Our Cave Creek/Carefree clinic offers a wide range of physical therapy and rehabilitation services for patients of all ages.
Orthopedic Physical Therapy
Orthopedic physical therapy helps treat pain, stiffness, weakness, and movement limitations related to muscles, joints, ligaments, tendons, and bones. Our team works with patients experiencing shoulder pain, knee pain, hip pain, ankle injuries, neck pain, back pain, arthritis-related limitations, and other orthopedic conditions.
Your treatment plan may include hands-on manual therapy, therapeutic exercise, mobility work, strength training, balance training, posture education, and a home exercise program designed to support long-term results.
Sports Physical Therapy
Total Sports Therapy provides sports physical therapy in Cave Creek for athletes, active adults, and youth sports participants. We help patients recover from sprains, strains, overuse injuries, tendon pain, joint injuries, and post-surgical sports injuries.
Our sports therapy approach focuses on restoring strength, mobility, coordination, balance, and sport-specific movement so athletes can return safely and confidently.
Common sports injuries we treat include:
- ACL injuries and knee pain
- Shoulder injuries
- Rotator cuff injuries
- Ankle sprains
- Hip and groin pain
- Tendonitis and overuse injuries
- Running injuries
- Post-operative sports rehabilitation
Post-Surgical Rehabilitation
After surgery, physical therapy plays an important role in restoring mobility, rebuilding strength, reducing stiffness, and helping you return to daily activities. Our Cave Creek physical therapy team works with patients following orthopedic procedures such as knee surgery, shoulder surgery, hip surgery, ankle surgery, spine surgery, joint replacement, ligament repair, and tendon repair.
We coordinate your rehabilitation around your surgeon’s protocol, your healing timeline, and your personal goals.
Neck Pain and Back Pain Treatment
Neck and back pain can interfere with work, sleep, exercise, and everyday movement. Our physical therapists evaluate how your spine, posture, strength, mobility, and movement patterns may be contributing to your symptoms.
Treatment may include manual therapy, mobility exercises, strengthening, postural training, core stability work, and education to help reduce pain and improve function.
Dry Needling
Dry needling may be used as part of a physical therapy plan to address muscle tightness, trigger points, pain, and movement restrictions. When appropriate, our team may incorporate dry needling along with therapeutic exercise, manual therapy, and mobility work to support recovery.
Vestibular Rehabilitation and Vertigo Treatment
Vestibular rehabilitation can help patients experiencing dizziness, vertigo, balance problems, or difficulty with movement-related symptoms. Our Cave Creek team provides vestibular therapy to improve stability, reduce dizziness, and help patients return to normal daily activities with greater confidence.
TMD/TMJ Treatment
Jaw pain, headaches, clicking, stiffness, and difficulty chewing may be related to TMD or TMJ dysfunction. Physical therapy can help address jaw mobility, muscle tension, posture, and related neck or upper body mechanics that may contribute to symptoms.
Work Injury and Accident Rehabilitation
If you were injured at work or in an accident, physical therapy can help restore movement, strength, and function. Our team helps patients recover from strains, sprains, orthopedic injuries, postural issues, and pain related to work demands or accident-related trauma.
Neurological Rehabilitation
Neurological rehabilitation may help patients improve strength, balance, coordination, mobility, and function following neurological conditions or movement-related impairments. Our team creates individualized plans based on each patient’s needs and goals.
Postural Restoration and Movement Training
Posture, breathing, alignment, and movement patterns can all affect pain and performance. Our team may incorporate postural restoration and corrective exercise strategies to help patients move more efficiently and reduce stress on the body.
ASTYM
ASTYM may be used as part of a treatment plan for certain soft tissue conditions, mobility restrictions, or chronic tendon-related problems. Your therapist will determine whether this approach is appropriate based on your evaluation.
