Services When pain slows you down, call LaFayette Physical Therapy.
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Outpatient Facility
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Personalized hands-on physical therapy services
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Help achieve optimal movement
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Education, function and safety
Back & Neck Pain
Among Adults 60-80% will experience back and/or neck pain during their lifetime that will interfere with daily activities. Back/Neck pain can be the result of an acute injury or it may be related to a more long term injury considered chronic. There are several causes of back/neck pain. However, the most common causes are overuse, improper use, muscle strains, strenuous activity to include heavy lifting, poor posture, arthritis, disc degeneration, and changes in spinal column, just to name a few. Symptoms associated with these common causes of Back/Neck pain are often similar and upon diagnosing the problem, Physical Therapy is essential in relieving pain and restoring overall movement and function
Massage Therapy
Orthopedic Conditions
Gait Disorders
Gait Disorders are very common in the adult population and increase with aging. 62% of people over the age of 75 have experienced or have a gait disorder/impairment whether neurological or non-neurological. Gait disorders may include: shuffling, staggering, imbalance, dragging your feet, etc. all of which can result in falls. There are many causes of gait disorders to include neurological causes, underlying medical conditions, injury, orthopedic conditions, arthritis of lower extremity joints, lower extremity weakness, just to name a few. After a thorough assessment of the problem, our therapists at LaFayette Physical Therapy can develop a specialized program to meet your specific needs. Allow LaFayette Physical Therapy to assist in your journey to recovery one step at a time.
Post-Op Conditions
Balance and Fall Prevention Program
Have you become afraid to move due to fear of falling? Do you feel unsteady when standing or walking? Have you had any recent falls? Are you having trouble with your balance?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, LaFayette Physical Therapy has the solution for you!
More than 1/3 of adults 65 and almost half of people over the age of 80 will fall at least once this year. Falls are the most common cause of non-fatal injuries and hospital admission for trauma.
Falls can diminish your ability to lead an active and independent life. There are usually several reasons for a fall and the more risk factors you have the greater your risk.
LaFayette Physical Therapy can help by conducting a screening. If the screening shows that you are at risk, our Physical Therapist will perform a thorough evaluation, design an individualized exercise/training program to improve your overall balance,strength, and confidence.
Give us a call today to schedule a balance assessment. 706-638-5983
Mulligan Manual Therapy
Mulligan Manual Therapy is a manual technique originated by Brian Mulligan of New Zealand that is provided in the treatment of musculoskeletal injuries. It can be utilized in the extremities as well as in the spine. This treatment is ideal for both acute and chronic pain, loss of motion/function, relief of headaches, etc. Once pain is relieved and there is a significant improvement in function, the patient is then taught self-techniques to maintain goals.
LaTefa Terry, PT, DPT, CMP, is our certified Mulligan Practitioner and is able to provide this unique hands-on approach to therapy.
Industrial Rehabilitation
You currently suffer great costs related directly and indirectly to Workers Compensation and workplace injury-health issues. The question before us is how may we effectively reduce these costs. The most responsible issue to consider is not “how much we may cost” but, rather, “how much we may save you.”
Physical Therapists specializing in workplace health have developed several programs and strategies that have been very effective at reducing MSD injuries, claims, and costs. In order to avoid re-inventing the wheel, we are consulting with one such physical therapy group on this to replicate what has worked so well for them and their client workplaces.
LaFayette Physical Therapy’s workplace health program patterned after SmartCare’s NO LOST TIME has evolved over a 20-year period within more than 500 workplaces. These companies have seen a 72 percent decrease in MSD lost days and costs. This is a program worthy of duplication at your company.
Runaway Worker Comp claims and costs are often the result of several fixable issues. The first step is for us to do a NEEDS ANALYSIS whereby we examine the OSHA 300 logs to identify trends and priorities, plus carry out an ergonomics risks screening of all jobs. This will allow you and us to realize precisely what are the problems so we can set practical and cost-effective priorities in an ACTION PLAN.
The next step is for us to provide an MSD SCHOOL seminar to all leaders in the company (managers, supervisors, team leaders, and union officers if you are a union shop.) This is a four hour seminar to make everyone in leadership a committed expert on the nature of the problems and choices available to fix them. The target is ignorance about the issues, as ignorance is the source of most costs. This seminar introduces numerous effective MSD prevention strategies the company may employ to reduce MSD claims, as well as injury management and return to work processes that minimize lost time and Worker Comp costs.
The next step is an employee-based MSD SCHOOL teaching employees how to protect themselves from MSD problems. This is a two-hour training session that introduces several effective MSD prevention tactics.
Once everyone in the company is educated about the problem and how to abate it, we can then be far more effective at other processes such as injury treatment, pre & post employment screening, restricted duty controls, and more.
North Georgia and Chattanooga area employers benefit from our Industrial Rehabilitation and Worker’s Compensation programs to help restore the health, mobility, and range of motion of injured employees who have experienced loss of motion.