Physical Therapy Clarksville TN
Discover Pearson Integrated Therapies in Clarksville, TN. Physical therapy is a healthcare discipline focused on restoring movement, which can often be misunderstood. Our Clarksville TN Physical therapist is an expert in human movement, aiming to restore mobility in the body to enhance one's ability to function in daily life. This is achieved by addressing underlying causes of restricted mobility, such as pain, muscle weakness or tightness, postural abnormalities, or neurological disorders. Movement is essential for our bodies, and a lack of it can result in long-term deterioration of physical and mental health, resulting in a reduction in quality of life. The physical therapists at Pearson Integrated Therapies in Clarksville, TN, are dedicated to improving the well-being of you and your family.
About our clinic
Pearson Integrated Therapies, a physical therapy clinic in Clarksville, TN, offers physical therapy services focused on pain relief, health, and wellness. Dr. Marcus Pearson, a physical therapist in Clarksville, TN, has over 15 years of experience providing natural, non-invasive physical therapy care to patients in Clarksville and the surrounding areas. His method addresses both the physical and mental aspects of a condition to improve movement and reduce pain. The clinic maintains a low patient-clinician ratio to ensure each patient receives adequate attention.
Why Is our approach different?
Our approach is different because we address the physical as well as the mental aspect of your condition. There are changes that happen physically and emotionally when you are injured of been dealing with a chronic issues such as pain or loss of ability. This must be addressed to properly allow you to heal and improve your health. We know that the key to happiness is to have good physical and mental health. There cannot be one without the other.
We believe that patient education is the key to getting the most out of your physical therapy experience. If you understand how a condition impacts your body and what your body is telling you then you can better understand how to address, it over the long term. We begin this at the initial evaluation of educating you on the exam findings and how this impacts your health.
The doctor takes time to consider your medical history, objective findings from the physical examination and the subjective findings to formulate a treatment plan that will benefit you and restore your function and maintain it.
Physical therapy is known as the therapy you go to after surgery, but we treat any condition that affects your ability to move properly. Things such as back pain, neuropathy, joint pains, muscular weakness and tightness, neurological disorders such as Stroke, Multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s, etc.
If you’re looking to find a Physical therapist, your best option is to schedule no charge, no obligation initial consultation with our doctor. We will show you around the office and sit down and answer your health concerns and how we can help you to know if physical therapy is right for you.
Physical therapy is more about movement than pain. When you are not moving properly, then that is an early indication of a potential issue in the future that will lead to a painful event and loss of mobility and or function. Proper diagnosis and treatment of these issues early can prevent long-term disability and pain. If you cannot do functional movements such as walking, squat, stand from a chair, roll in bed, pick up an object off the floor because it is difficult or painful, then you should seek physical therapy care.
Our Mission Statement
Our mission is to provide loving, high-quality healthcare services that improve the lives of our patients and their families. We vow to provide an inclusive, safe environment. Providing current research-based treatments and educating patients on how to improve their lives by promoting health and wellness in our community.
- Peripheral Neuropathy Symptoms: A nerve problem that causes pain, numbness, tingling, swelling, muscle weakness, or dysfunction in different parts of the body. Commonly found in patients with diabetes or post radiation therapy
- Low Back Pain: A common condition that affects the muscles, tendons, discs, bones and nerves of the low back.
- Neck Pain: A common condition that affects the muscles, tendons, discs, bons and nerves of the neck and upper extremities.
- Sciatica: pain in the buttocks that runs down the front or back of the leg.
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo: Displacement of the otolith (crystals) into the inner ear canals, the most common causes of vertigo.
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: Trauma affects us emotionally and our brain waves change due to the emotional changes. This can be hard to overcome and affects the person and the people around them.
- Chronic Pain Syndrome: Pain that has lasted greater than 6 months with or without a known cause.
- Insomnia: The inability to get to sleep or stay asleep.
- Class IV Laser: Localized photobiomodulation, which is using light waves to penetrate the body and stimulate the body’s natural healing abilities.
- Full Body Photobiomodulation: Vita bed treatments, which provide low-level light at 5 different wavelengths that penetrate at different depths. This can help with pain, inflammation, muscle aches, joint stiffness, mood improvement and improved sleep quality.
- Mechanical Traction: Effective treatment for spinal issues. Provides a pulling force that unweights the spinal discs and stretches the tissues around the spine.
- Dry Needling: treatment used for pain associated with myofascial trigger points. Needles are inserted at these trigger points to provide relief.
- Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Massage (IASTM): Use tools to perform soft tissue mobilizations to break down myofascial adhesions.
- Neurofeedback: A technique which teaches individuals to self-regulate their brain activity, which can be used to reduce the severity of pain and pain-associated symptoms such as sleep disturbances, mood disturbances, fatigue and anxiety in several chronic pain conditions.
- Manual Joint and Soft Tissue Mobilization: A form of manual therapy where a licensed PT will provide hands-on techniques on your muscles, ligaments, and joints to break up adhesions and improve muscle and joint performance.
- Body Mechanics Education: Hands-on education of how to properly move, lift objects, and perform ergonomics for a better work environment.