Common Head & Neck Conditions We Treat

At our clinic, we help patients overcome many types of head and neck pain. Whether your discomfort is new or something you’ve been dealing with for years, we provide safe, effective evaluation and treatment strategies so you can get to the root of the problem and manage your pain and dysfunction. Here are some of the most common conditions we treat:

Neck Pain & Stiffness

Neck pain can come from poor posture, muscle tension, stress, or simply everyday activities. We help restore mobility, reduce pain, and improve postural awareness so you feel and move better.

Pinched Nerves (Cervical Radiculopathy)

This happens when a nerve in your neck becomes irritated. It can cause pain, numbness, tingling, or weakness into your shoulder blades or your arm. We evaluate your neck and neurological system thoroughly to get to the root of the problem and use gentle, targeted techniques to address nervous system dysfunction and help relieve symptoms.

Herniated or Degenerated Discs

Disc issues can cause pain, stiffness, or radiating symptoms in areas outside the spine. Treatment focuses on reducing pain and improving the way your neck moves and supports you.

Headaches Related to the Neck

Some headaches actually start from tension or stiffness in the neck. The head and neck share much of the same nerve supply and can occur together. We identify what’s contributing to your headaches and treat the root cause to help reduce frequency and intensity.

Jaw Pain (TMJ/TMD)

Jaw clicking, stiffness, pain, or difficulty chewing can often be related to neck pain and improved with physical therapy. We address muscle tension, joint mobility, posture, and habits that contribute to jaw discomfort.

Whiplash or Accident-Related Injuries

After a sudden impact, you may feel neck pain, stiffness, headaches, or dizziness. We help restore motion, reduce pain, and guide you safely back to normal activities.

Postural Problems

Long hours at a computer or looking down at a phone can create postural neck pain. We help address these issues through postural correction, strengthening supporting muscles, and relieving tension in short or overworked tissues.

Thoracic Outlet Issues

This condition can cause arm numbness, tingling, or heaviness due to restrictions around the shoulder and collarbone area. Treatment improves mobility and reduces pressure on nerves and/or blood vessels.

Muscle Strains & Tension

Sore, tight, or overworked muscles can cause neck pain or headaches. We use hands-on techniques and exercises to restore normal movement and relieve pain.

Dizziness Related to the Neck (Cervicogenic Dizziness)

Some types of dizziness can come from neck stiffness or poor movement patterns. We address the underlying cause to help improve balance and comfort.

Common Shoulder Problems We Treat

Shoulder pain can make everyday activities—like reaching, lifting, or even sleeping—much more difficult. Physical therapy can help you move better, feel better, and get back to the activities you enjoy. Here are some of the most common shoulder conditions we treat:

Rotator Cuff Strains or Tears

These injuries can cause pain when lifting your arm or reaching overhead. We help improve strength, reduce pain, and restore normal shoulder function.

Shoulder Impingement

Impingement happens when the tendons or bursa in your shoulder get pinched during movement. This often causes pain with reaching or raising your arm. Treatment focuses on improving posture, mobility, and strength so your shoulder moves freely again.

Bursitis

Inflammation of the bursa can make shoulder movement painful. Therapy helps calm irritation and restore smooth, comfortable motion.

Frozen Shoulder (Adhesive Capsulitis)

This condition causes significant stiffness and limited mobility. With guided stretching, manual therapy, and exercises, we help restore your range of motion step by step.

Shoulder Instability or Dislocations

Some people experience a feeling that the shoulder could “slip out” or have had a past dislocation. PT strengthens the surrounding muscles and improves control to help stabilize the joint.

Labral Injuries

Damage to the labrum can cause catching, clicking, or deep shoulder pain. Therapy improves shoulder stability, posture, and mechanics to reduce strain on the joint.

Tendonitis or Tendinopathy

Overuse can irritate the shoulder tendons, including the biceps and rotator cuff. We address inflammation, improve movement patterns, and strengthen the shoulder to prevent recurring pain.

