Neuromuscular Reeducation & Therapy

Neuromuscular re-education is a specialized technique used by licensed physical therapists to restore normal body movement patterns. Your nerves and muscles work together to produce movement. Nerves send signals between your muscles and your brain about where, when, and how fast to move. Over time, muscle movement patterns are learned and stored in your memory.

When nerves or muscles experience damage resulting from auto accident injuries, work-related trauma, or conditions like stroke or TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury), movement patterns suffer. Neuromuscular re-education is the key method used to facilitate the return of normal movement in patients with these neuromuscular impairments.

Components of Neuromuscular Reeducation:

• Manual Techniques: Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF) to improve elasticity and range of motion.
• Balance & Core Control: Essential for preventing falls in older adults and recovering athletes.
• Therapeutic Exercises: Designed to re-develop normal controlled movement patterns for daily life.

To eliminate many symptoms, it is critical to re-establish normal kinesthetic sense and proprioception of the Cervical, Thoracic, and Lumbar spine. When these neurological characteristics are not functioning properly, a patient cannot maintain proper posture. Pain and inflammation due to post-surgical recovery can lead to loss of neuromuscular control and abnormal movement, which may be covered by your health insurance plan.

Why Choose Physical Therapy?

Many of our patients have general tenderness and decreased motion of a joint. If the joint does have full range of motion, weakness and functional limitations will develop over time. This is common in workers' compensation cases where repetitive strain causes long-term issues.

Any loss of motion and strength needs to be addressed to eliminate the patient’s symptoms. However, re-education of the nervous system must occur prior to developing enough strength to regain full function. Without the neuromuscular re-education process, “normal” movement patterns are unlikely to be re-established.

Neuromuscular re-education plays a major role in the rehabilitation of our patients. Using the proper techniques on an injured body part will prevent acute injury from developing into a chronic, disabling problem. At Sports & Orthopaedic Therapy Services, we address all aspects of dysfunction to help you achieve your maximal rehabilitation potential.