated by the right type of physical therapy is important. Also, if a certain medication is not working or causing you problems, it makes no sense to continue it, so you inform your doctor. Likewise, if therapy treatments are causing problems or not helping, something needs to be changed.