Rehabilitative Exercise Program in NYC
At our Midtown Manhattan clinic, we offer an integrated team approach to help you get out of pain quickly, and rehabilitative exercise is one of the most important parts of that plan. Rather than just relieving pain in the moment, a well-designed exercise program rebuilds the strength, mobility, and control your body needs to stay pain-free long term.
What Is Rehabilitative Exercise?
Rehabilitative exercise, sometimes called therapeutic exercise, is movement specifically prescribed to correct an impairment and restore normal muscle and joint function. Unlike a generic workout routine, every exercise is chosen for a purpose that targets the specific weakness, stiffness, or instability behind your symptoms.
Depending on your evaluation, a program may include:
- Range-of-motion exercises to restore normal movement in a stiff or injured joint.
- Strengthening exercises to rebuild muscle that has weakened from injury, surgery, or inactivity.
- Core and spinal stabilization exercises to support the low back and protect against re-injury.
- Balance and proprioception training to restore coordination after an injury.
- Flexibility and stretching to improve range of motion and reduce muscle tension.
Why It Matters
Rehabilitative exercise improves the strength and resilience of the muscles and joints supporting an injured area, which helps lessen the impact of daily activity and future workouts. This helps you recover and reach your optimal level of function in a shorter period of time, so you can return to your normal activities pain-free, and stay that way.
It's also one of the best tools we have for preventing the same injury from coming back. Adjustments and hands-on treatment address pain and mechanics in the moment; a targeted exercise program addresses the underlying weakness or imbalance that led to the injury in the first place.
Who Benefits From a Rehabilitative Exercise Program?
We build rehab exercise into care plans for patients recovering from:
- Muscle strains, ligament sprains, and other soft tissue injuries.
- Neck and back pain, including disc-related conditions.
- Post-surgical recovery.
- Sports injuries and overuse injuries
- Chronic pain that has led to muscle weakness or deconditioning.
- General injury prevention for active patients and athletes.
What to Expect
Your program starts with an evaluation of your strength, range of motion, and movement patterns. From there, our team which may include your chiropractor, physical therapist, and acupuncturist, designs a progressive plan that starts where you are and safely advances as your strength and confidence improve. Exercises are taught hands-on in the office, with guidance on how to continue them at home.
Ready to rebuild your strength and get back to the activities you love? Call or Text our Midtown Manhattan office today (212) 245-5688