what to expect during your appointment
at red hammer rehab we strive to give you the best patient care around. you will always spend the entire time you have booked with the doctor. this will include evaluation, manual therapy, treatment, education, and sometimes exercise prescription any modalities such as electrical stimulation or heat will be used after your booked appointment time.
as an added service, patients may get emailed exercise videos/handouts as well as a detailed treatment game plan depending on the complexity of the case. every patient will always have unlimited email access to the specific doctor at any time to assist with a full and complete return to activity.
as an added service, patients may get emailed exercise videos/handouts as well as a detailed treatment game plan depending on the complexity of the case. every patient will always have unlimited email access to the specific doctor at any time to assist with a full and complete return to activity.
alignment adjustment![]() doctors of physical therapy are highly educated in orthopaedic manipulations and are the safest and most effective practitioners of these techniques. at red hammer rehab we are no exception and drs. north and morrison have been extensively trained to use the most advanced manipulation techniques. most patients never think of a dpt when needing to get their cervical, thoracic, or lumbar spine manipulated/adjusted, but that stereotype is changing quickly. check out this link from evidence in motion on this idea. come in to get your alignment checked, fixed, or adjusted. this is a half hour appointment and modality will be used at the end of the appointment and plan on being in the clinic for 50 minutes.
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dry needling![]() integrative dry needling fuses filament needles to inoculate minor lesions into the soft tissues (skin, muscles, fascia, tendon and ligament, etc) to activate the healing process, resulting in pain relief and restoration of healthy physiology.
the pathophysiology of myofascial pain involves sensitization of central nervous system and peripheral nervous system, soft tissue dysfunction, which includes a number of histological abnormalities and molecular events and musculoskeletal biomechanical imbalance. this is a half hour appointment and modality will be used at the end of the appointment and plan on being in the clinic for 50 minutes. |