OUR PHYSICAL THERAPY SERVICES
WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP
Learn about the services, treatments and conditions we treat
At Premiere Performance Physical Therapy we offer concierge one-on-one outpatient physical therapy and fitness training at our location in Plantation, FL or our clients location within a 15 mile radius. Our Physical Therapist treats a variety of illnesses, injuries and conditions. Whether you are looking for injury rehabilitation, injury prevention or sports performance training, we have the services for you.
Looking to improve your physical fitness? At Premiere Performance Physical Therapy you will learn how to improve pre-existing mechanical and/or pain limitations to perform exercises correctly for your body and achieve the goals you are looking for.
Concierge Physical Therapy : Evaluation & Treatment
Need in-home physical therapy treatment on-demand? Our concierge Physical Therapy services comes to you, working around your life and schedule.
Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Rehabilitation
Our South Florida physical therapist is trained to efficiently rehabilitate a variety of conditions related to orthopedic or sports-related injuries.
Pre and Post-Operative Rehabilitation
Our Physical Therapist in South Florida offers both pre- and post-operative rehabilitation to help ensure successful recovery before and after a surgery.
Vertigo Assessment and Treatment
Our Physical therapists is trained with the latest treatment techniques to address common causes of vertigo and disequilibrium.
Dry Needling
Dry needling is a part of modern Western medicine principles and supported by research for treating myofascial pain and movement impairments.
Personal Functional Fitness Training
Our Physical Therapist and skilled South Florida Personal Trainer can customize a work out catered towards your training goals.
DRY NEEDLING
What You Need to Know
What is Dry Needling?
Dry needling is a technique physical therapists use (where allowed by state law) for the treatment of myofascial pain and movement impairments. The technique uses a thin "dry" filiform needle, one without medication or injection substance, inserted through the skin into trigger point areas of the muscle.
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Other terms commonly used to describe dry needling, include trigger point dry needling, and intramuscular manual therapy.
Dry needling is not acupuncture, a practice based on traditional Chinese medicine and performed by acupuncturists. Dry needling is a part of modern Western medicine principles and supported by research for treating myofascial pain and movement impairments.
What is a Trigger Point?
Myofascial Trigger Points are hard, discrete, palpable nodules in a taut band of skeletal muscle located within a larger muscle group that may be spontaneously painful (i.e. active), or painful only on compression (i.e. latent).
How Does Dry Needling Help?
Physical therapists use dry needling to release or inactivate myofascial trigger points to relieve pain coming from the muscle or improve range of motion from muscle tension. Preliminary research supports that dry needling improves pain control, reduces muscle tension, and normalizes dysfunctions of the motor end plates, the sites at which nerve impulses are transmitted to muscles. This can help speed up the patient's return to active rehabilitation.
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In cases when physical therapists use dry needling, it is one technique that is part of a larger treatment plan. Physical therapists who perform dry needling obtain knowledge by participating in specific postgraduate education and training for pain management of myofascial pain and dysfunction conditions.
References
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Cummings MT, White AR. Needling therapies in the management of myofascial trigger point pain: a systematic review. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2001;82(7):986–992. Free Article.
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Kalichman L, Vulfsons S. Dry needling in the management musculoskeletal pain. J Am Board Fam Med. 2010;23(5):640–646. Free Article.
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TYPES OF TREATMENTS OFFERED
Strength Training
Neuromotor Proprioceptive Stability Trauning
Spinal & Extremity Joint Mobilization
Conditioning Training
Balance and Gait Training
Manual Therapy
Kinesio Taping
Injury Prevention
Corrective Functional Exercises
Cupping
CONDITIONS TREATED
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Sports Injuries
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Balance Issues
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Ankle/Foot Pain
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
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Hip Pain
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Tendinitis
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Nerve Entrapment
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Frozen Shoulder
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Headache
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Herniated Disc
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Bursitis
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Joint Replacements
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Knee Pain
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Low Back Pain
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Neck Pain
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Osteoarthritis (OA)
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Shoulder Pain
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Rotator Cuff Tear
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Sacroiliac Joint
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Sciatica
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Scoliosis
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Myofascial Pain and Strains
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Ligament Sprains and Tears