Physical Therapy at Briarcliff & Jefferson Valley, P.C.

We are very proud of the high quality of services offered and our ongoing efforts to continually improve and provide exceptional service. One of the keys to our success is the proper supervision and training of our professional and administrative staff. To maintain their high level of expertise, all of our professional staff update their skills through continuing education courses. In addition, there are regularly scheduled in service programs where our staff can present to each other current topics in physical therapy. These sessions also may feature outside physicians making presentations so that our staff can gain a better perspective of current developments in medicine. Our administrative staff also attends continuing education courses so that they can remain current in regulatory, billing and reimbursement matters.


Services
Orthopedic, Sports & Neurological Rehabilitation:
Our offices evaluate and treat the following conditions and injuries:

Orthopedic, sports & neurological rehab
Back and neck pain; spinal stenosis
Rotator cuff disorders and repairs
Shoulder impingement, adhesive capsulitis
Arthritis (osteo and rheumatoid)
Tendonitis
Repetitive motion injuries
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Chronic pain management
Pre-surgery conditioning & post-surgical rehabilitation (arthroscopic, acl and other ligament reconstruction and joint replacement procedures)
TMJ disorder treatment

Whether you are in the beginning or at the end of your rehabilitation, aquatic physical therapy can provide an effective way to increase strength, flexibility and endurance.

Our Programs:
One-on-One Pool Therapy
W.E.T. Stretching (Water Exercise Therapy)

Alternative and complementary therapies are finding their way into our society as an additional choice in health care. Non conventional therapies are being chosen, especially for treatment of chronic illness as a way of remaining healthy and well, and for preventing disease and decline in overall function, both physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually.

Beginning January 26, 2010, we will be offering at our Briarcliff office a special gentle yoga class for patients that have osteopenia, osteoporosis, and chronic back pain conditions. This supervised class will be held every Tuesday from 2:00 – 3:00 PM and will be instructed by physical therapist Lynn Culbertson, DPT who is also a certified yoga instructor.

With the help of our "Fibromyalgia Self-Empowerment Program," individuals diagnosed with this debilitating syndrome may better understand and manage their own symptoms. Our objective is to empower women and men with information and support in order that they may control the fatigue, pain and depression often associated with fibromyalgia.

One-on-one and group treatment sessions focus on such elements related to wellness as exercise, body mechanics, meditation and relaxation. In addition, during the one-on-one treatment sessions, gentle hands-on techniques such as myofascial release, strain/counterstrain and massage are utilized for pain management.

Designed by a team of physical therapists and rheumatologists, this program is a unique and dynamic approach to treating fibromyalgia. Patients who have completed the course report feeling as if "they are on the right track" to living a healthier lifestyle; many also describe how they have incorporated into their routine various tools to which we have introduced them.

Work conditioning is the development of an exercise program that best assists the return to a specific job. Flexibility, strength and endurance components will be taught to the patient.

Used for the treatment of persistent dizziness, nausea, and postural instability due to incomplete compensation of the vestibular or central nervous system. Specific exercises are designed to promote central nervous system compensation for the inner ear deficits or correct the pathology of the inner ear.