Innovative Physical Therapy Telephone: (207) 737-7000 Email: innovativept@roadrunner.com Address: 728 Main St.-Suite 2                Richmond, ME 04357 “Your Health     Our Hands” Treatment Interventions These are just a few of the treatments offered by us: • Iontophoresis - Medications are propelled through the skin by an electrical charge. This modality works on the physical concept that like charges repel each other, therefore, a positively charged medication will be repelled through the skin to the lower layers. • Joint Mobilization - Treatment technique used to manage musculoskeletal dysfunction. A type of passive movement of a skeletal joint to expand the Range of Motion and eliminate restrictions. • Mobilization - Hands-on procedure intended to increase soft tissue. • Muscle Energy - Muscle energy is a direct and active technique; meaning it engages a restrictive barrier and requires the patient’s participation for maximal effect. • Myofascial Release - Myofascial release is a technique that allows the fascia to remove restrictions that impede efficient movement and use of energy for daily tasks. • Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation - The application of electrical stimulation to aid in improving strength. • Neuromuscular Therapy - Is the utilization of static pressure on specific myofascial points to relieve pain. • Pelvic Traction - The longitudinal/axial pull on the lumbar spine, either manual or mechanical, intermittent or continuous. Pelvic traction may be helpful for the relief of low back pain and muscle spasm. • Posture Training - Instruction in the correct biomechanical alignment of the body to reduce strain. • Progressive Resistive Exercises - Exercises that gradually increase in resistance and in repetitions. • Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation - A system of manually resisted exercises performed in diagonal patterns that mimic functional movements. • Strain/Counter Strain - Through body positioning to shorten a hypertonic muscle we can eliminate the muscle spasm. This allows for elongation of the muscle fibers to their normal resting length diminishing the pathological tension of the muscle on the bone, resulting in normalization of joint biomechanics. • Ultrasound - Ultrasound uses a high frequency sound wave. The sound waves cause the vibration of water molecules deep within tissue and can help with nutrition exchange on a cellular level.