Cutting Edge Manual Athletic Therapy Services in St. Cloud
Level Up Physical Therapy + Recovery is a boutique sports performance physical therapy founded on the principles of providing patient-centered care and bridging the gap between injury prevention, rehabilitation, and performance. whether you're an athlete, weekend warrior, or someone looking to feel and move better, let us help you #LevelUP
Manual Therapy & Stretching
Manual therapy & stretching are used to increase joint and soft tissue mobility, allowing for increased flexibility, and muscle performance. It also helps to decrease pain and swelling needed for a faster recovery.
- Improve Performance and mobility
- Decrease Risk of Injury and reduce pain
- Enhance Joint's functional range of motion
- Reduce muscle tension and inflammation
- Increase Functional circulation needed for recovery
Instrument- Assisted soft tissue mobilization (IASTM)
A soft tissue technique that requires a specialized tool instead of a therapist's hands. It helps provide specific pressure to target tissues, allows for circulation, and reduces pain.
- Increase tissue extensibility and mobility
- Helps break down adhesions and scar tissue
- Helps improve circulation for healing
Normatec Compression Boots (IPC)
Intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC) is used to aid our athletes to recover quicker by improving lymphatic drainage and reducing muscle by-products.
- Increase Blood Flow
- Enhance Lymphatic Drainage
- Decrease Recovery Time
Cupping
Cupping therapy is used to increase blood circulation and promote your own body's healing mechanism to the area where they are placed. It allows for muscle relaxation and reduced muscle tension.
- Promotes healing Properties
- Increases oxygen-rich blood flow
- Decreases muscle tightness
Corrective Therapeutic & Mobility Exercises
Specific exercises are used to address and fix movement compensations and muscular imbalances causing pain. They are aimed at improving the overall quality of movements during workouts and activities of daily living
- Improves functional and athletic performance
- Reduce Risk of Injury and stress
- Corrects posture alignment
- Improve overall strength and flexibility
- Correct muscle imbalance
Dry Needling
Dry Needling (DN) is a minimal invasive intervention that uses a thin filament needle to penetrate altered or dysfunctional connective tissues.
- Promote body's Natural healing process
- Increase range of motion
- Decreases muscle tension/tightness
- aids in releasing trigger points
Frequently Asked Questions:
The primary goal of physical therapy is to achieve long-term health benefits without the need for risky surgeries, medications, or other interventions. By working with your body’s natural musculoskeletal structure and healing properties, the physical therapists at Level Up Physical Therapy + Recovery will help you get back to what you love.
Because there are so many functioning parts in your body, there are innumerable ways your body can become compromised. To give you an idea of the scope of benefits that physical therapy provides, the following represent the most common reasons people seek physical therapy:
- Injury or chronic pain: Physical therapy works with you to rehabilitate injuries and mitigate chronic pain, especially in the following areas: back, hips, knee, neck or shoulders, feet and ankles.
- Postoperative: When surgery is unavoidable, physical therapy plays a critical role in your recovery and rehabilitation. Through physical therapy, you can retrain your body, strengthen the injured area, and regain mobility.
- Preventive: As a preventive tool, physical therapy can’t be beaten. The therapists at Level Up Physical Therapy + Recovery understand the biomechanical system through and through and tailor a plan that leaves you stronger and more flexible than ever.
The answer to this largely depends on the nature of your injury or condition. Typically, the physical therapy at Level Up Physical Therapy + Recovery rely on the following tools to get you moving and feeling better:
- Targeted strengthening exercises
- Therapeutic stretches for flexibility and mobility
- Neuromuscular re-education
- Soft Tissue and Joint manipulation
- Percussion massage
- Normatec Compression
- Cupping
- Graston technique
- Dry Needling
Recovery is an essential component of any athlete’s post-workout regimen. It allows the body time to repair, rebuild, and strengthen itself between workouts. Level Up Physical Therapy + Recovery enhances the process by providing hands-on soft tissue manipulations, cupping, IASTM myofascial release, percussion, and compression therapy. With routine recovery sessions, athletes can expect to reduce the risk of injuries and improve their overall performance.
