Glossary of Terms
Glossary of Medical Terms
Laser Therapy
Function and use of laser technique is to treat acute and chronic pain disorder resulted from muscles strain and sprain, inflammation of joints. This combination along with lumbar decompression techniques and natural injection help people recover from nagging pain of arthritis, auto accident injuries, neck/lumbar herniated disc and/or s/p operation of joints and muscles in days not weeks and months.
Functional Capacity Evaluation
This is a special evaluation designed to determine the level of physical capacity of an injured worker to resume his or her prior work duty.
Industrial Rehabilitation
This is a preventive program to assess employers or employees risk of injury while at work. The program helps by evaluating work sites environment, educates employers and employees in high risk, and provides treatment to injured workers.
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Provision of physical and occupational therapy treatment to people who suffer from physical ailments, s/p operation, back, neck, shoulders, knees pain, amputation rehab and lymphedema management.
Sport and Recreation injuries
High tech treatments are available to help individuals recovered from sports or recreational injuries.
Chronic and acute injuries
Excellent results from a variety of new techniques used to treat chronic pain due to arthritis or injuries resulted from slip and fall, auto accident, and headache to name just a few.
Motor vehicle accident injuries
Bodily injuries resulted from a car accident. Treatment is designed to prevent permanent disability. Complete recovery and body function after completing program.
Worker’s compensation
Program is to treat people who get injured at work with the goal to return the injured employees to his or her maximum functionality and to be able to return to work.
Disability Conditions
Treatment for stroke victims, amputation, Parkinson disease, or any Physical ailments that hamper an individual functional ADLs.
Geriatric Rehabilitation
Fall prevention program, treatment for chronic and acute pain due to arthritis, treatment for joints replacement, pain management, and mobility training.
Amputation Rehabilitation
Prosthetic management and rehabilitation therapy is available after amputation of an upper and or lower limb.
Women's health
Treatment for urinary incontinence due to weak bladder and pelvic floor dysfunction.
Electromyography/EMG Biofeedback
This technique is designed to eliminate muscle spasm from acute injuries. It is an excellent tool to strengthen and retrain muscle for their respective activity. Research has proven the use of EMG biofeedback to be beneficial to stroke victims with improved brain plasticity thereby reducing paralysis to affected limbs.
Pain Management
Using various treatment techniques, we can help patients live with less, be more functional, and allow the body to heal over time. Not all pain are the same and some pain are considered chronic which is why we look for ways to help you minimize or manage the pain for best possible outcome.
