A Physical Therapist is educated to understand the interaction of all the body parts. Your pain specialist may recommend Physical Therapy (PT) to augment your other pain treatments.  A Physical Therapist teaches you how to improve your body awareness.

Manual therapy combined with therapeutic exercises helps you to relax better, improve muscle and flexibility imbalances and teaches you to move more freely for longer periods.  One example of manual therapy would be deep tissue massage.

The physicians at TCPC may refer you to a physical therapist to help with managing your chronic pain condition. The physical therapist can come up with a program of both hands on treatment by them as well as at home exercises.