Here at Doctors’ Choice Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, we take great pride in providing the finest care for our patients. We offer gentle and effective treatments that can help you get out of pain and restore and rehabilitate your body to further your overall health and wellness.
At Doctors’ Choice PM&R, we offer a wide range of services, and are equipped to treat an array of illnesses and ailments.
The techniques, treatments, and testing we specialize in include:
• Active, Active Assisted, & Passive Range of Motion Exercise – A set of physical therapy joint exercises to help improve your joint mobility.
• Active Therapeutic Movement (ATM) – A type of nerve and muscle re-education that enables you to perform previous pain movement “pain free” in minutes. ATM trains your central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) to “memorize” pain free movement. We are the only provider of this amazing treatment in the area.
• Balance Sandals – are used re-educating and strengthening ankle, knee, and hip problems. This treatment has an application for core spinal stability issues.
• Biofeedback — helps you to control and learn to relax overly tight muscles.
• Bodyblade – Is a therapeutic exercise device for shoulder and spinal stability problems.
• BOING – Is a muscle re-education tool for shoulder injuries.
• Carpal Tunnel Traction Therapy - In a studied treatment group receiving this treatment (79%) of the patients rated their treatment outcome as excellent and (21 %) as good. No patient rated this treatment as fair or poor. We are the only provider of this treatment in the area.
• Chiropractic Manipulation – One of the two highest recommended treatments for low back pain in the U.S Department of Health and Human Services guideline. Chiropractic treatment was also the highest rated in a 2009 Consumer Reports article. You may want to read more about this article on our blog. “LOW BACK PAIN: PATIENTS REPORT WHAT WORKED
• Cox Technique - A type of low force Chiropractic Manipulation.
• Cross Friction Massage – A treatment for tight and restricted muscles and tendons. The massage is directed across the muscle or tendon.
• Deep Tissue Massage – A massage treatment for shortened and contracted deep muscles.
• Diathermy - A physical therapy treatment to increase blood flow to muscles for healing.
• Drop Table Technique – A type of Chiropractic Manipulation usually performed on the low back and pelvic area.
• Dynamic EMG Testing – an innovative diagnostic test. It measures the electrical impulses in your muscles when they are moving. Sort of like an EKG, but for your back and neck muscles. This test has been very useful in proving injury in low back, neck and whiplash cases. We are the only provider in the area to offer this test.
• Electrical Stimulation Therapy – A therapy treatment to reduce pain and relax muscles. It is also used to strengthen muscles or provide exercise resistance for stroke patients.
• Extremity Manipulation – Manipulation to the arms and legs for problems in shoulders, elbows, wrists, hands, hips, knees, ankles, and feet. This may include manipulation of joints or muscles.
• Flexion/Distraction – A type of gentle low force physical treatment usually used for low back conditions.
• Foot Orthotics – An aide used in the treatment of hyperpronated feet (flat foot).
• Frequency Specific Microcurrent – A type of electrical treatment used to decrease pain and to promote healing. Certain frequencies help improve some balance and coordination problems. Other frequencies increase alpha waves in the brain to help total body relaxation. It has also been very useful for the treatment of headaches.
• Gait Analysis and Foot Assessments – Many foot, knee, hip, low back and neck problems start at the feet. You need a proper functioning foundation. Foot orthotics may be needed if specific exercise cannot correct the problem.
• Grip and Pinch Tests – A type of muscle test used to measure muscle strength for carpal tunnel syndrome patients, hand and wrist problems, and pinched nerves in the neck and upper extremity problems.
• I-joy Board – An advanced form of treatment to help reprogram faulty nerve and muscle function.
• Interferential Therapy – A type of electrical stimulation used to reduce pain and swelling. We also use a type of high-level interferential therapy that depolarizes the nerve. It has been described as a sort of electronic novocaine.
• Kinesio Taping – A new type of bracing/taping to help support injured muscles and joints. You may have seen this tapping on some of the athletes in the last Olympics or current basketball players.
• LCD Therapy – A type of traction used to treat disc problems in the neck and low back.
• Massage Therapy – A therapeutic treatment for tight and shortened muscles.
• MedX Spinal Rehabilitation – MedX is a system of spinal testing machines. The test identifies weak stabilizing muscles in the neck and low back. We are the only facility with this technology between Philadelphia and York. Read more about the results on our blog titled “What Did 629 Chronic Back Pain Sufferers Find Out?”