Shoulder Arthritis

Arthritis can make the shoulder feel stiff and achy. Physical therapy helps maintain mobility, strengthen supporting muscles, and reduce pain.

Post-Surgical Rehabilitation

After procedures such as rotator cuff repair, labral repair, or shoulder replacement, PT plays a crucial role in restoring safe movement, strength, and confidence.

Fracture Recovery

Once your bone has healed enough to start moving, we guide you through exercises that restore strength and flexibility.

Nerve-Related Shoulder Pain

Some shoulder problems come from irritated nerves that cause weakness or unusual movement patterns. Therapy helps restore strength and protect the joint while nerves recover.

Common Elbow Problems We Treat

Elbow pain can make simple tasks—like lifting a cup, typing, or carrying groceries—much more difficult. Physical therapy can help reduce pain, improve strength, and restore comfortable movement. Here are some of the elbow conditions we commonly treat:

Tennis Elbow (Lateral Epicondylitis)

Pain on the outside of the elbow caused by overuse of the forearm muscles. It’s common in athletes, but also in people who do repetitive gripping or lifting at work or home.

Golfer’s Elbow (Medial Epicondylitis)

Pain on the inside of the elbow from irritated tendons. You don’t need to play golf to get it—any repeated gripping, lifting, or wrist motion can cause symptoms.

General Tendon Irritation or Tendinopathy

Overworked elbow and wrist tendons can become painful and stiff. Therapy helps reduce irritation, improve strength, and restore normal movement.

Ulnar Nerve Irritation (Cubital Tunnel Syndrome)

This involves pressure on the nerve at the elbow, causing numbness or tingling in the ring and small fingers. PT helps reduce nerve irritation and improve mechanics so symptoms calm down.

Radial Nerve Irritation (Radial Tunnel Syndrome)

This condition causes aching pain in the forearm and can sometimes be mistaken for tennis elbow. Treatment focuses on relieving nerve pressure and restoring normal movement.

Elbow Bursitis

Swelling at the tip of the elbow can make it painful to lean or bend the arm. PT helps reduce swelling and restore comfortable mobility.

Elbow Sprains

Injuries to the elbow ligaments can cause pain, swelling, and difficulty moving. Therapy helps stabilize the joint and restore flexibility and strength.

Ligament Injuries (Including UCL Injuries in Throwers)

Common in athletes who throw repetitively, such as baseball players. PT helps restore strength, reduce pain, and improve technique. We also guide recovery after surgeries like “Tommy John” repair.

Fracture Recovery

After the bone has healed enough to begin moving, physical therapy helps restore motion, strength, and function.

Post-Surgical Rehabilitation

We provide guided recovery after procedures such as ligament repairs, arthroscopy, or tendon surgeries to help you regain safe, normal motion.

Elbow Stiffness

Whether from injury, surgery, or immobilization, stiffness can make everyday activities difficult. We use stretching, mobilization, and strengthening to restore comfortable movement.

Overuse or Repetitive-Use Pain

Frequent gripping, lifting, typing, or using tools can overload the elbow. PT helps identify the cause, calm symptoms, and prevent flare-ups

Common Wrist & Hand Problems We Treat

Wrist and hand pain can make everyday activities—like gripping, typing, lifting, or opening jars—much harder than they should be. Physical therapy can help reduce pain, improve movement, and restore strength so you can get back to doing the things you enjoy. Here are some of the most common wrist and hand conditions we treat:

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

This condition happens when a nerve in the wrist becomes irritated or compressed. It can cause numbness, tingling, or weakness in the hand. PT helps relieve pressure, improve movement, and restore strength and comfort.

Wrist Sprains

A sprain occurs when the ligaments in the wrist are stretched or injured, often from a fall or sudden movement. We help reduce pain and swelling while restoring mobility and stability.

Tendon Irritation or Tendinopathy

Overusing the hand or wrist can cause the tendons to become painful and stiff. Therapy helps reduce irritation, improve strength, and prevent symptoms from coming back.

