SPORTS MEDICINE & STRENGTH CONDITIONING
We offer a variety of conditioning and rehabilitation services to meet the needs, wants and desires of athletes of all ages and intensity levels. From the school and club athletes to the weekend warrior, we design a functional sport specific training regimen that challenges and meets the growing demands placed on kids and adults who compete.

Individual Conditioning Programs
Northern Rehab conditions and improves an athlete's performance in their sport or activity.

Strength, flexibility, balance and power are evaluated by one of our trained physical therapists. We then design a functional exercise program including strength and cardiovascular training, stretching, and other performance enhancement techniques.

Athletes achieve their personal best with an individualized Northern Rehab training program and hands-on instruction.

Injury Assessment & Rehabilitation
In the event an athlete suffers an injury or is recovering from surgery, Northern Rehab's goal is to return that athlete to sports quickly and safely. We use a combination of gentle hands-on treatment, therapeutic exercise, and performance enhancement drills to improve strength and skill.

Sports Specific Video Analysis
A Northern Rehab therapist will record and analyze the athlete's walking / running gait, swinging, throwing or lifting form, with recommendations on ideal body mechanics.

Custom Orthotics
An evaluation based on foot type and athletic needs often results in a recommendation of more suitable footwear or custom fabricated orthotics to encourage correct alignment.

INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE
At Northern Rehabilitation we recognize the need to limit expenses and to be as proactive as possible in decreasing Workman's Compensation claims. Through our Industrial Medicine services, we will work with you to determine the best, most cost effective way to help you reduce your company's claims.

We offer a wide range of customized preventative and rehabilitation programs designed to meet your specific needs.

Education & Prevention

• Work Site Analysis - Task demands and work station set-ups are analyzed, often resulting in more productive techniques, improving employee and work environments. A review of medical management policies can result in cost effective recommendations.

• Employee Education - Group training is provided for your managers and labor force, both production workers and office staff.

• Pre-employment/Post-hire Testing - Is a new worker physically able to do the job? Northern Rehab will help you define the parameters and perform tests to objectively answer the questions.

• On-Site Clinics - Regular monthly visits provide the insight to analyze aches and pains early on, and to offer work environment suggestions.

Rehabilitation

• Clinical Physical Therapy - After injury or illness a worker has impaired functional abilities due to weakness, pain or limited motion. With therapy restrictions are decreased or eliminated so the worker may safely and quickly return to work.

• Work Conditioning - Injured employees that have been off work for extended periods often need a program emphasizing work simulation along with physical reconditioning.

• Work Hardening - This highly structured, goal oriented, individualized treatment program includes a psychosocial screening to identify the client's behavioral needs.

• Functional Capacity Evaluation - An evaluation of injured workers provide information on employees work capabilities and limitations. Also assessed are the client's level of participation, work behaviors, cooperation and effort.

MANUAL THERAPY
Manual Therapy constitutes skilled passive movement of joints and soft tissues for the purpose of stretching out restrictions within joints and connective-tissue, and decreasing pain.

Manual Therapy is an integral part of the practice of physical therapy and serves as part of the rehabilitation of spine and extremity dysfunctions. Back pain is the single greatest cause of activity loss among adults under 45 years of age. Research has shown that early active motion exercise, proper lifting techniques and manual therapy administered by well trained physical therapists are effective treatments in most spinal disorders.

Spinal stabilization involves a targeted exercise program for the muscles that support and control your spine. Functional mobility training restores the ability to again perform work or play activities without injury or pain.

Northern Rehab prevention programs include proper lifting techniques and personalized training tips specific to individual work environments.

TMJ THERAPY
As one of the few facilities in the area that treat Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction (TMJ), Northern Rehab's TMJ program offers evaluation and treatment designed for individuals with a history of headache, neck, jaw and facial pain. From the results of a thorough examination during your initial visit, the therapist will educate you on your condition and provide a postural exercise program.

Subsequent therapy sessions will focus on your postural awareness and re-establishing proper muscular control of your neck and jaw. In addition, the therapist may also utilize physical agents of heat, cold, ultrasound or electrical stimulation to decrease pain and muscle spasm. Massage and mobilization techniques will be utilized as necessary to restore natural range of motion of the neck and temporomandibular joint.

With physical therapy treatments you will experience normal mobility and function of the TMJ and neck. Your therapist will also instruct you on independent postural awareness techniques that will help you control TMJ symptoms in the future.