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The Three Stages of Physical Therapy

Written By TLC Chiropractic on August 10, 2024

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A chiropractic physical therapist can help you jump start the healing process, build up core strength, increase your mobility and range of motion, and prevent future pain and injury. At TLC Chiropractic, we specialize in highly individualized physical therapy in Tallahassee, FL, to guide patients through recovery from auto accidents, work accidents, and sports accidents. We focus on three stages of care: relief care, corrective care, and wellness care. This ensures our patients get fast pain relief and can get back to their regular routine as quickly as possible without complications. Let’s take a look at these three stages of physical therapy.

Relief Care

Many patients come to us when they are experiencing chronic or acute pain that is affecting their quality of life and keeping them away from their hobbies and activities they enjoy. We provide immediate relief care on the same day as their initial consultation with our team. We evaluate your symptoms, perform a physical examination, and discuss your lifestyle and health history. We will then recommend taking an x-ray, MRI, or CT scan to determine the underlying cause of your pain or other symptoms. We will then design a personalized chiropractic physical therapy program that focuses on reducing pain, improving flexibility and range of motion, relieving discomfort and dysfunction, and helping you get back on your feet.

Corrective Care

The second stage of physical therapy is the corrective care stage. This stage occurs when your injury has begun to heal. Our goal is to accelerate the healing of your muscles, spine, joints, and soft tissues so that you can return to your regular routine. We want to bring you back to 100% function, and your treatment program will depend on the severity of your injury and symptoms, your lifestyle, and your commitment to your chiropractic physical therapy program.

Wellness Care

In the third stage of chiropractic physical therapy, your body has fully healed. Our goal now is to prevent future pain and injury by building core strength and improving your overall health and wellness. This stage involves in-office care and at-home care, including home exercises and stretches, posture correction, workplace ergonomics, therapeutic exercise, and lifestyle modification. We will also recommend maintenance treatments in our office.

Learn More About Chiropractic Physical Therapy in Tallahassee, FL 

If you have been Googling ‘physical therapy near me in Tallahassee, FL’ after an injury, our team at TLC Chiropractic can help. We specialize in chiropractic physical therapy for auto injuries, sports injuries, and work injuries and we focus on holistic rehabilitation through all three stages of care. Contact us today to schedule an appointment.


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