De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis

This condition causes pain on the thumb side of the wrist, especially with lifting or gripping. PT focuses on calming inflammation and helping the tendons move smoothly again.

Trigger Finger

A finger may catch, click, or lock due to irritation around the tendon. Therapy helps reduce swelling and restore normal, smooth movement.

Thumb or Hand Arthritis

Arthritis can make the wrist or thumb feel stiff and painful, especially during gripping or pinching. We help improve mobility, strengthen supporting muscles, and reduce pressure on the affected joints.

Fracture Recovery

After a wrist or hand fracture heals enough to begin gentle movement, PT helps restore strength, flexibility, and coordination so you can regain normal function.

Post-Surgical Recovery

Following procedures such as carpal tunnel release, tendon repairs, or fracture surgery, physical therapy helps guide a safe and effective recovery.

Ulnar Nerve Irritation

Compression of the ulnar nerve at the wrist can cause numbness or tingling in the ring and pinky fingers. PT helps improve mobility, reduce nerve irritation, and restore normal movement patterns.

TFCC Injuries

Injuries to the tissues on the small-finger side of the wrist can cause pain, clicking, or weakness. Therapy helps restore stability and comfort.

Overuse or Repetitive-Strain Injuries

Typing, texting, working with tools, or repetitive gripping can overload the hand and wrist. PT helps reduce pain, correct the cause, and improve strength and flexibility.

Common Spine Problems We Treat

Back pain can affect your daily activities, sleep, and overall quality of life. Whether your pain is new or something you’ve been managing for years, physical therapy can help reduce discomfort, improve mobility, and restore confidence in movement. With advanced orthopedic manual therapy training and extensive Pain Neuroscience expertise, we not only treat symptoms—we help you understand the root cause of your pain and target it with the most effective, evidence-based techniques. Here are the most common spine-related conditions we treat:

Low Back Pain

Low back pain can come from muscle tension, joint stiffness, stress, or everyday movements. 75-85% of people will have low back pain in their lifetime. Using precise manual therapy techniques, we help restore normal motion and calm irritated tissues, while pain neuroscience education helps you understand why pain happens—so you feel more in control and confident moving again.

Sciatica

Pain, tingling, or numbness that travels down the leg can come from an irritated spinal nerve often called Sciatica. Manual therapy helps improve mobility, reduce pain and restore healthy movement patterns. We also teach strategies that retrain how the nervous system processes pain, helping symptoms improve more quickly and stay away longer.

Herniated or Bulging Discs

Disc-related pain can be sharp, intense, or radiating into the buttocks and beyond. We use specialized hands-on techniques to reduce pain and we combine that with targeted exercises that help the spine move more efficiently and confidently. Pain neuroscience principles help reduce fear and allow you to return to movement with confidence.

Degenerative Disc Disease

Age-related changes in the spine can create stiffness, pain and discomfort leading to movement restrictions and sometimes fear of movement. Manual therapy can restore mobility in the joints and surrounding tissues, while education and exercise retrain your body to move in ways that improve overall mobility and function and manage the pain.

Spinal Stenosis

Narrowing age related changes around the spinal nerves is often termed Spinal Stenosis and although a normal change that occurs can make walking or standing uncomfortable at certain times. We teach positions and movement strategies that relieve pressure and improve comfort, while hands-on techniques can restore mobility in nearby joints to make movement easier and less painful.

Facet Joint Pain

These small joints along the spine can become irritated, stiff and even painful sometimes referring pain into other areas or restricting movement. Manual therapy can help restore joint motion and decrease pain so movement can become more comfortable. Combined with strengthening and pain science education, patients often feel relief more quickly.

Sacroiliac (SI) Joint Dysfunction

Pain at the base of the spine or into the buttock area can sometimes come from the SI joint. Often this is more common with a traumatic injury or can occur normally during pregnancy. We use specific evaluation to understand the nature of your pain and follow with strengthening and movement retraining for long-term relief.

