PHYSICAL THERAPY

Pain Treatment Centers of America is proud to offer physical therapy to address a number of injuries and conditions. We treat all soft tissue and muscular injuries, including strains and tears. 

Sports Injuries:

Offering treatment for endurance athletes, mixed martial arts injuries, and treatment for injuries in baseball, basketball, football, gold, yoga, dance and more. 


Neck Pain:

Includes treatment for whiplash, herniated discs, headaches and migraines.


Mid & Low Back Pain:

Rib dysfunction, herniated disc, stenosis, spondylosis/spondylolisthesis, scoliosis


Sacroiliac Joint:

SI joint dysfunction, piriformis syndrome.


Hip Pain:

Trochanteric bursitis, hip flexor strains, hip joint arthritis


Shoulder Pain:

Tendonitis/bursitis, impingement syndrome, frozen shoulder

Shoulder Pain:

Tendonitis/bursitis, impingement syndrome, frozen shoulder


Knee Pain:

Osteoarthritis, patellar tendonitis, patellafemoral syndrome, ACL/PCL/MCL/LCL sprains and tears, meniscus tears, IT band dysfunction


Arthritis:

Degenerative osteoarthritis, cartilage degeneration


Elbow Pain:

Golfers elbow, tennis elbow (medial/lateral epicondylitis), instability


Ankle and Foot Pain:

Plantar fasciitis, ankle sprains (acute and chronic)


Post-Surgical Rehabilitation:

Acute, sub-acute and chronic pain associated with past surgery, total knee and hip replacements

Additional conditions treated with physical therapy at PTCOA:

 

  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
  • Hand/wrist/finger pain
  • Work-related Injuries
  • Headaches/TMJ
  • Fibromyalgia

 

What Is Osteopractic?

PTCOA is Arkansas’s largest fully comprehensive pain management practice with multiple locations to best serve our patients. We have dedicated physicians, a state of the art surgery center, medication monitoring CLIA certified labs and the most combined pain management experience of any practice in the state. All of this excellence in medical care with one focus – to help restore quality of life.

OSTEOPRACTIC is a subspecialty in physical therapy that identifies a particular skill-set and education possessed by the treating therapist.

An OSTEOPRACTOR is a physical therapist, medical doctor, or doctor of osteopathic medicine that has completed an extensive, evidence-based post-graduate training program in manual therapy for the diagnosis and treatment of neuromusculoskeletal conditions of the spine and extremities.

Only after completing the intensive training program consisting of the Dry Needling series, Spinal Manipulation series, Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization, Extremity Manipulation and Differential Diagnosis & Multi-Modal Management as well as passing strict written and practical exams for each, will a clinician earn the Diploma in Osteopractic and be able to call themselves an Osteopractor.

Osteopractic Services Offered

Dry Needling - Dry needling, or DN, is a Western Medicine approach in which treatments serve to aid in the healing process of neuromuscular pain syndromes. The use of sterile, monofilament acupuncture needles (without injectate or anesthetics) are inserted into or near the target tissue including muscles, tendons, ligaments, fascia or nerves. Once the needle(s) is/are in place, it can be utilized to decrease activation of trigger points, decrease soft tissue restrictions, improve blood flow and ultimately break the chronic pain cycle. Sometimes, the needle(s) is/are utilized with an electrical current, termed electro-dry needling (EDN), which has shown to produce profound effects of pain control in the short- and long-term timelines.

HVLAT Joint Mobilization – High Velocity, Low Amplitude Thrust (HVLAT) is the application of a quick “thrust” to a joint or multiple joints to the target segment(s). It is a “momentum-induced” technique that aims to target multiple joints within the spinal column or a single joint within the arms or legs. These “manufactured-barrier” techniques are utilized by highly-trained physical therapists and are much different from the chiropractic approach, which is commonly referred to “locking-down/combined-leverage” techniques. It can help improve joint range-of-motion, increase blood flow, decrease tissue restrictions and even improve soft-tissue mobility.

IASTM - Instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization, or IASTM, is the use of tools (rather than the therapists hands) for manual therapy interventions, specifically geared towards breaking down chronic scar adhesions and fascial plane restrictions. Some IASTM tools may include Gua-Sha, cupping, FRAMS, kinesiology taping or use of a mobilization wedge. These other manual therapy tools can help further improve tissue mobility, blood flow, reduce swelling and improve joint movement. The use of IASTM is another tool in the physical therapist’s toolkit to help jumpstart the functional restoration processes.