Special Programs

Sport Injury Rehabilitation

• Keeping "Athletes" of ALL Ages Healthy
• Recreational, Amateur, and Professional Athletes
• Recover from Musculoskeletal Injuries
• Enhance Strength, Conditioning, fitness, and Performance
• "Industrial Athletes"

Our Physical Therapists are committed to providing excellent quality care for recreational, youth, high school, college, club, professional and "industrial" athletes. We utilize the sports medicine team approach in the treatment of orthopedic injuries which returns our patients back to work, play and life more quickly than the general types of rehabilitation.

Our Sports Injury Rehabilitation program meets the individual needs of injured athletes and participants in leisure sports activities of all ages who seek treatment methods similar to those used by collegiate and professional athletes. Working as a team, our physical therapists provide care that is unsurpassed and unique to each individual patient. Our team approach includes close communication with physicians, athletic trainers, coaches, employers and administrators on the progress of each individual.

Vestibular Rehabilitation

• Improves Balance and Reduces Fall Risk
• Quick Response
• Customized and Tailored Program for All Issues

The vestibule of the inner ear, along with vision and sensation, are the three systems used to maintain balance. When problems occur in one or more of these systems, the result is dizziness or imbalance.

CAM's Vestibular Rehabilitation Program focuses on problems originating from the vestibule of the inner ear. The primary cause of vestibular issues is disease or injury that damages the vestibule thereby leading the individual to receive mixed informational signals involving motion, equilibrium, and balance.

Balance Training

• Focus on Fall Prevention
• Low-Impact Muscle Strengthening Exercises
• Pain-Free Sessions Scheduled at Your Convenience
• Licensed Therapists & Clinicians

More than 90 Million Americans have experienced a balance disorder and 35% of people over the age of 65 will fall each year. That number increases to 50% for people over the age of 85. Falls account for more than half of all accidental deaths among the elderly, however there is a treatment option available for dizziness or disequilibrium which can prevent 30-40% of all falls.

Balance training can successfully treat most types of balance disorders. The therapy consists of special exercises that are provided by a licensed clinician.

TMJ

Symptoms

• Face, ear or Jaw Pain
• Headache
• Jaw locking, clicking and/or popping
• Neck Pain
• Ringing in the ear (Tinnitus)
• Limited Jaw Opening

Temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD) is a common condition that limits the natural function of the jaw, such as opening the mouth and chewing, and can cause pain. The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is a hinge joint that connects your jaw to your skull in front of your ear. When the TMJ is not working correctly, you may experience jaw pain, jaw fatigue, difficulty opening your mouth to eat or talk, clicking, popping, or even locking of the joint. Other common symptoms can be headaches, neck pain, dizziness and ringing in the ear Our physical therapists can help restore the natural movement of your jaw and decrease your pain. Based on your condition, our therapists will select treatments that will work best for you using a variety of techniques to improve your range of motion to include skilled hands-on techniques (manual therapy) to gently increase movement and relieve pain in tissues and joints. Our therapists also can prescribe TMJ specific exercises and provide posture education.

Concussion

A concussion is an injury to the brain that is caused by a blow to the head or violent shaking of the head where the brain rapidly moves back and forth. This rapid movement may cause chemical changes or damage brain cells potentially resulting in sleep disturbances, cognitive changes, emotional disturbances, and/or physical symptoms (listed below). Every concussion is different and will present with variable symptoms based on where the brain injury occurs. Usually concussions are non-life threating; however, a concussion is still very serious!!

What might one experience?

• headaches (#1 symptom)
• dizziness
• nausea and/or vomiting
• vision problems
• noise or light sensitivity
• Feeling "Foggy"
• Difficulty remembering
• Irritability
• Sleeping too much or too little
• Neck pain

Our physical therapists will do a full assessment to identify both reported complaints and physical deficits in order to make an individualized plan for your treatment. Physical therapy will help improve neck mobility, visual movements, balance, and physical exertion. We also follow return to sport guidelines and communicate with coaches/athletic trainers before releasing athletes back to their desired sport.