Muscle Strains and Spasms

Overworked or tight/short muscles can cause pain often when coupled with prolonged postures that perpetuate the pain. Manual techniques calm irritated tissues, reduce spasm, and restore flexibility. Pain neuroscience education also helps reduce muscle guarding and promotes faster more complete recovery and more normal movement.

Posture & Movement-Related Pain

Prolonged sitting, repetitive tasks, or painful lifting mechanics can cause fear of movement or discomfort. We use a combination of movement analysis, manual therapy, and targeted exercises to correct the underlying cause—not just the symptoms.

Osteoarthritis of the Spine

Arthritis can limit mobility, cause stiffness and change movement patterns even though it is a normal change with age. Hands-on techniques help the joints move more freely, while strengthening and movement retraining reduce stress on painful areas.

Scoliosis & Spinal Curvatures

PT helps improve posture, mobility, strength, and pain levels in those with scoliosis or other spinal alignment issues. Manual therapy and neuromuscular retraining improve symmetry and control.

Post-Surgical Spine Rehabilitation or Fractures from Osteoporosis

After back or neck surgery or after Stress Fracture we use a combination of safe, gentle manual therapy and guided strengthening to help you regain mobility, stability, and confidence while protecting the surgical area appropriately during each phase of recovery.

Spondylolysis/Pedicle Stress Fracture

Spondylolysis is a small stress fracture in the back of the spine, most commonly found in teenagers and young athletes. It usually happens in a part of the vertebra called the pars interarticularis or pedicle, which helps stabilize the spine. Physical therapy plays a major role in healing. Treatment focuses on reducing pain and allowing the fracture to heal, improving flexibility (especially tight hamstrings and hip muscles), strengthen the core muscles that support the spine including hip musculature, teach movement patterns that don't increase pain and gradually return to sport when the spine is healed.

Common Hip Problems We Treat

Hip pain can affect your ability to walk, sit, stand, or exercise comfortably. Physical therapy can help reduce pain, improve movement, and restore strength so you can stay active. Here are some of the most common hip conditions we treat:

Hip Arthritis

Wear and tear in the hip joint can cause stiffness, pain, and difficulty with daily activities. PT helps improve mobility, reduce pain, and strengthen the muscles that support your hip.

Hip Bursitis

Irritation of the bursa on the outside of the hip can cause pain when walking, climbing stairs, or lying on your side. Therapy calms irritation and restores comfortable movement.

Hip Tendonitis or Tendinopathy

Overused or irritated tendons—such as the gluteal, hip flexor, or hamstring tendons—can cause pain around the hip or pelvis. PT helps improve strength and movement patterns to reduce strain.

Piriformis Syndrome

Tightness or irritation of the piriformis muscle can cause buttock pain or sciatic-like symptoms. Treatment focuses on mobility, strengthening, and reducing nerve irritation.

Hip Labral Injuries

A torn or irritated labrum can cause catching, clicking, or deep hip pain. PT helps improve hip stability, reduce strain, and restore function.

Hip Impingement (FAI)

This condition causes pinching or pain in the front of the hip during movement. Therapy improves hip mobility, posture, and strength to prevent painful contact in the joint.

Sciatica or Nerve-Related Pain

Pain that travels from the lower back through the hip and leg can often improve with targeted exercises and hands-on treatment.

Post-Surgical Hip Rehabilitation

After procedures such as hip arthroscopy or hip replacement, PT helps restore motion, strength, and confidence.

Common Knee Problems We Treat

Knee pain can make walking, squatting, or climbing stairs difficult. Physical therapy can help reduce pain, improve movement, and strengthen the muscles that support the knee. Here are common knee problems we treat:

Knee Arthritis

Arthritis can cause stiffness, swelling, and difficulty with daily activities. PT focuses on reducing pain and improving strength and flexibility.

