Physical Therapy at our Fort Collins Location
Scott Family Health offers physical therapy in Fort Collins and the surrounding areas. Our techniques and treatment plans are designed to help you regain or improve the mobility in your joints so that you can live pain-free. We approach physical therapy with a holistic approach, coordinating our treatment with other medical treatments you may be undergoing in order to elevate your physical, mental, and even emotional health. If you are experiencing pain while performing common tasks or have been involved in an accident that has affected your mobility, our team is here to help.
Benefits of Massage Therapy
There are many different benefits of physical therapy. Here are a few reasons why you may want to reach out to us to schedule a consultation:
- Reduce or even completely eliminate pain caused by damage to soft tissues and joints.
- Improve mobility issues caused by injuries, arthritis, or other conditions.
- Work with an expert to determine the best mobility exercises or tools for your needs so you get the maximum benefits of those exercises/tools without the risk of injuring yourself further.
- Physical therapy is a non-surgical option that can relieve pain without the use of medication, making it ideal for those who do not want to take pills or undergo a procedure.
- Overcome balance issues so you can reduce or even eliminate your risk of falling.
Physical therapy can help you manage a variety of vascular conditions, diabetes, and various age-related health issues such as osteoporosis. It can also help with cardiac rehabilitation following a stroke or a heart attack and even reduce the risk of lung disease.
- Pediatric PT is designed for children and can help them build up muscle or relieve the pain that can come from hitting a growth spurt.
- For elderly patents, geriatric therapy helps individuals deal with common issues that tend to affect older people. It also helps them learn how to compensate for injured or weakened muscles, regain balance, and improve mobility.
- Neurological physical therapy helps patients who have neurological issues related to the spine or brain.
- Cardiovascular physical therapy improves the heart, the cardiovascular system, and the circulatory system.
- Vestibular rehabilitation is designed for those who have lost their sense of balance due to vertigo, inner ear issues, or other problems. It helps strengthen the leg and back muscles to improve steadiness.
- Orthopedic PT focuses on repairing or mitigating the long-term damage from certain types of injuries, including a sports injury.
Types of Massage Therapy
- Pediatric PT is designed for children and can help them build up muscle or relieve the pain that can come from hitting a growth spurt.
- For elderly patents, geriatric therapy helps individuals deal with common issues that tend to affect older people. It also helps them learn how to compensate for injured or weakened muscles, regain balance, and improve mobility.
- Neurological physical therapy helps patients who have neurological issues related to the spine or brain.
- Cardiovascular physical therapy improves the heart, the cardiovascular system, and the circulatory system.
- Vestibular rehabilitation is designed for those who have lost their sense of balance due to vertigo, inner ear issues, or other problems. It helps strengthen the leg and back muscles to improve steadiness.
- Orthopedic PT focuses on repairing or mitigating the long-term damage from certain types of injuries, including a sports injury.
Do You Need Massage Therapy?
- You have arthritis.
- You suffer from neck pain.
- Your lower back often hurts.
- You have an orthopedic condition such as a fracture.
- You’re recovering from cancer.
- You suffer from weakness and chronic fatigue.
- You have pain in or difficulty moving your foot, ankle, or knee.
- You need to improve your strength or overall physical condition before or after a surgery.
- Your shoulder, hand, arm, or wrist hurt or you are dealing with a chronic disorder such as tennis elbow or carpal tunnel.
- You have suffered a stroke, heart attack, or injury to your head or spinal cord.
- You were injured in a slip and fall accident, vehicle accident, or other type of work accident.
- You were injured playing sports.
What You Can Expect
When you schedule an appointment for physical therapy in Fort Collins, you may not know what to expect. If you’ve never had physical therapy before, you may even be concerned about what it will entail or if it will be painful.
The first thing you will do is meet with one of our team members for an evaluation. If your primary care physician recommended you seek out a physical therapist, they may have already sent over your medical records. Even if they have, we will still want to talk to you about your pain, mobility issues, and other conditions that have pushed you to visit us. We will also do a physical examination and may even order additional testing. All of this is done to make certain we know all of the underlying issues so we can build the right treatment plan.
Once all of that is done, we will give you a formal diagnosis and explain exactly what has happened to your body. Once you understand the issue, we will outline how physical therapy helps with the type of injury you have. We will work out a schedule for your physical therapy sessions.
In some cases, you may need to come to our office once a week or even several times a week to start with. During these sessions, one of our staff members will work with you on exercises. We may also give you some exercises to work through at home. At first, you may find that these exercises do leave you feeling a little sore. However, they should never cause pain. If they do, immediately let us know and stop doing the exercise. You should feel like you have worked the target muscles, not injured them.
As you gain strength and mobility, we may reduce the frequency of your sessions with us. Eventually, you may only need to exercise at home. We may want you to come in periodically for a checkup. If you have a chronic condition, of course, you may need to continue to come in for sessions as needed.
Meet Our Doctors
Alyssa Zolper, DPT
Alyssa graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2018 with her doctorate degree in physical therapy. She has her bachelors in Exercise Science from Illinois State University. Since graduating, she has spent time practicing in every setting imaginable, as a physical therapist, growing her knowledge in all aspects of PT. She has a passion for improving the lives of others through movement and doesn’t plan on stopping any time soon.
Richard Johnson, PTA
Richard earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Exercise Science from Fort Lewis College. He then continued his education to earn an Associated in Applied Science as a Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) from Morgan Community College.
Richard has experience working with athletes at the Division I and II level, developing strength/conditioning programs and teaching proper weightlifting technique.
Richard has a passion and enjoyment for maintaining the knowledge and skills to keep people moving to better enjoy what life has to offer.