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More Effective Back, Neck and Joint Care

The ATM2 (Active Therapeutic Movement) Machine at Paso Robles Physical Therapy

Back, neck and joint care is more than just treatment protocols at Paso Robles Physical Therapy. It’s a program of one-on-one care from a licensed, skilled physical therapist. And it’s designed to get patients out of pain and back to function as quickly and safely as possible.

Low back problems, for example, are second only to the common cold as the most frequent cause of lost workdays among working adults 45 and under. Our industrial back school teaches employees and employers how to minimize or avoid on-the-job back injuries.

Our back and neck care program has helped everyone from competitive athletes to pregnant women and working people. Our joint care program has helped everyone from retirees who have had joint replacement surgery to athletes with knee (ACL), shoulder (rotator cuff ), elbow and ankle injuries and working people.

Our physical therapists emphasize one-on-one treatment to assist each patient according to the nature of their pain and specific injury. Their treatments include:

• Patient education with a focus on home exercise programs for mobility, strengthening, stabilization and protective body mechanics to restore function and help avoid future injury.
• Treatment of spinal conditions with the ATM2. The ATM2 is a relatively new device in the field of PT. ATM stands for "active therapeutic movement" and the device as pictured here allows for stabilization of the painful spinal region to allow pai-free movement. After stabilization and pain free movement is obtained, the individual performs isometric exercises to re-train the body to move without pain. The staff at PRPT has found the device to be very helpful in the restoration of pain-free spinal movement. Visit www.backproject.com to learn more.
• Sacroiliac joint dysfunction assessment and mobilization/stabilization to address pelvis-related pain.
• Strain-counterstrain, a treatment technique designed to greatly reduce muscle pain.
• Joint and muscle mobilization techniques that are designed to restore range of motion and reduce pain.
• Modalities such as cervical and lumbar traction, interferential current (TENS), ultrasound, heat and ice that are used appropriately to help reduce pain, inflammation and muscle guarding.