Services

Treatment and Services Offered

• MEDICAL
• CHIROPRACTIC
• PHYSICAL THERAPY
• PHYSIOTHERAPEUTIC MODALITIES
• REGIONAL MASSAGE THERAPY
• CLASS III and IV LASERS
• DIGITAL X-RAY
• WORK CONDITIONING or WORK HARDENING PROGRAM
• DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT or (DME)
• HOME EXERCISE PROGRAM or (HEP)
• THERMOGRAPHIC STUDY
• STATIC ELECTROMYOGRAPHY
• DYNAMIC ELECTROMYOGRAPHY

Chiropractic

Often when there is injury’s either in the spine, or extremity, we will find that the internal bones will be partially displaced causing pinched nerves in the spine, or extremity with further joint pain and clicking in the extremity joints because of the misalignment. When this is found, it is necessary for the Chiropractic Physician to assess the misalignment and properly align the displaced vertebrae or extremity bone, back into its proper position, so that the joint can heal. When there is injury, the bones that are displaced, will often be because of ligamentous disruption stretching this fibrous fascia beyond its normal range into a Grade I, II, or III Sprain that then leaves the joint vulnerable for further pain and bony misalignment. Whether in the spine or in the extremity, the bone needs to be manipulated back with what we call a “Chiropractic Manipulative Therapeutic” procedure or (CMT). The biggest mistake made with an injured patient and most therapy facilities, is that they begin rehabilitation or Physical Therapy right away without modality use such as e-stim or ultrasound, laser, etc…and they try to perform therapy on the joints that have misalignments and do not correct them because they do not know how. The patient NEVER gets better because of the vertebral subluxation or the misaligned bone either in the spine or in the extremity leaving the patient still with pain after months of Physical Therapy.

At Accident and Injury Rehab Center, you will get the very best in treatment, and diagnosis, making sure that CMT procedures are implemented within your treatment protocol as needed. This way, your Physical Therapy will be built upon a solid foundation allowing you to heal properly with chances of very little, if any, future problems long term or ongoing pain.

Physiotherapeutic Modalities

Modality use is often overlooked at most therapy centers which we believe to be a big mistake! We are of the opinion that using different forms of modalities or physiotherapy will make you feel better and assist you, the patient, in healing much quicker and more efficiently, if applied correctly. It helps reduce the swelling and pain when used often. Most therapy centers may use a hot pack or some simple stimulation but we often find, they use nothing and perform mainly exercise protocols. We believe that the most important thing we can offer, is initial care using only modalities in most cases, to reduce your pain and inflammation or swelling from the injury. Modalities such as Ultrasound, Muscle Stimulation, Cold Laser Therapy or Infrared, Diathermy or Hot/Cold Packs and many different forms of muscle stimulation such as Galvanic Muscle Stimulation, Interferential Current Stimulation, Direct Stimulation, Russian Stimulation depending on the injury or injury site, etc.. will help reduce the pain, the swelling and truly prepare you for the next phase of care, namely, Rehabilitation or Therapeutic Exercise. This next phase would be the machines and exercise above we previously talked about.

At Accident and Injury Rehab Center, we only use tried and tested protocols that work best for your injury outcomes, with a comfortable and satisfying feel. We are confident that you will be pleased with your treatment provided.

Class III And IV Lasers

There is much research and study on laser light therapy. Light therapy, depending of course on the wavelength, could be very healing. The wavelength is what determines the depth ratio into the tissue and therefore, it is important to utilize the right laser. We have the very best laser machines that perform at many different wavelengths for superficial and deeper therapeutic measure. These are very powerful lasers and very useful for accelerating the healing of the injury, particularly with injuries which just do not seem to be getting better, the laser is perfect for this!

Light therapy as well, can be very rewarding when applied. The more powerful lasers must be performed with goggles or eyewear for protection and the CLASS III lasers can be performed most often without, however, we make sure all patients wear eye protection with CLASS III as well. Quite simply, at Accident and Injury Rehab Center, we have determined the most important type of therapeutic adjuncts for injury care and laser care is certainly the most cutting edge and will routinely be utilized with your treatment protocols at our center.

Work Conditioning or Work Hardening

From time to time, a patient will be ordered by the doctor to perform a work conditioning or work hardening protocol from either their Doctor, our Clinic Director, or from one of our Medical Providers. This is a specialized program that prepares you for your job position. In other words, let’s say you injured your lower spine and did not quite get back to full pre-injury status. You plateaued with your care and were not getting any better after receiving physical therapy and medical attention. You now are ordered to perform a work conditioning program. This could also come from the medical provider that performed surgery on you and is now asking for a work conditioning program. You then, must perform for 2-4 week, 4 hours per day, 5 days per week, a work conditioning program that will better prepare you for your position at work. This means applying different exercises, cardio work, bending and stooping and lifting exercises, over and over, to help strengthen your core and your injured body part, what ever it might be. Our Doctors and Therapists will evaluate your work that you are expected to perform and then the work conditioning program is put together surrounding this very important information, to prepare you for your back to work order.

After 30 days of this conditioning program, you are then re-evaluated and then sent over for an FCE or Functional Capacity Evaluation. This allows the Doctor to see your performance with a 4 hour capacity evaluation at your best output. This will be what your final work restrictions will be. We then release you back to work with the permanent work restrictions allowing you to go back into the work force but with the proper restrictions needed for you to be successful. At times, unfortunately, the restrictions will be too much and disallow you to return. This is when it is necessary for you to go through what we call VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION and learn a new trade. But the conditioning exercise program, is a perfect start to a better ending with your work injury. Keep in mind that this conditioning will not apply to you if you have been injured in a car, in most cases.

In short, understand that going to Accident and Injury Rehab Center is the only place for your work injury treatment and work conditioning. Your number one place to go in the mid-west.

Home Exercise Program

During your stay with us, and part of your treatment protocol, we will implement almost right away, within the first 2 weeks of care with us, a “Home Exercise Program” that you may do some simple exercises and stretches at home. This is so important for many reasons, but most commonly, because it allows you to accelerate your healing. Further, if you experience a more serious injury and need surgery, your post-surgical protocol will most definitely have a good HEP as part of your post-surgical treatment. The HEP is regulated by our clinic director and our certified therapists so if for any reason, something isn’t working for you, then you can easily talk with us about your concerns and we can easily change the home care protocols that may not be working for you. It is important to us that you perform these protocols most every day, but what is most important, is your happiness and commitment to the accepted outcome that is expected.

At Accident and Injury Rehab Center, we are always making sure that your Home Exercise Program will be the very best for you.