Physical therapy is treatment to improve mobility,relieve pain, and restore physical function and overall fitness. Physical Therapists use exercise, manual therapy, education, and modalities such as heat, cold, and electrical stimulation to work toward these goals.
Depending on the injury, disease, or condition, physical therapy may include work on flexibility, strength, endurance, coordination, and/or balance. Treatment may focus on preventing problems or treating problems that affect the:
The vestibular system is the sensory system that provides the leading contribution about the sense of balance and spatial orientation for the purpose of coordinating movement with balance. The brain uses information from the vestibular system in the head and from proprioception throughout the body to understand the body's dynamics and kinematics (including its position and acceleration) from moment to moment.
We use a variety techniques to help our patients regain balance and spatial orienation. Treatment techniques include:
Orthopedic Rehabilitation is the management and treatment of disorders and injuries of the musculoskeletal system including rehabilitation after orthopedic surgery. Our Physical Therapists are trained in the treatment of post-operative orthopedic procedures, fractures, acute sports injuries, sprains, strains, back and neck pain, spinal conditions, and amputations. Those who have suffered injury or disease affecting the muscles, bones, ligaments, or tendons will benefit.
Coast Physical Therapy uses various techniques suited to each individual, including, but not limited to: joint and spine mobilization/manipulation, therapeutic exercise, neuromuscular techniques, muscle reeducation,electrical stimulation, iontphoresis, ultrasound, manual therapy, cold laser, and hot/cold packs to expedite recovery.
When surgery is necessary, Coast Physical Therapy can improve the outcome both before and after surgery. We will maximize your range of motion, strength and function prior to surgery, making recovery faster.
Common conditions we treat:
Coast Physical Therapy uses various techniques suited to each individual, including, but not limited to: joint and spine mobilization/manipulation, therapeutic exercise, neuromuscular techniques, muscle reeducation,electrical stimulation, iontphoresis, ultrasound, manual therapy, cold laser, and hot/cold packs to expedite recovery.
Sports Medicine is an area of practice that encompasses athletic injury management under 5 main categories:
Coast Physical Therapist, Mark Tonkins, has extensive experience with Sports Medicine. He is a Licensed Physical Therapist as well as a Certified Athletic Trainer, whose talents have been appreciated by elite college, NFL, and U.S. Olympic athletes, as well as his many patients here in Titusville. He has also served our local athletes as athletic trainer for Astronaut High School for 12 years.
Hand Therapy is rehabilitation performed on patients with complex conditions, injuries and surgeries affecting the hands, wrists and elbows. The hand is a complicated structure, and not every physical therapist is for hand therapy. Coast Physical Therapist, Mark Tonkins, has advanced specialization and certification as a Hand Therapist.
Injuries to tendons, nerves, fractures of the bones of the hand, amputations of the fingers, hands or arms, burns, scars and overuse injuries may need treatment from a hand therapist. We use a variety of techniques and tools to target the affected areas.
Our BTE Simulator II machine lets us simulate hundreds of real-world activities. The Simulator II replicates home, work, and sports tasks with controlled resistance levels to match anything from the delicate resistance of turning a small key, to the high load of lifting a heavy box.
Coast Physical Therapy assists in early detection of health problems and uses a limited variety of modalities to provide physical therapy for disorders in the pediatric population. Our therapists are specialized in the diagnosis, treatment, and management of children, and adolescents with a variety of congenital, developmental, neuromuscular, skeletal, or acquired disorders/diseases. Treatments focus mainly on improving gross and fine motor skills, balance and coordination, strength and endurance as well as cognitive and sensory processing/integration.
Physical therapy for vestibular disorders takes many forms. Exercises are used to train and improve balance in a safe manner. Special hands on techniques are administered to stimulate the brain to resolve problems in the inner ear (Canalith Repositioning). Other hands on techniques improve the ability to visually focus.
