Don’t Get Stuck On The Sidelines With An Injury That Could Have Been Prevented At TexPTS
Select TexPTS physical therapists are now certified providers of Functional Movement Screens and Y-Balance Tests.
Latest News
TexPTS is One of the San Antonio Business Journal’s Top 50 Private Companies
Texas Physical Therapy Specialists (TexPTS) was named on the 2011 Top 50 Private Companies List by the San Antonio Business Journal in February 2011. The San Antonio Business Journal Top 50 List is a privileged list of the San Antonio’s fastest-growing private companies. It also represents the most comprehensive look at San Antonio’s independent-minded entrepreneurs.
Selma-Schertz Salute To Service Members 5K Run/Walk Presented By TexPTS Promotes Wellness And Operation Comfort
On Saturday January 22, 2011 over 300 runners and walkers participated in the first annual Selma-Schertz Salute to Service Members 5K Run/Walk presented by Texas Physical Therapy Specialists (TexPTS). Proceeds from the event benefit Operation Comfort, a non-profit organization founded to support the needs of wounded service members recovering at Brooke Army Medical Center. Operation Comfort provides adaptive sports programs including hand cycling, sled hockey, adaptive skiing and surfing, Automotivation (a program where wounded service members can work on cars), and emergency family financial assistance for wounded service members.
Texas Physical Therapy Specialists Help Patients Avoid Pain and Emotional Toll of Knee Surgery
Recent studies suggest that physical therapy is an effective non-surgical alternative to arthroscopic surgery for osteoarthritis of the knee. A study in the New England Journal of Medicine in September 2008 found that physical therapy, combined with thorough medical management, is just as effective at relieving the pain and stiffness of osteoarthritis of the knee as surgery. Physical therapists at Texas Physical Therapy Specialists (TexPTS)are using the best and latest medical findings about knee pain to provide patients with effective, non-invasive alternatives to knee surgery.
Texas Physical Therapy Specialists Helps Patients Avoid Expensive And Invasive Treatments For Low Back Pain
A 2010 study in the journal Spine reports that physical therapy within the first thirty days of the onset of low back pain can reduce the chances that patients will need additional medical procedures and treatments. The same study also reports that physicians in “generalist” specialties are less likely to refer patients to physical therapy. Texas Physical Therapy Specialists’(TexPTS) physical therapists in San Antonioand Austin, Texas, help patients avoid expensive and invasive injections, surgery, and frequent doctor office visits.
Texas Physical Therapy Specialists Reveal Why Stretching Before Exercise Can Lead to Injury
Ask almost any physical therapist, athletic trainer, or sports medicine physician if someone should stretch before exercise, and they would respond with a resounding “Yes” in most cases. However, if asked for proof that doing so is actually helpful, this individual would be hard pressed to show research that supports this claim. In fact, recent studies have shown that stretching alone does not help prevent injury. Physical therapists at Texas Physical Therapy Specialists (TexPTS) are trained to use the latest scientific evidence, rather than myths couched as conventional wisdom, to educate patients and provide the best possible outcomes.
Texas Physical Therapy Specialists Is The Best Low Cost Solution To Rising Health Care Costs
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine recently reports a large jump in the number of treatments and tests for back pain. This study reports a 629% increase in Medicare expenditures for epidural steroid injections from 1994 to 2001; a 423% increase in expenditures for opioids for back pain from 1997 to 2004; a 307% increase in the number of lumbar magnetic resonance images among Medicare beneficiaries from 1994-2004; and a 220% increase in spinal fusion surgery rates from 1988 to 2000. At the same time, the studies do not show an increase in the number of patients with back pain or improvements in patient outcomes. Physical therapists at Texas Physical Therapy Specialists provide effective and non- invasive treatments for patients with back pain, often at a lower cost.
TexPTS Is The Best First Choice For Back Pain, Not Prescriptions
The New York Times recently reports an alarming increase in methadone prescriptions for the treatment of long term back pain, resulting in a shocking increase in methadone related deaths. The amount of money spent on prescriptions for back pain has risen as well, but patient outcomes are not any better. The spine experts at Texas Physical Therapy Specialists can reduce or eliminate back pain without the use of dangerous and costly prescriptions.
Physical Therapists at Texas Physical Therapy Specialists Aid in Identifying Student Athlete Concussions
In 2010, the Journal of Pediatrics reports that student athlete brain injuries, such as concussions, have increased 70% from 1997-2007. More than one-third of the student basketball players in the same study did not recognize concussion symptoms or report them to their athletic trainers. Physical therapists at Texas Physical Therapy Specialists (TexPTS) have the ability to identify concussion symptoms and recommend critical next steps for student athletes.
TexPTS Offers Same Outcomes For Sciatica 6 Months After Surgery, Minus The Surgery
A recent study in the British Medical Journal found that patients who had spinal surgery for sciatica only had short term benefits. After 6 months, patients who had surgery felt no different than patients getting physical therapy. The spine experts at Texas Physical Therapy Specialists (TexPTS) deliver hands-on physical therapy to help patients with sciatica.