Services at Jeff Nicholl Physical Therapy & Sports Rehabilitation

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What Makes Us Different?

At Jeff Nicholl Physical Therapy & Sports Rehabilitation, we pride ourselves on providing the best possible care to each of our patients. We provide each patient with a consistent quality of care at each of their visits, while offering pain management through modalities. Our patients are provided with a home exercise program, which they can use, either at home or within a gym environment, to continue their progress. We also thoroughly educate our patients with ways of preventing a reoccurring injury, and help improve the quality of accomplishing their daily activities.

We provide comprehensive rehabilitation programs for people of all ages, addressing varied rehabilitation needs following injury, surgery or chronic conditions. Our advanced diagnostic techniques enable our clinicians to identify the pain sources, then develop customized plans for each patient using proven treatment techniques that improve motion, reduce pain, reduce swelling, increase muscle strength, increase endurance, restore function, and prevent disability. We offer goal-oriented programs that utilize a multidisciplinary approach to treatment, giving patients an active role in their own care.

We treat a wide variety of conditions that are results of accidents, work-related injuries, sports injuries, and post-surgery recovery. We provide the following services and treatments in our office

Acute Pain Treatment
Ankle Sprain Treatment
Arthritis Pain Relief
Back Pain and Injury Treatment (Stenosis, Bulging Disc, Sciatica)
Bursitis Treatment for Knees, Hips, and Shoulders
Chronic Pain Management
Disc Herniation Treatment
Fatigue/Fibromyalgia Treatment
Headaches/Migraine Relief
Joint Pain and Injury Treatment

Knee Pain and Injury Treatment
Movement Disorders (Frozen Shoulder, Impingement Syndrome, Runner’s Knee)
Neck Pain and Injury Treatment
Non-Surgical Pain Programs
Plantar Fasciitis Treatment
Poor Balance/Dizziness Treatment
Pre-operative Physical Therapy
Post-operative Physical Therapy
Post-operative Rehabilitation and Pain Management
Sciatica Pain Treatment

Spine Physical Therapy Treatment and Post-Spinal Injury Rehab
Shoulder Pain and Injury Rehab
Sprains/Strains Treatment
Sport-Related Injury Treatment and Sports Medicine
Golf Injuries (shoulder, elbow, back)
Tendonitis Treatment
Tennis Elbow Treatment and Post-surgery Rehab
Work-Related Injury Treatment and Preventative Education

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Patient Education

At JNPT, we emphasize education about the pathology, precautions, contraindications, and self-management.

Frequently Asked Questions: Addressed by Jeff and EJ in our office

Is it better to use ice or heat for my diagnosis?
How often should I do my stretches and/or exercises?
How many weeks/months will I be coming to physical therapy?
Can I continue doing my daily activities (gardening, walking, domestic activities, gym or exercise)?

Heat Therapy
Increases healing blood flow to the site of injury, which helps damaged tissue repair itself faster during the inflammation process. It can be beneficial to those with arthritis and stiff muscles and injuries to the deep tissue of the skin. Heat therapy is most commonly used for rehabilitation purposes. The therapeutic effects of heat also include increasing the extensibility of collagen tissues; decreasing joint stiffness; reducing pain; relieving muscle spasms; edema, and aids in the post acute phase of healing.
Iontophoresis
This technique uses a small electric charge to deliver a medicine or other chemical through the skin for treatment of inflammatory conditions. There are many different uses for iontophoresis. Some of them are – to decrease inflammation, decrease pain, decrease muscle spasm, decrease swelling and edema, deduce calcium deposits in the body, manage scar tissue.

Infrared Light Therapy
Infrared light energy temporarily increases blood circulation, pain relief of muscles and joints, relieves stiffness, and relaxes muscles. Most common conditions treated with infrared light are Arthritis, Back pain, Blunt trauma, Bursitis, Carpal tunnel syndrome, Diabetic neuropathy, Fibromyalgia, Muscle sprains and strains, Neck pain, Neuropathy, Rheumatoid arthritis, Sciatica, Temporomandibular joint pain (TMJ), Tendonitis, Surgical incisions, Wounds. The most dramatic benefits of infrared light therapy are achieved with multiple treatment sessions.
Electrical Stimulation
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) unit sends electrical impulses through the skin to underlying nerves, stimulating the contraction and relaxation of the muscle in a rhythm similar to daily exercise. Primarily used for strength training and muscle tone or pain control.

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Therapeutic Ultrasound Treatment

Uses of compression and rare-fraction of sound waves to increase blood flow in the treated area, and also decreases pain with the assistance to the inflammation process, while receiving a gentle massage to the treatment area.

The effect of the increase in local blood flow can be used to help reduce local swelling and chronic inflammation, and, according to some studies, promote bone fracture healing. The intensity or power density of the ultrasound can be adjusted depending on the desired effect. A greater power density (measured in watt/cm²⁾ is often used in cases where scar tissue breakdown is the goal.

A typical ultrasound treatment will take from 3-5 minutes depending on the size of the area being treated. In cases where scar tissue breakdown is the goal, this treatment time can be much longer. During the treatment the head of the ultrasound probe is kept in constant motion. If kept in constant motion, the patient should feel no discomfort at all.

(805) 388-5678 (JNPT)

Services at Jeff Nicholl Physical Therapy & Sports Rehabilitation

What Makes Us Different?

We treat a wide variety of conditions that are results of accidents, work-related injuries, sports injuries, and post-surgery recovery. We provide the following services and treatments in our office

Patient Education

Heat Therapy

Iontophoresis

Infrared Light Therapy

Electrical Stimulation

Therapeutic Ultrasound Treatment

We specialize in one-on-one treatments with continuity of care and have helped hundreds of patients. We will be happy to treat you!

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