Patellofemoral Pain (Pain Behind the Kneecap)

This condition causes pain with stairs, squatting, or sitting for long periods. Therapy improves kneecap alignment, strengthens key muscles, and reduces irritation.

Meniscus Injuries

A torn or irritated meniscus can cause knee pain, swelling, or clicking. PT helps restore mobility, stability, and strength.

Ligament Injuries (ACL, MCL, LCL, PCL)

Whether from sports or everyday activity, ligament injuries can make the knee feel unstable. Therapy rebuilds strength and control—and supports post-surgical rehab when needed.

Tendonitis or Tendinopathy

Conditions like patellar tendonitis (“jumper’s knee”) cause pain during activity. PT reduces irritation and improves strength and mechanics.

IT Band Syndrome

Pain on the outside of the knee often comes from tightness or poor movement patterns. Therapy improves flexibility and corrects underlying issues.

Knee Sprains or Strains

Injuries to muscles or ligaments can cause swelling and discomfort. PT helps restore strength, stability, and normal movement.

Post-Surgical Knee Rehabilitation

After ACL or PCL reconstruction, meniscus repair, cartilage surgeries/transplants, knee replacement, or other procedures, PT guides a safe return to activity.

Common Foot and Ankle Problems We Treat

Ankle injuries are extremely common and can affect stability, balance, and confidence while walking and foot pain can limit your ability to walk, stand, or exercise comfortably. Physical therapy can help improve mechanics, reduce pain, and restore normal function. Here are common foot and ankle conditions we treat:

Plantar Fasciitis

A very common source of heel pain, especially with first steps in the morning. PT helps reduce irritation and improve foot mechanics.

Ankle and Foot Tendonitis/Tendinopathis

Overuse of muscles and tendons in the foot—such as the posterior tibialis or peroneals—can cause pain with walking or standing. Therapy helps restore strength and reduce strain.

Foot Pain From Flat Feet or High Arches

These foot shapes can sometimes lead to pain or overuse injuries. PT improves alignment, strength, and movement patterns; orthotics may also help when needed.

Metatarsalgia

Pain in the ball of the foot often comes from pressure, shoe choice, or mechanics. Therapy helps relieve stress and restore comfort.

Morton’s Neuroma

Irritation of the nerve between the toes can cause burning or numbness. PT helps improve foot alignment and reduce nerve compression.

Toe Pain (Including Bunions or Hammertoes)

Although structural issues cannot be reversed without surgery, therapy helps reduce pain and improve function around the affected areas.

Foot Sprains or Strains

Injuries to muscles, ligaments, or joints can cause swelling and discomfort. PT helps restore strength, balance, and movement.

Post-Surgical Foot and Ankle Rehabilitation

Following foot or Ankle surgery, therapy guides safe recovery of strength, mobility, and walking mechanics.

Ankle Sprains

One of the most common injuries. PT reduces pain and swelling, restores mobility, and improves balance and stability to prevent reinjury.

Achilles Tendonitis or Tendinopathy

Pain in the back of the heel or lower leg is often caused by overuse. Therapy helps restore strength and proper movement patterns.

Ankle Instability

Repeated ankle sprains or weakened ligaments can make the ankle feel unstable. PT focuses on strength, balance, and control.

Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome

Compression of the nerve on the inside of the ankle can cause numbness, tingling, or pain. Therapy helps reduce irritation and improve mechanics.

Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction (PTTD)

Pain and weakness along the inside of the ankle can affect arch support. PT helps strengthen the foot, improve alignment, support the foot through orthotic or bracing recommendations and proper shoewear.

Fracture Recovery

After the bone heals, PT helps restore normal walking, ankle strength flexibility and balance.

Arthritis of the Ankle

Arthritis can lead to stiffness, pain, and difficulty with daily activities. PT helps improve mobility and reduce strain on the joint.

Post-Surgical Ankle Rehabilitation

After ankle stabilization, tendon repair, or fracture surgery, therapy helps you regain safe movement and strength.