• Mobilization Therapy – A low force manual therapy applied to a joint or muscle with the aim to improve joint mobility and range if motion.
• Muscle Strength Tests – These tests measure your muscle strength. The tests help indentify weak muscle and formulate specific treatment plans.
• Myofascial Release – A type of manual treatment, usually static pressure, used to release excess tension in muscles.
• Neuromuscular Re-education – A type of manual therapy intended to help a patient recuperate functional activity, after trauma or a stroke. It helps to retrain the muscles and the nervous system.
• Overhead Squat Test – An assessment we use taught by the National Academy of Sports Medicine to indentify pathologically alerted movement patterns in the body. It helps identify overly tight and weak muscles that may the cause of your neck, shoulder, back, hip, knee, and ankle problems. From this assessment, we can create a specific recovery plan for you.
• Paraspinal Surface EMG – A quick screening technique used to screen for over active muscles and an imbalance in muscle activity side to side.
• Physical Therapy – One of the two highest rated treatments and provider types for low back in a 2009 Consumer Reports article.
• Planter Pressure Measurement – An ingenious device that measures your foot pressure as you stand or walk. From those measurements we can determine pathological foot function that can be the source of foot, ankle, knee, and spinal problems. We are the only provider of this service in the area.
• Range of Motion Testing – A test to measure the mobility of a joint. Restoring joint motion is a goal of most treatment plans.
• Shoulder Movement Assessment – An assessment endorsed by the National Academy of Spots Medicine to evaluate shoulder and neck pathological muscle dysfunction. This assessment provides us with key information to help us develop a custom recovery plan for you for shoulder/neck/ and upper back problems.
• Spectracell Nutritional Testing – Spectracell is a unique blood test that utilizes white blood cells to measure nutrition within the cell. Nutritional problems can be associated with muscle and joint pain. Sometimes the nutrition deficit can be a complicating factor to recovery.
• Spinal Decompression Therapy – Spinal decompression is a type of traction technique used in the treatment of overactive back and neck muscles, disc problems, stenosis, degenerative joint disease, arthritis, and sciatica.
• SpinalMouse Range of Motion Testing – A specialized type of range of motion testing for spinal problems. The SpinalMouse can measure the motion between two vertebra. This is very useful because most often lumbar range of motion may be normal but the motion between the vertebras is not normal. We are the only facility to have this instrument in the area.
• Traction – A type of therapeutic treatment most often used for neck and low back disorders.
• Therapeutic Exercise – Are specific exercises performed to rehabilitate injured or weakened muscles.
• Trigger Point Therapy – Refers to a variety of techniques employed to decrease small areas of overactivity in muscles.
• Ultrasound – The deepest heating therapeutic treatment. It can be used with electrical stimulation to create a combination treatment for trigger points.
• Wobble and Rocker Boards – Entry level training tools for nerve and muscle retraining.
For your convenience, we also have an in-house Massage Therapists and Physical Therapist. We will provide emergency services if needed, all you need to do is call.
Why not take a moment to scan through the long list below and see if there is anything YOU could use help with? If so, call us today at 570-245-0437 to set up your $7.00 screening.
We offer treatment for all of the following:
• Arm Pain, Tingling, and/ or Numbness
• Arthritis
• Auto Accident Injury
• Back Problems
• Bursitis
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Disc Problems
• Fibromyalgia
• Foot, Ankle & Knee Problems
• Headaches
• Herniated And Bulging Disc
• Leg Pain, Tingling, and/or Numbness
• Lower Back Pain
• Migraines
• Muscle Aches, Sprains and Strains
• Neck Pain
• Pain Management – Non-Surgical and Drug Free
• Pinched Nerve
• Pregnancy Care – Back Pain
• Rotator Cuff Injury
• Sciatica
• Shoulder Pain
• Spinal Stenosis
• Sports Injuries
• Tennis Elbow
• Whiplash
• Work Related Injuries
We also provide help with:
• Ankylosing Spondylitis
• Baker’s Cyst
• Cervical Spine Disorders
• Degenerative Disc Disease
• Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
• Foot Orthotics
• Hip Pain
• Kyphosis
• Meniscus Tears
• Orthopedic Problems
• Osteoarthritis
• Piriformis Syndrome
• Plantar Fasciitis
• Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction
• Spondylolithesis
• Tendonitis
• Trigger Finger
• Upper Back Pain
• Wrist Pain
