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Physical therapy plays an important role in the treatment of orthopedic conditions. Orthopedic rehabilitation focuses on problems of the musculoskeletal system such as bones, joints, tendons, muscles and ligaments.

Our trained therapists will help you design and perform a program that is best suited to help you reach your maximum level of efficient movement. We offer each patient an individualized course of recovery created to restore the patient’s activity, increase mobility, build strength, and gain flexibility.

Dutch PT stands out as a leader in providing comprehensive spine care and is recognized by local pain management specialists/surgeons/physicians as the spine specialist. The spine is very complex and consists of many joints, soft tissue, spinal cord, and nerves that run to your arms and legs.

One of the keys to managing back or neck pain is to actively engage in rehabilitation and exercise. At Dutch PT we will help educate you to understand how to regain control over your pain. Our physical therapists will work with you to tailor the exercise program to your specific condition and pain level.

Each treatment program will include a combination of pain control and mobility, strengthening, and postural reeducation. From the beginning of therapy prevention skills, home exercises, and self-treatment techniques will be emphasized to ensure maximum results.

Back and neck pain is almost always treatable and will respond to conservative treatment. Additionally, with proper education and appropriate exercise programs re-injury can be prevented.

Physical therapy offers a wide assortment of successful treatments for conditions such as (but is not limited to):

• Disc pain
• Pinched Nerves
• Radiculopathy
• Degenerative Disc Disease
• Degenerative Joint Disease
• Cervical Headaches and Migraines
• Arthritis
• Muscle Spasms
• Spine related pain
• Piriformis Syndrome
• Spondylolisthesis
• Spondylosis
• Scoliosis
• Trauma or Injury
• Fibromyalgia

Returning to normal activities and sports after surgery can be a challenging task, let us shorten your road to recovery. Pre and post surgical physical therapy speeds up your recovery time and reduces the risk of re-injury.

A pre-surgical program can improve your strength and flexibility, help you better handle the stress of surgery, and in some cases avoid surgery altogether. If you have already had surgery, we will work with you and your surgeon to develop a rehabilitation program aimed to enhance recovery and help you restore full motion and flexibility.

We offer a wide variety of treatments for procedures such as (but not limited to):

• Total Knee Replacement
• Total Hip Replacement
• Reverse Shoulder Replacement
• Labral Repair
• Meniscus Repair
• Knee, Shoulder, Knee, Hip Scope
• Lumbar Fusion
• Laminectomy
• Laser Procedures
• Radiofrequency Ablation (Nerve Burn)

Chronic pain is any discomfort, suffering or unpleasant sensation that lasts for more than 3- 6 months or beyond an expected healing time. It can also be a result of incorrect care. Chronic pain will affect each person experiencing it differently and can be made worse by environmental and social factors.

Chronic pain is more often seen in the neck, back, and conditions such as fibromyalgia. However, chronic pain can be experienced with any injury or in any region of the body. At Dutch PT our physical therapists are specialized in identifying and differentiating these types of signs and symptoms. The therapists are skilled to work with chronic pain patients to reduce their pain and restore their activity to the highest possible levels.

Chronic pain is often resistant to many medical treatments and pain medication. Often times the pain itself is treated leaving the cause to continue. Through the help of physical therapy, we can find the source of the pain and develop a treatment program designed to alleviate, self treat, and prevent your chronic pain.

We understand that a work related injury can your duties in other areas of your life begins to suffer as well. At Dutch PT we offer comprehensive physical therapy programs tailored to meet your exact needs and get you back on the job.

A few types of work related injuries that improve with physical therapy: Carpal tunnel syndrome, back and neck injuries, arthritis, hip, knee and ankle injuries.

The goal of our sports injury rehabilitation program at Dutch PT is to restore flexibility, strength, posture, endurance and mechanics, while increasing mobility, balance, agility, technique, and sports specific strengthening.

With a full program facilitated by a physical therapist, you will receive expert care by someone who shares your passion for sports and understands your goals. They will help you return to your activity quickly and give you the knowledge to prevent further sports related injuries.

The most commonly treated sport injuries include, but are not limited to:

• Muscle strain
• Joint sprain
• Meniscus tear
• ACL tear
• Runner’s knee
• ITB syndrome
• Rotator cuff tendinitis
• Labral tear
• Swimmer’s shoulder
• Tennis elbow
• Golfer’s elbow
• Muscle spasm

Dutch Physical Therapy was the first to offer the AlterG in the Baton Rouge area and the only to offer it at all three locations in Baton Rouge and Denham Springs. Un -weighted therapy with the AlterG is beneficial for patients recovering from an orthopedic injury or surgery, needing neurological retraining, weight loss and weight control, or strengthening and conditioning.

The AlterG has been proven safer and more effective than aqua jogging and aquatic therapy because you are able maintain normal mechanics and your feet touch the ground, thus allowing you to maintain a normal gait without the added resistance of water.

It also allows for a faster recovery time than traditional therapy. With anti-gravity therapy, a person with a broken hip or serious knee injury can begin walking 2-4 weeks earlier than with traditional therapy. The AlterG works so well at conditioning athletes and injuries that is it used by the LA Lakers, Dallas Cowboys, Manchester United, and many other professional sports teams as well as Olympic training facilities.

Neurological rehabilitation is designed for people with diseases, trauma, or disorders of the nervous system. Our program at Dutch PT is focused on tailoring a treatment designed to improve the well-being of individuals who suffer or have suffered from neurological conditions such as stroke, trauma, infections, degeneration, structural defects, tumors, and blood flow disruption. Frequent visited outpatient diagnoses seen at Dutch PT are (but not limited to): carpal tunnel syndrome, peripheral neuropathy, tarsal tunnel, Bell’s palsy, bppv (benign paroxysmal positional vertigo), and dizziness.

Most people recover completely from their motor vehicle accident after receiving medical treatment. Some injuries require a rehabilitation program to return to normal life. At Dutch PT we aim to return you to a level of function and quality of life comparable with your pre injury level. We do not want you to become a statistic who never fully recovered from a past accident.