Physical Therapy

Our therapists use specific skilled techniques and equipment to help you regain or improve your quality of life. We treat, neuromuscular and integumentary issues to increase strength, flexibility, aerobic capacity and improve fundamental abilities for daily activities as well as provide the following benefits:

• Assessment of gait (step length, weight distribution, speed, distance and time) using biofeedback for re-training
• Sports rehab  
• Concussion care
• Vestibular and Balance
• Educate on injury prevention and disease management
• fall prevention add interventions
• Improve motor function
• Improve posture and body mechanics with education and ergonomic training
• Managing pain (acute and chronic)
• Neck and back pain
• Neurological rehabilitation (Stroke, TBI, spinal cord injury, Parkinson’s, MS…)
• Orthopedic
• Pediatric
• Regaining function-mobility, ADL's (activities of daily living), and RTW (return to work)
• Use of assistive devices, adaptive equipment, orthotic and/or prosthetic training
• Pre/post-surgical and post injury, musculoskeletal

Vestibular Rehabilitation promotes strengthening the central nervous system through specialized treatments to compensate for inner ear dysfunction. These treatments assist with many vestibular problems, including Benign Proximal Positional Vertigo, Ménière's Disease, Labyrinthitis, and Vestibular Neuritis.

Resolutions of Symptoms 

Benign Paroximal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) is the most common cause of vertigo. It is the result of the crystals of the canal shifting into the wrong position. This generally occurs when turning in bed, bending or looking up causing episodes of vertigo (dizziness). 

Infection or Inflammation can be caused by a viral infection and can affect hearing (labyrinthitis). The semi circular canals can swell and send incorrect signals to the brain causing episodes of vertigo that can last for hours or days. The first episode is usually the worst and can cause loss of hearing.

Ménière's Disease is a common condition in which too much fluid builds up in the ear canals. The buildup causes increased pressure and swelling affecting both balance and hearing. Episodes of vertigo can last for hours with fluctuating hearing problems, usually worse in one ear and worsens over time. It causes a feeling of fullness, pressure in the ear, buzzing and/or ringing in the ears (tinnitus).

Vestibular Rehabilitation Includes:

• Education
• Exercises 
• Fall Prevention & Safety
• Improve ADL's / Lifestyle
• Community Re-entry

Are you experiencing pain, muscle tightness, limited movement, or headaches?

If so, you may benefit from Dry Needling. Dry Needling (DN), or Intramuscular Manual Therapy (IMT), is a manual technique in which small, solid microfilament needles are inserted into muscular points to relax the muscle, reduce pain, and improve function.

While the same needles are used for acupuncture, DN is not. DN interrupts the physiological dysfunction, which causes the muscle to tighten. This causes the muscle to relax, removes the source of irritation, and increases electrical activity to promote healing. Once this is achieved, the muscle may require strengthening and/or retraining to function correctly.

Dry Needling requires evaluation by a trained professional with extensive knowledge of the nervous and muscular systems, orthopaedics, and DN techniques. The staff performing this procedure at Knox Community Hospital’s Center for Rehabilitation & Wellness have undergone extensive training and testing on the techniques and are experiencing very good clinical results.

Patient Feedback 

“A muscle was released in my hip region, which allowed me to touch my toes for the first time and sit through a church service without pain!”

“I can’t believe my pain is completely gone!”

“I feel much looser, can I give you a hug!”

“I didn’t even feel the needle! Just a muscle twitch.”

If you feel that Dry Needling may benefit you, please call 740.393.9670.

Aquatics 

Our aquatic therapy uses water resistance to help you rehabilitate after an injury or chronic illness. Our 90° pool is excellent for pain relief while exercising shoulders, back, hips, knees, and ankles. Buoyancy enables partial weight-bearing when full weight-bearing is impossible or too painful.

• Increase in muscular strength and endurance
• Increase in peripheral circulation
• Improvement of body awareness, balance/trunk stability
• Improvement of respiratory muscles
• Promotion of muscular relaxation with an increase in joint movements
• Reduction of pain and sensitivity

Participating in an aquatic program requires complete control of the bowel and bladder.

Our Aqua Classes

AquaHealth

This class is a recreational exercise class in warm water designed to accommodate the abilities of individuals with arthritis and other related musculoskeletal conditions (each person exercises at their own pace).

AquaFit

Get fit with this 60-minute challenging workout! Aqua Fit class uses water's natural resistance and buoyancy against your body to provide various conditioning and cardiovascular activities. Each aspect of the class works to increase aerobic fitness and muscle tone while having fun in the water.

Call us to inquire about class times at 740.393.9875. We would love to see you there!

• Pediatric physical therapists work with children and their families to improve a child’s ability to move safely and independently in their home, school, and community.
• We help infants learn gross motor skills such as rolling, sitting, crawling, and walking. We treat torticollis, positional plagiocephaly, low muscle tone, and gross motor delays.
• We work with toddlers and older children to help improve strength, balance, and coordination so they can learn to run, jump, safely go up and down stairs, and catch and throw balls. So they can participate to the best of their ability with siblings, family members, and peers.  
• We also work with children with a variety of injuries and illnesses.
  • These include concussion, broken bones, sprains, autism, muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, down syndrome, and any other diagnoses interfering with a child’s ability to move and function independently.